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Custom shift confirmation messages
Include arrival instructions, parking details, or what to bring in volunteer and employee shift confirmations.
- Add an optional message to a shift and include it in confirmation emails and text messages.
Customizable shift reminders
Prepare for employee and volunteer shifts with reminders 24 hours and 2 hours before they start.
- Turn each 24-hour and 2-hour reminder on or off when creating or editing a shift.
- Add a separate optional custom message to each reminder email and text.
- Reminders follow each person’s notification preferences and the latest shift assignment.
Flexible commitment changes
Choose separate rules for employee and volunteer shift changes.
- Allow immediate changes, require admin approval, or offer exchanges with existing open shifts.
- Keep the original shift assigned until an exchange or approval succeeds.
- Protect shared shift details and optionally invite another signup after cancellation.
Political campaign team setup
Choose Political Campaign when setting up your team, with campaign roles and volunteer scheduling defaults.
- Team setup now asks for your team type.
- Read full dropdown labels on small screens, including long assignment names.
Improved
A clearer introduction to Teamcrest
Explore Teamcrest through a refreshed homepage with bold headings, more breathing room, and colors that adapt to your theme.
- Explore a working schedule preview, clearer feature cards for scheduling and time tracking, and the path from reviewed hours to payroll export. More space below the hero buttons keeps them clear of the torn-paper edge.
- See how teams work together through new illustrative scenes and a community poster design.
- Learn about Eric and Crest Code, the local people behind the product.
- Find footer links in clear columns with colors that match the homepage in light and dark mode.
- Try example handbook questions in a clear chat-style preview and see how team reminders keep everyone informed.
A clearer personal schedule
See only your own assigned shifts and find upcoming commitments in a simple list.
- View shift dates, times, locations, and roles together, with easy access to cancellation and coverage requests.
- Navigate the calendar to see your assignments for the selected dates.
- See shifts grouped by day, clearer weekly hours, and helpful guidance when your schedule is empty.
A clearer start for your team
Set up your team in a cleaner onboarding flow with Teamcrest’s familiar paper style.
- Follow clear setup progress on phones and desktops.
- Open setup guidance from your new dashboard without a button error.
A clearer volunteer calendar
Find and claim volunteer shifts from the calendar, and personalize your organization’s public page.
- Public volunteer pages open in calendar view with visible claim actions and a list toggle on the right.
- Owners and admins can upload a page banner and update the organization image from the Admin control.
A clearer way to contact Teamcrest
Find Eric’s correct email, book a walkthrough, or send a message from a refreshed contact page.
A community board footer
Find site links in a clearer footer that carries Teamcrest’s community poster style.
- Pinned paper navigation, bold branding, and readable light and dark themes complete the page.
- A larger decorative shield and tighter spacing bring the footer branding and links together.
A consistent look across feature and solution pages
Explore Teamcrest’s features and industry solutions with the same community-poster style as the homepage.
- Enjoy consistent light and dark colors, paper accents, and clearer spacing across the solution pages.
- Keep viewing product screenshots and expanding them in familiar, clean interface frames.
A familiar look for account access
Sign in, create an account, recover your password, and accept invitations in Teamcrest’s familiar style.
A fresh Teamcrest workspace
Enjoy a consistent Teamcrest look across your workspace, schedules, settings, and account screens.
- Clear page headings, consistent status labels, and refreshed forms make everyday work easier to scan.
- Your schedules, navigation, permissions, and account workflows keep their familiar behavior.
A fresh look for Teamcrest solutions
Explore Teamcrest features and industry solutions in a consistent new visual style, with real product screenshots and support for light and dark mode.
- Roomier layouts and clearer visual hierarchy make each workflow easier to explore in light and dark mode while keeping existing information and real product screenshots.
Choose public volunteer board details
Organizations can simplify their volunteer board by hiding optional descriptions, positions, and opening counts.
- Saved choices apply to everyone viewing the public list. Shift names, times, locations, requirements, and signup actions remain visible.
- On small screens, shifts appear in a stacked list with details and signup buttons together.
- Volunteers can still expand hidden descriptions and positions on phones and computers and view full calendar previews.
- Clearly labeled controls and saving feedback make display settings easier to manage.
Clearer answers on the FAQ page
Find practical answers about plans, billing, and payroll preparation in a simpler FAQ that matches Teamcrest.
Clearer homepage and pricing cards
Enjoy more consistent brand colors and brighter, gentler pricing highlights in dark mode.
- Time tracking now follows team communication on the homepage.
- The footer's Crest Code logo appears without a white backing.
Clearer homepage feature cards
Explore volunteer management from the homepage and read feature cards more easily in dark mode.
- Browse centered navigation menus beneath their labels.
- See a larger schedule preview that adapts to your screen.
- The hero schedule flattens as it comes into view while scrolling.
Clearer member management
Switch between members and pending invitations, with onboarding progress beside each person.
- Manage onboarding categories alongside plans and scheduling policies on the Onboarding setup page.
Clearer shift management
Find assigned people, signup states, and shift management controls from a searchable list.
- Remove an eligible commitment without deleting the shift.
- Edit recurring shift occurrences without duplicating future shifts.
- Cancel open shifts while preserving their history and attendance records.
Clearer staffing for shifts
See that each shift is for one person, and create additional shifts from an existing shift when you need more people.
- People needed explains how multiple one-person shifts are created.
- Volunteer shifts show availability and clearer waitlist guidance.
- Keep unsaved entries in Add more shifts when the schedule refreshes.
Clearer team communications
Choose recipients and delivery channels more easily before sending a team update.
- Use the communications page with a keyboard and see clearer empty states and delivery warnings.
Clearer volunteer prerequisites
Browse volunteer shifts without a requirements column, and clearly distinguish volunteer prerequisites from shift duties in settings.
Clearer website menus
Browse website menus with roomier labels and styling that matches the Teamcrest homepage.
- The account menu has more room for documentation links and email addresses.
- Navigation menus use consistent colors and clearer section headings.
- Desktop menus use the homepage's pinned paper style with roomier links.
Compact volunteer board filters
Browse shifts sooner with search, dates, and filter controls together in a compact toolbar.
- Expand More filters when you need location, position, availability, priority, or requirement options.
Consistent Teamcrest emails
Recognize invitations, account notices, verification codes, and job-application emails with Teamcrest’s paper-inspired branding.
- Keep secure links and verification codes clear and readable.
- Match account emails to the website’s violet and lilac design.
Consistent documentation and policy pages
Read product updates and policies in Teamcrest’s familiar style, and find the standard header and footer in documentation.
Consistent workspace dropdowns
Choose onboarding, scheduling, payroll, and volunteer options from clearer dropdowns that fit smaller screens.
- Long options wrap in the menu, while selected names remain readable without stretching the page.
Create shifts across locations
Set up open shifts at several locations together, with staffing counts for each location and a preview before saving.
- Recurring shifts keep their local time through daylight saving changes and include a matching occurrence on the selected final date.
- Each location keeps its own shifts and recurring series; retries avoid creating duplicate batches.
Easier high priority shifts
Highlight important volunteer shifts when creating them or from shift details.
- Find highlighted shifts in a separate High priority section on the public board.
- Create recurring and multiple high priority shifts together, with clearer saving and error feedback.
Easier workspace navigation and notifications
Access notifications from the upper-right header and open navigation beside the page title.
- Keep the mobile header within reach as you scroll.
- Close the drawer by tapping outside it, pressing Escape, or following a link.
- Read page titles above their descriptions beside a navigation button that fits their height.
- Find personal workspace notifications in the same place as team notifications, with centered sidebar branding.
Edit grouped open shifts
Update matching open shifts together and move past unused drafts to a future date.
- Choose Edit all shifts from a schedule group to update its date, time, and details in one form.
- Group edits detect changes made by other managers and protect shifts with time records.
Expand feature screenshots in place
Explore screenshots across all six feature pages with smooth expansion, theme-aware browser bars, and a return animation when closed.
- Select a screenshot directly to enlarge it, without an extra link beneath the image.
Expand screenshots smoothly
Aquatics and volunteer screenshots expand from their place on the page and return smoothly when closed.
Explore Teamcrest for aquatic facilities
See how Teamcrest helps aquatic facility managers coordinate staff, pool chemistry records, certification checks, and daily routines.
- The redesigned aquatics solutions page includes real product screenshots, practical workflow explanations, and answers to common facility-manager questions.
- Facility imagery gives the product tour a clearer aquatic-center setting.
Explore Teamcrest through real product screens
See how scheduling, time tracking, communications, onboarding, checklists, and the knowledge base work before getting started.
- Rebuilt feature pages pair actual app screenshots with clear workflow walkthroughs and answers to common questions.
- View full-size screenshots and explore related features from every page.
- A consistent Teamcrest design makes each feature easier to explore, with clearer layouts and readable product walkthroughs.
Explore aquatic operations screenshots on the page
Take a closer look at aquatic workflows in a large on-page dialog, with a browser-style schedule window layered over the facility image.
Explore the public volunteer board
See how your organization can share volunteer opportunities through a welcoming public page.
- Preview a branded volunteer page and learn how requests, admin approval, and optional onboarding fit together.
- Discover white-glove branding in the homepage feature cards.
Faster marketing page loading
See headings and community-poster imagery sooner as you browse Teamcrest.
- Lighter paper textures and team photos reduce downloads while keeping the same design.
- The heading font begins loading immediately, and the first workflow photo starts before you scroll to it.
Faster page navigation
See page headings and loading previews sooner while your workspace content loads.
- Keep your existing workspace tools and branded sign-in experience.
- Sign-in emails include a code as well as a link.
- Complete invited-member profile setup without choosing a billing offer.
- Keep using your dashboard while setup recommendations are visible.
Find and claim volunteer shifts more easily
The public board opens with full shift columns and visible claim buttons, with filters and pages to browse large schedules.
- Search activities and filter by dates, location, position, availability, priority, and requirements in both views.
- Browse 25 shifts per page on desktop and mobile, with claim actions kept visible beside long shift details.
Find and reuse shift templates
Manage saved templates from either schedule view and reuse their shift defaults reliably.
- Newly saved templates appear immediately, and templates can be edited or deleted without affecting existing shifts.
- Reuse the saved start time, duration, category, position, location, and notes, including overnight shifts.
Highlight priority volunteer shifts
Help volunteers find the shifts that need attention first.
- Admins can mark or unmark priority shifts. Priority shifts appear first in the public list and are labeled in the calendar.
In-app shift commitment removal confirmation
Replace browser confirmation alerts with an in-app confirmation dialog when removing shift commitments.
- Confirm reopening a shift and removing an assignee using a consistent in-app confirmation modal instead of a browser alert.
Matching open shifts together
See matching open shifts as one compact group on the admin calendar, then choose an individual shift to edit.
- A shared title, count, and stacked bars make staffing needs easier to scan without combining assignments.
More room for your workspace
A narrower sidebar keeps navigation close together and gives your work more space.
- Find notifications in the page header, even when the sidebar is collapsed.
- The Teamcrest logo is centered above the workspace switcher.
Open issues from their titles
Tap an issue title to see its details without scrolling across to a View button.
Pricing with a community poster feel
Compare plans on paper-style cards across the site, with familiar highlights and billing controls.
Recognizable account emails
Sign in, confirm your email, and reset your password with emails that match Teamcrest’s paper-inspired website.
- Use a clear action link or one-time code in every account email.
- Read essential instructions even when your email client blocks images.
See volunteer coordination in context
Campaign-volunteer imagery connects the volunteer solutions tour to organizing teams and their day-to-day coordination.
- Campaign organizing, field-team, tablet check-in, and preparation scenes complement the real product screenshots.
Simpler team types
Choose Business, Aquatics, or Volunteer with features suited to your team.
- Team setup and organization settings now offer three clear choices instead of a long list of industries.
- New volunteer teams start with scheduling, volunteer shifts, and onboarding. Enable other tools anytime in Features.
Simpler volunteer shifts
Find available shifts and return to your commitments more easily.
- Volunteers have an organization homepage with Find a Shift and My Shifts links, without an app sidebar, and a readable shift list on phones and computers.
- Signup states explain whether a shift is confirmed, awaiting approval, or waitlisted.
- The public volunteer page opens directly to shifts, with account settings and sign-out in the familiar profile menu.
- Visitors can sign in or create an account directly from the volunteer page.
Try time tracking and handbook answers
Explore interactive homepage previews for worksite clock-ins and answers grounded in team documents.
View volunteer screenshots without leaving the page
Enlarge volunteer product screenshots in an on-page dialog and see the signup board layered with campaign imagery.
Fixed
A clearer contact directory
Search and filters fit the screen, with clearer results and reliable contact forms.
- Clear all filters at once and distinguish hidden contact details from missing information.
- Contact changes stay attached to the same workspace if its name or address changes.
Accessible availability fields
Availability date and time fields now work correctly with their labels and screen readers.
- Select a field label to focus its input, and hear validation errors associated with that field.
All volunteer opportunities stay visible
Public volunteer boards now show every available shift, including schedules with more than 1,000 shifts.
Cleaner dialogs and panels
Invite teammates without clipped text, and close the invitation dialog by clicking outside when it is idle.
- Remove stray decorative strips beneath dialogs, cards, and app panels.
Cleaner volunteer and workspace links
English links no longer show an unnecessary language prefix, and existing links redirect to the clean address.
Clearer calendar controls
Calendar colors now follow your theme, and selecting availability keeps the employee and time you chose.
- Availability updates save together, preserving your previous entry if an update fails.
- Calendar headings have a subtle paper and lilac treatment.
- Collapsed shift templates no longer receive keyboard focus.
- Calendar controls and form date pickers share Teamcrest styling across schedules, availability and opportunities.
- Resizing the volunteer calendar keeps your chosen view within the same screen size.
Clearer documentation
Find guides in a simpler documentation layout that matches the Teamcrest website.
- Documentation and guide links now work from organization workspaces.
- Documentation categories appear once on the overview page.
- Documentation navigation loads reliably on mobile screens.
- Read guides with clearer headings, comfortable spacing, and fewer repeated labels.
Clearer error recovery
Unexpected errors show readable guidance and let you retry with fresh page data.
- The fallback error screen keeps its messages and styling when the main page fails.
Clearer file browsing
Browse and organize files in a cleaner layout that works on small screens.
- Find your current folder and file actions together, with clearer search and filter controls.
- Failed uploads stay selected so you can retry them without choosing files again.
Clearer homepage in dark mode
Read homepage descriptions and schedule preview labels more easily in dark mode.
- Brighter secondary text, clearer avatar initials, and distinct paper notes improve readability while keeping the community poster design.
- A white badge behind the header shield keeps the logo clear against the purple background in either theme.
Clearer knowledge chat and document access
Keep knowledge chat on screen and understand when your plan or environment makes AI unavailable.
- Use a chat panel that fits smaller screens, with clear controls and a scrolling conversation.
- Keep conversations separate for each user and workspace.
- Download original knowledge documents and see useful errors when a file is unavailable.
Clearer page headers
Keep page titles and descriptions clear when the sidebar is collapsed.
- The compact sidebar keeps the logo inside its rail, and page headers have consistent spacing.
Clearer scheduling feedback
Navigate directly to schedule requests and understand when an open shift requires a plan upgrade.
Clearer shift publishing feedback
See why past draft shifts remain unpublished instead of receiving a success message for zero published shifts.
- Publishing reports how many past drafts were skipped and explains how to make them eligible.
Clearer signup recovery
When your email already has an account, signup explains how to sign in or reset your password without an unexpected error.
Clearer team dashboard
See useful team links and accurate profile guidance when opening your workspace.
- Open your team's actual checklists instead of seeing a sample completed checklist.
- Show chemical-record shortcuts only for teams using chemical tracking.
- Stop asking people with completed profiles to complete them again.
Clearer template drops
Drop templates onto month-view dates to create open shifts, and see a clear explanation when a plan does not include employee open shifts.
- The Manage templates button is now clearly distinguished from the draggable template drawer.
- Calendar views stay selected while shifts load, and month drops use the template’s saved start time.
Clearer volunteer shift locations and times
See each volunteer shift’s actual location and consistent times throughout signup.
- Shift headlines show the specific location and date, with the time listed once underneath.
- Schedules use the organization’s timezone consistently when creating, editing, filtering, and viewing shifts.
- Overnight shifts show the end date so their duration is clear.
Clearer workspace cards
Workspace readiness labels stay clear of navigation arrows, including on small screens and with long names.
Confirm your organization timezone
Confirm your timezone during setup and change it in General settings so shifts and reminders use the right local times.
- Organizations without a timezone are prompted to set one before scheduling.
- Calendars, shift changes, and reminders consistently use the organization timezone, including daylight saving changes.
- Shift templates remain draggable while timezone settings load, and stale group edits explain how to reopen the form.
Consistent mobile workspace branding
Mobile navigation and pop-up controls use Teamcrest branding when visiting a team's own web address.
Consistent workspace sidebars
Team and personal workspaces now use the same sidebar width, collapse behavior, and scrolling layout.
Continuous paper footer edge
The homepage flows into the footer through a continuous torn-paper edge without a detached decorative strip.
- The faint Teamcrest artwork sits beside the footer description so it stays clear of the logo and name.
Improve recurring shift controls
Choose recurrence frequency and end dates without interface errors, with an accessible date picker button.
Include the final recurring shift date
Recurring shifts include matching occurrences on the selected final date and use the organization’s timezone consistently.
- Create a same-day recurrence even when your browser uses a different timezone.
Invitations after email changes
Accept invitations sent to your current email address after updating your account.
Issue details fit smaller screens
Read issue details and reach attachment and comment controls on tablets and phones.
- Keep the dialog within the screen and scroll longer issues inside it.
- Wrap attachment information and keep comment and status controls inside the dialog.
More reliable commitment changes
See optional replacement invitations when canceling from Open Shifts and use more accessible coverage forms.
- Coverage form labels now connect to their controls for better accessibility.
More reliable shift template reuse
Use edited template defaults and drag templates without a saved position or location onto the calendar.
- Full-day templates work reliably when reused or dragged onto the calendar.
- Invalid template edits show feedback before opening a new shift.
More reliable site availability
Fix an issue that could leave Teamcrest pages showing an internal server error after a deployment.
Notifications stay in the top corner
On phones and tablets, a larger notification bell sits just left of the menu button instead of below the page title.
- Switch between desktop and mobile layouts without interrupting notifications.
Readable trial offer buttons on mobile
Trial offer buttons fit small screens, even when organization names are long.
Readable workspace names on mobile
Show the full workspace name in the mobile navigation drawer even when the desktop sidebar is collapsed.
- The navigation drawer stays compact on phones and tablets.
- Move between team pages without unnecessary full-page reloads.
Reliable knowledge chat loading
Knowledge chat loads reliably when opening dialogs in your workspace.
Reliable navigation after joining a team
Open your team's workspace after accepting an invitation without having to reload the page.
- Keep your sign-in session when entering the team after multi-factor verification.
Reliable onboarding invitations
Send teammate invitations when completing free or paid team setup.
- Retry setup when an invitation email cannot be sent without losing your team details.
- Retry pending invitations instead of silently skipping them.
Reliable plan selection during setup
Choose a plan and finish setting up your team without unexpected errors.
- Keep your setup choices when returning from checkout or reloading unfinished setup.
- Complete setup after renaming your team, and renew expired invitations when retrying.
- Use the keyboard to choose both your plan and billing interval.
- Restart setup after deleting an unfinished team, while keeping trial links and return destinations when a team is renamed.
- Count existing teammates and pending invitations accurately when choosing a plan.
Reliable team availability links
Open team availability from your personal workspace with consistent links.
Return to your dashboard from missing pages
The dashboard button on the page-not-found screen reliably takes you back to your dashboard.
Shorter volunteer links
Volunteer board and signup links no longer repeat your organization name in the address.
Smoother workspace navigation
See the workspace page heading immediately while your team list loads.
Smoother workspace switching
Open team workspaces directly without a brief navigation error.
Theme-aware screenshot browser bars
Browser-style screenshot bars on Aquatics and Volunteers now match light and dark mode, including enlarged views.
Timesheets fit smaller screens
Timesheet tabs and controls stay accessible on tablets and phones.
- Scroll wide tables inside their cards to reach every action.
- Open timesheet details without the dialog extending beyond the screen.
Volunteer page Home navigation
Open your organization’s workspace from the account menu on its public volunteer page.
