5.6

5.6.6 - January 30, 2026
Follow-up update. See 5.6 below for major changes.
Forum post on this update.

Added Two Factor Authentication option via email for customer accounts. This can be enabled in Settings -> Account Requirements under "More Settings". It is not enabled by default. Text 2FA is not currently available. Learn more.
Added Two Factor Authentication option via email for admin accounts. This can be enabled in the ADMINS menu. It is not enabled by default. Text 2FA is not currently available.
Added IP address and partial IP address blocking and logging. Settings -> Security. Learn more.
Fixed the order search not working as before.
And a few other changes and tweaks.

I urge you to apply the upgrade as soon as possible even if you don't plan on using the new features. Your Sytist admin homepage checks for updates upon your first login each day; if available, a blue notice will appear on your admin homepage.

If you have already logged in today, you can manually check for the update by clicking Settings in the main menu then Check for Update located UNDERNEATH the left menu.

5.6.5 - January 23, 2026
Follow-up update. See 5.6 below for major changes.

Security update to address the recent attacks on Sytist users. Please upgrade as soon as possible. More info.
Fixed when you are charging a payment processing fee and a customer is paying an invoice, not updating the grand total to include the processing fee.

Note with this update you will be immediately logged out the admin and you just have to log back in.

5.6.4 - January 21, 2026
Follow-up update. See 5.6 below for major changes.

Added when screen width is less than 1024 pixels don't display thumbnail menu which makes it unclickable when on mobile,
Adjusted a modified field at checkout check that was causing false positives in some instances and stopping payment.
Fixed screenshot deterrent not using default settings when creating a new gallery.
Added a wait of 5 minutes before a customer can create another account with the same IP address (to help prevent bots creating multiple accounts). This can be turned off in Settings -> New Account Requirements.

5.6.3 - January 14, 2026
Follow-up update. See 5.6 below for major changes.

Fixed when clicking gallery exclusive mode when editing a page it opening the screenshot deterrent settings instead.

5.6.2 - January 13, 2026
Follow-up update. See 5.6 below for major changes.

Added a mouseout event for the click and hold to reveal screenshot deterrent option to blur when mouse leaves the button.
Fixed errors when trying to pay a scheduled payment.
Adjusted photo covering options in screen deterrent settings.

5.6.1 - January 9, 2026
Follow-up update. See 5.6 below for major changes.

Added a 0 value option for thumbnail blur amount in the screenshot deterrent settings.
Fixed photo search pulling images from other galleries.

5.6 - January 8, 2026
Forum post on this update.

Added payment processing fees. This fee is available for each payment option. You can set a percentage fee or flat rate fee or both. Learn more.
Added a Screenshot Deterrent. Learn more.
Added to the page designer when editing the hero / billboard design elements, an "Auto Adjust Heights" option. This will automatically creates break points to adjust the height of the element to the screen size. Note for this to take effect, you will have to edit your page design, edit the hero / billboard element and check the option to use it and save. Learn more.
Added the option to set a date range for booking services. Select a start and end date for that booking service to be available. Learn more.
Added when requiring a selection of a product form a product group to require selection for each passcode when purchasing photos. Example, a parent has multiple children in a QR Passcode Photos or Passcode Photos gallery and this would require a selection from the required product group for each child's passcode.
Added the option to set a default gallery / page preview photo. Learn more.
Added additional email address format validation at checkout.
Added disabling submit after submitting the forgot password form.
Added making images not draggable.
Added searching photo captions/text when searching photos within a gallery.
Made some adjustments to the login page.
Made past bookings for booking services not be selected when selecting all so it won't select to send reminders to past booking. Also make when selecting a special event date not to show past bookings.
Added order status to order exports and ordered product exports.
Added UTF-8 encoding to importing sub gallery passwords to accept accented characters.
Made is when clicking on total orders from the Reports page to default to All Orders.
Fixed when selecting order status in the orders section not saving the date range selected in the reports.
Fixed when a collection includes other collections and that includes a buy all and the buy all is added to cart first the second collection only displaying 3 slots.
Fixed no discounts not working for pre-register fee.
Fixed when printing QR codes with photos and there is no group photo value, showing a random photo on QR code printouts without images.
Fixed when deleting a price list it deleting items from unarchived orders with that price list.