Inspire by STX v4.5 Release Notes

This version was released on November 3rd, 2025. 

Required Post Services are now called Finishing Services.

Suggest Add-Ons for Online Booking (NEW!)-  Finishing Services can now be optional to promote adding on treatments, waxes, etc. for clients during their online booking experience. 

Location: Setup > Setup Services

Zero Duration Add On Services can now be Finishing Services (Enhancement) - Add On Services can now be selected as Finishing Services (formerly Required Post Services) but they will ONLY be offered to be booked online as a finishing service, not as a standalone service.

Location: Setup > Setup Services

Duration 4 (Enhancement) - A fourth duration has been added to the service duration areas, it will work the same as the Durations 2 and 3. 

Location: Setup > Setup Services

Default Same Worker for Online Booking  (NEW!)- A new setting for online booking will only offer times where the worker would be the same as long as they provide the service selected. 

Location: Setup > Setup Online Booking 

Auto-Merge Appointments (NEW!) - A new setting that will automatically merge appointments booked for the same client on the same day. 

Location: Setup > Setup Booking Preferences

Service Menu (NEW!) - Quickly access the prices for all services by worker or level by clicking Service Menu from the Appointment book page.

Location: Appointments
Permission: Appointments > Service Menu

TikTok Link Add to About Us (Enhancement) - The About Us page now includes an option to add a TikTok link. 

Location: Setup Company Info > About Us

Country Code Removed from About Us (Enhancement) - The Online Booking > About Us page no longer displays the 01- before the phone number. 

Location: Online Booking > About Us

Save / Cancel Button Locations (Enhancement) - The Save & Cancel buttons have been moved to the top of the page on the Setup pages. 

Location: Setup Pages

View Only My Service Notes (NEW!) - A new preferences has been added to the worker setup area to only allow workers to view their own service notes. 

Location: Setup > Setup Worker Details

View Appointment Notes (Enhancement) - The Appointment Notes can now be viewed from the Checkout page. When the notes are populated, the text will appear red. 

Location: Checkout

Drawer Open / Close Time Stamp (Enhancement) - The date and time will now be noted on the Cash Counting tabs, as well as the Cash Counting Report to reflect when the drawer or shift was opened or closed.

Location: Cash Counting

Use Multiple Email Addresses to Send Reviews To (Enhancement) - The Setup Reviews page now allows multiple email addresses to be entered for where to send the reviews to. Simply use a comma to separate the emails like this: support@stxsoftware.com, sales@stxsoftware.com, info@stxsoftware.com. 
Location: Setup Reviews

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