📝 Changelog – VOLIXTA

All the following features are complete and included in the upcoming release:

1. Customizable Working Hours
   Define global availability, specific employee schedules, and special rules — all with total precision.
2. Time Rules & Buffers
   Easily manage service durations, buffers, and notice periods — for seamless and reliable appointment scheduling.
3. Smart Staff Assignment
   Assign services, working hours, and locations to multiple employees in just a few clicks — whether it’s 5 or 500.
4. Multi-Location Management
   Assign services, employees, and availability by location. Handle one or dozens of branches with ease.
5. Service & Package Builder
   Create services by category, duration, provider, and location — or group them into packages with limits and expirations.
6. Optional Services
   Offer extra services with adjustable durations and quantities — perfect for custom bookings, upgrades, or additional resources.
7. Complete Staff Management
   Add and manage employees with full control over their profiles, schedules, services, and assigned locations.
8. Individual Staff Dashboards
   Each provider gets their own personal panel to manage their schedule, services, and bookings effortlessly.
9. Full Staff Overview Calendar
   Access a beautifully designed, exclusive calendar view made for managers. Gain full visibility over staff schedules and client activity.
10. Access & Permissions
    Control who can do what — whether it’s rescheduling, canceling, or managing availability and assigned services.
11. Safe Platform Access
    Empower staff and team leaders to manage everything inside VOLIXTA without backend access.
12. Client Management (CRM)
    Add, edit, and manage clients directly in VOLIXTA. View profiles, assign bookings, and track history instantly.
13. Client Portal Experience
    Offer clients a modern, branded interface where they can manage their appointments and packages independently.
14. Client Packages
    Assign, track, and let clients use prepaid packages with limits and expiration — directly during the booking flow.
15. Calendar Integration
    Let clients instantly add appointments to Google, Apple, or Outlook calendars — right after booking.
16. Email Notifications
    Automatic emails for new bookings, cancellations, and reschedules — sent to manager, staff, and clients.
17. Rich Profile Customization
    Give your team a face, and your clients a sense of familiarity — before they even walk through the door.
18. Advanced Billing & Invoicing
    Track deposits, taxes, partial payments, and generate detailed, professional invoices — all from within the plugin.
19. WooCommerce Integration
    Accept any payment method via WooCommerce, while keeping full control over billing and invoice logic in VOLIXTA.
20. Booking Credits & Gift System
    Clients can add credits, or receive them from admins or managers via gift codes — ideal for rewards, promos, or prepaid bookings.
21. Full Frontend Control
    Display any feature — calendars, booking forms, bookings, dashboards, invoices — anywhere using shortcodes.
22. App-Like Experience
    From booking management to client dashboards, everything feels fast, touch-friendly, and perfectly adapted to mobile — like using a dedicated app.
23. Multilingual-Ready
    VOLIXTA is fully translatable and built for international use. Speak your clients’ language — wherever they are.

Status: Final optimization & testing
Date: August 2025

Currently working on:

• Code refactoring & performance cleanup
• Minified assets & faster frontend loading
• Optimized database queries
• Setup Wizard
• How-To Guides preparation
• Plugin & theme compatibility checks
• License system integration for activation & updates

Status: Final optimization & testing
Planned for: November 15, 2025

The initial public version will include:

• All completed features listed above
• How-To Guides
• One-click Setup Wizard
• License activation & secure updates

🎯 Version 1.0 will mark the official public release of VOLIXTA.
Join the waitlist to get early access and launch updates.

These features are scheduled for upcoming versions and will be released progressively.

🛎️ In-Profile Notifications
Real-time dashboard alerts for clients and staff — confirmations, cancellations, changes, and more.

👨‍⚕️ Employee Booking for Clients
Allow employees to create appointments for clients manually, just like managers do today.

👥 Team Management & Scoped Access
Assign staff to dedicated managers, so each manager can manage only their own team’s schedules, services, and locations.

⭐ Client Ratings for Employees
Clients can rate employees after each appointment — ratings appear in profiles and staff dashboards.

🗒️ Internal Notes System
Private notes tied to bookings, clients, employees, or managers — visible only to authorized staff.

🧠 Smart Staff Filtering
Enhance Smart Staff Assignment with filters based on job title, city, postal code, and tags — ideal for larger teams.

💼 Service Pre-Selection on Frontend
Let users choose a service first (with visuals) before entering the booking steps — clearer and more engaging.

📝 Registration Forms for Managers & Employees
New team members will be able to apply via a public form. You can approve requests and auto-generate accounts and profiles.

🚀 Next-Gen Booking Flow (New optional layout)
A stunning, fullscreen alternative booking experience with image-based service, provider, and location selection. It won’t replace the current flow — it’s an optional upgrade for design-focused websites.

Visit our Feature Requests & Roadmap page.