2.0.0
2022-12-07
Features added in this release:
- Supports Deep linking.
- Social Media Sharing.
- Allows users to delete their accounts from our database.
- Giving a new option to enter the Tax Exempt ID when any money request is created so that other users can accept the request and take the tax exemption benefits.
- Adding multiple foreign currency types in money Requests/Offers for international users.
- Fixing bugs and improving the performance of the app.
1.9.1
2022-04-18
German Language added
1.9.0
2021-10-29
Features added in this release:
Customization of logo and color scheme.
Transfer Group Ownership.
Bug Fixes included:
Notification for member/community receiving donation
Navigate focus if the user misses a mandatory field.
Removed public option from Borrow request.
1.8.0
2021-09-22
Lending Offers, where members can offer to lend items or a place.
Borrow Requests, where members can make a request to borrow an item or a place, such as a book or room.
We now allow Money Requests in multiple currencies.
Events now can have multiple sponsors.
We fixed the issue of past events being displayed.
The sandbox community now has a banner to distinguish it from a live community.
Added scheduling capability to events, so users can add it to their personal calendars.
1.7.3
2021-08-05
Admins can create events that have recurring dates.
Members will be able to create their own request categories.
We have added access to the Swift payment method for receiving donations to non-US bank accounts.
For access to payment methods not listed, we have added an “Other” button.
We have enhanced the tasks tab to include offers.
Added capability to message and post feeds to Child Communities.
1.7.2
2021-06-19
Explore enhancements. Users can view public Requests, Offers and Events while Exploring communities
One to Many Requests. A community can incentivize users to attend a webinar by giving Seva credits to users that attend
Requests enhancements:
Added “Skills Required”
Images can now be added to Requests
Filter enhancements:
In Feeds, users can filter by likes
In Requests, users can filter by different types of requests
In Offers, users can filter by different types of offers
Sandbox Communities. Here users can “kick tires” in a community with no impact on their Seva Credits. The data in a Sandbox Community is not persisted
Ability to have Sponsors for a Community. The sponsorship arrangement is between the Community leaders and sponsoring organization
Events can be made public outside the Seva Community. Thus these (virtual) events can have a global audience - since they are visible in the SevaX Global community as well
The workflow for Time Offers is improved. Earlier admins needed to accept the Offer first and then make it a Request. It is much simplified now
Admin role customization. It is now possible to have different levels of admins.
Performance improvements.
Bug fixes and improvements.
1.7.1
2021-06-17
Explore enhancements. Users can view public Requests, Offers and Events while Exploring communities
One to Many Requests. A community can incentivize users to attend a webinar by giving Seva credits to users that attend
Requests enhancements:
Added “Skills Required”
Images can now be added to Requests
Filter enhancements:
In Feeds, users can filter by likes
In Requests, users can filter by different types of requests
In Offers, users can filter by different types of offers
Sandbox Communities. Here users can “kick tires” in a community with no impact on their Seva Credits. The data in a Sandbox Community is not persisted
Ability to have Sponsors for a Community. The sponsorship arrangement is between the Community leaders and sponsoring organization
Events can be made public outside the Seva Community. Thus these (virtual) events can have a global audience - since they are visible in the SevaX Global community as well
The workflow for Time Offers is improved. Earlier admins needed to accept the Offer first and then make it a Request. It is much simplified now
Admin role customization. It is now possible to have different levels of admins.
Performance improvements.
1.7.0
2021-06-09
Explore enhancements. Users can view public Requests, Offers and Events while Exploring communities
One to Many Requests. A community can incentivize users to attend a webinar by giving Seva credits to users that attend
Requests enhancements:
Added “Skills Required”
Images can now be added to Requests
Filter enhancements:
In Feeds, users can filter by likes
In Requests, users can filter by different types of requests
In Offers, users can filter by different types of offers
Sandbox Communities. Here users can “kick tires” in a community with no impact on their Seva Credits. The data in a Sandbox Community is not persisted
Ability to have Sponsors for a Community. The sponsorship arrangement is between the Community leaders and sponsoring organization
Events can be made public outside the Seva Community. Thus these (virtual) events can have a global audience - since they are visible in the SevaX Global community as well
The workflow for Time Offers is improved. Earlier admins needed to accept the Offer first and then make it a Request. It is much simplified now
Admin role customization. It is now possible to have different levels of admins
1.6.2
2021-03-29
The 1.6.2 is a bug-fix release to fix errors and make minor improvements.
Enhancements within this release:
SevaX Global feature which includes virtual requests and offers.
Member can now see public groups and events in community about before joining a community.
Bio maximum characters extended to 5000.
1.6.1
2021-02-16
The 1.6.1 is a bug-fix release to fix errors and make minor improvements on the 1.6 release.
Here is the list of enhancements:
Earlier, the only way to explore other Seva Communities was by specifying a radius (in miles/Km) from the user’s current location. Now, users can provide a zip code or City, State combination and available Seva Communities within the specified radius are shown
(Pre-defined) Skills and Interests now have multiple languages support.
Community Creator (aka SuperAdmin) now has the ability to delete content in a group. Earlier only the group creator had this ability.
1.6.0
2021-01-27
1. Groups now have a “Sanctioned” badge. Groups created by Community Admins are automatically sanctioned. Community members have an approval workflow to allow them to get a sanctioned badge for Groups that they create.
2. Earlier only members received Seva Credits for the number of hours that they volunteered. Now, Admins can also receive Seva Credits for the hours spent in managing the Community.
3. Users can create Private communities. These communities are not “visible” to the public. Members need an invitation to join a Private community.
Push notifications are now sent for Feeds and messages as well. Users have the option to turn these notifications off.
4. Enhanced Reporting capabilities. Community creators get detailed reports on the activity in the community on a monthly basis.
5 Message Room enhancements. Now, message rooms can be created for all the users participating in an event.
1.5.2
2020-11-03
New Neighborhood plan to use some features without cost
Monthly reports & usage analytics
Stock Photos for use in Timebank/Project/Group pics
Timebanks can seek Donations in both Cash & Goods
Admins can broadcast msgs across Timebanks
Users can sync their SevaX activity calendar with iCal/Google/Outlook
Generate ‘Trustworthiness’ & ‘Reliability’ indices
Ability to upload one’s resume in their profile
Users can add their unique skills & interests
Disallow profanity & inappropriate images
Hassle free Apple payments.
1.5.1
2020-09-29
New Neighborhood plan to use some features without cost
Monthly reports & usage analytics
Stock Photos for use in Timebank/Project/Group pics
Timebanks can seek Donations in both Cash & Goods
Admins can broadcast msgs across Timebanks
Users can sync their SevaX activity calendar with iCal/Google/Outlook
Generate ‘Trustworthiness’ & ‘Reliability’ indices
Ability to upload one’s resume in their profile
Users can add their unique skills & interests
Disallow profanity & inappropriate images
1.5.0
2020-09-27
New Neighborhood plan to use some features without cost
Monthly reports & usage analytics
Stock Photos for use in Timebank/Project/Group pics
Timebanks can seek Donations in both Cash & Goods
Admins can broadcast msgs across Timebanks
Users can sync their SevaX activity calendar with iCal/Google/Outlook
Generate ‘Trustworthiness’ & ‘Reliability’ indices
Ability to upload one’s resume in their profile
Users can add their unique skills & interests
Disallow profanity & inappropriate images
1.4.1
2020-07-31
The SevaX App is also available on the web. The same data (on the phone) can be seen at sevaxapp.com
Ability to import users into a timebank community from a csv file - to allow easy onboarding of existing users in a community
Calendar can have recurring schedules. So, it is possible now to create an event on a particular day and have that schedule repeat on a daily / weekly / monthly basis
Create “Templates” for a Project - that can be shared across the community. This would help people avoid having to enter the same information multiple times
Multi-member messaging. Users can create a multi-user messaging room and send messages there. All the members in that room would receive the message
Email notification when a message / notification is not seen in the app. This allows for timely action on notifications
Push notifications: In addition to inApp notifications, device level push notifications are now enabled
Support for (Simplified) Chinese language
1.4.0
2020-07-21
Available on the web. Go to: sevaxapp.com
Import users into a timebank from a .csv file
Calendar can have recurring schedules
Create “Templates” for a Project - that can be shared across the community.
Multi-member messaging. Users can create a multi-user messaging room and send messages there
Email notification when a message / notification is not seen in the app.
Push notifications: In addition to inApp notifications, device level push notifications are now enabled
1.3.1
2020-06-12
TimeBanks & Groups can be Private - users need to be explicitly invited to join
Support for multiple languages.This release includes Portuguese,Spanish & French
While posting a feed,PDF documents are allowed
Groups can be deleted - as long as there are no pending transactions
A “Search” for a skill returns members with that skill
Messages are streamlined.All messages(Admin/Group/Personal)are visible in a single Messages tab
Notifications are more prominent - so that they are not missed
1.3.0
2020-06-09
TimeBanks & Groups can be Private - users need to be explicitly invited to join
Support for multiple languages.This release includes Portuguese,Spanish & French
While posting a feed,PDF documents are allowed
Groups can be deleted - as long as there are no pending transactions
A “Search” for a skill returns members with that skill
Messages are streamlined.All messages(Admin/Group/Personal)are visible in a single Messages tab
Notifications are more prominent - so that they are not missed
1.2.1
2020-05-13
1. User is shown Timebanks that are geographically close (within a 10-mile radius) to allow users the ability to join a Timebank within their vicinity
2. Offers now include One-to-Many offers. Typically, This can be used for offering classes. The end users are the recipients of this offer
3. Feeds can now be pinned by Timebank Admins. This allows specific feeds to be pinned to the top of the feed
4. Better help now available to explain features and information icons to help the user understand the concepts of Groups, Projects, Requests and Offers better
1.2.0
2020-05-05
1. User is shown Timebanks that are geographically close (within a 10-mile radius) to allow users the ability to join a Timebank within their vicinity
2. Offers now include One-to-Many offers. Typically, This can be used for offering classes. The end users are the recipients of this offer
3. Feeds can now be pinned by Timebank Admins. This allows specific feeds to be pinned to the top of the feed
4. Better help now available to explain features and information icons to help the user understand the concepts of Groups, Projects, Requests and Offers better
1.1.0
2020-04-09
We have added two important features in this version:
Projects: You now have the ability to manage Requests under Projects. Earlier the hierarchy was Timebank > Groups -> Requests. With the addition of Projects, the hierarchy is Timebank -> Groups -> Projects -> Requests. This allows you to create logical collection of requests for a given group
Search: In earlier versions, the search capability was limited to exploring Timebanks and Groups within a Timebank. Search is now expanded to include Projects, Requests, Offers and Feeds.
1.0.2
2020-04-02
We have removed the need for communities to provide a credit card at the time of creating a Timebank. Enterprises and Non-profit organizations continue to need to provide a credit card.
We have also made improvements in CRUD operations for Groups within a Timebank.
1.0.1
2020-03-25
In this Beta Release, you can create a Timebank and recruit volunteers - who can accept requests. Once tasks are completed, they are credited for the number of hours that they volunteered. They can use these credits to seek help for themselves. There is a “feed” that users can post relevant messages with photos/ images. These could be celebrations of their volunteer accomplishments or simply sharing articles about upcoming events.