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SongChoice is created by David Couch

Serving 20 churches

716 songs indexed and counting

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Version 3.0.0

    Release Notes

    Track every enhancement, fix, and feature landing in SongChoice. New changelog entries appear here within minutes of deployment.

    Version 3.0.0

    Released March 30th, 2025

    Feature

    Completely rewritten from the ground up to use the latest web technologies!

    Version 2.8.4

    Released December 20th, 2023

    Fix

    [IMPROVED] More asynchronous changes.;
    [NEW] New caching engine.;

    Version 2.8.3

    Released December 4th, 2023

    Fix

    [IMPROVED] Asynchronous database connections throughout;

    Version 2.8.2

    Released June 9th, 2023

    Fix

    [IMPROVED] Security improvements throughout the site;
    [IMPROVED] Efficiency changes to many pages;

    Version 2.8.1

    Released May 19th, 2023

    Fix

    [IMPROVED] Support for OpenGraph throughout the site.;
    [IMPROVED] Wording throughout the site.;
    [IMPROVED] FULLTEXT searches implemented to give faster and more complete search results.;
    [IMPROVED] Quartz installed to allow for CRON jobs to work again on the new server.;

    Version 2.8.0

    Released April 12th, 2023

    Fix

    [NEW] Ability to switch between vocals and no vocals on YouTube videos.;\r
    [IMPROVED] Database code optimised;\r
    [IMPROVED] The service details page now displays the date correctly.;\r
    [FIX] Blank cells fixed on the service list page.

    Version 2.7.5

    Released January 3rd, 2023

    Fix

    [NEW] Lyrics API;\r
    [IMPROVED] .NET is now at 4.8;\r
    [FIX] Wrong previously sung calculations;

    Version 2.7.4

    Released May 9th, 2022

    Fix

    [NEW] Donations now supported!;\r
    [IMPROVED] A refresh of images and other assets (more to come!);\r
    [IMPROVED] YouTube support on song pages;\r
    [IMPROVED] Better communication about lyrics;\r
    [IMPROVED] Removal of Twitter code;\r
    [FIX] Message bar sometimes hidden;\r
    [FIX] Security updates;

    Version 2.7.3

    Released October 26th, 2019

    Fix

    [NEW] API system;\r
    [NEW] Donations button added to homepage;\r
    [IMPROVED] Song author can now be searched from songs page;\r
    [IMPROVED] Notes now more prominent;\r
    [FIX] Author search now returns relevant responses;

    Version 2.7.2

    Released November 21st, 2017

    Fix

    [NEW] Changelog page;\r
    [NEW] View audit logs in the admin panel;\r
    [NEW] Church specific notes;\r
    [NEW] Church specific tags;\r
    [IMPROVED] The 'This Sunday' module now handles multiple services in one day;\r
    [IMPROVED] You can now use the reports page to count how many songs you sang in that time period;\r
    [FIX] Added better details for failed registration passwords;

    Version 2.7.1

    Released September 6th, 2017

    Fix

    [NEW] Song lyric previews;
    [NEW] Apple music support;
    [NEW] YouTube support;
    [NEW] Select your preferred music service;
    [NEW] Create a songlist for sharing;
    [IMPROVED] Better trace logging;
    [FIX] Admin panel sorting now works;
    [FIX] Automated email system fixes;

    Version 2.7

    Released August 4th, 2017

    Fix

    [NEW] Ability to filter out Public Domain songs in reporting;\r
    [NEW] Sub-tags are now supported in the tagging engine;\r
    [NEW] Filters have been added to the songs page;\r
    [NEW] Theme search is now in beta;\r
    [NEW] Automated announcement emails (like the one you're reading now);\r
    [NEW] Ability to send out weekly song emails;\r
    [NEW] Ability to manage a church (includes adding logos and editing membership);\r
    [NEW] Ability to delete a service;\r
    [IMPROVED] SongChoice emails now look a lot nicer;\r
    [IMPROVED] Tables across the site now use the DataTables javascript library;\r
    [IMPROVED] More subtle design changes (e.g. look at those checkboxes);\r
    [FIX] Caching now works on the song table;\r
    [FIX] Adding songs with apostrophes does not cause weird errors;\r
    [FIX] Extra spaces are removed on title fields;

    Version 2.6.2

    Released October 5th, 2016

    Fix

    [NEW] Reporting suite, for use in CCL reporting;\r
    [FIX] Urls in tweets now function properly;\r
    [FIX] Hover in account management failed after view changed;\r
    [IMPROVED] Hover for menu items;

    Version 2.6.1

    Released September 28th, 2016

    Fix

    [NEW] Merge song for administrators;\r
    [FIX] Null error on edit user;\r
    [FIX] Persistent login;\r
    [FIX] Sorting the search results now does not error;

    Version 2.6

    Released September 12th, 2016

    Fix

    [NEW] Redesign for whole site;\r
    [NEW] User account module;\r
    [NEW] Next service module;\r
    [NEW] We recommend module;\r
    [NEW] A new recommendations section of the website, suggesting songs and ways to play them;\r
    [IMPROVED] Database calls now are more efficient;\r
    [IMPROVED] Improved caching around entire site;\r
    [IMPROVED] Descriptions now available for tags;\r
    [FIX] Search results now work more logically;

    Version 2.5.2

    Released February 15th, 2016

    Fix

    [NEW] Invite someone to your church via the management page;\r
    [NEW] References on a song page now sort by bible reference (rather than just alphabetical);\r
    [NEW] You are now able to sort columns in the search results;\r
    [FIX] Admin panel null caused churches to be displayed incorrectly;\r
    [FIX] Editing a song now resets the songs cache immediately;\r
    [FIX] Song of songs can now be parsed as a reference;

    Version 2.5.1

    Released January 20th, 2016

    Fix

    [NEW] Robots.txt implementation added;\r
    [NEW] New tags added;\r
    [FIX] Clicking on an expired validation email caused site to error;\r
    [FIX] 404 error on bootstrap fonts;\r
    [FIX] User control panel layout now responsive;\r
    [FIX] The iPad layout was broken;\r
    [FIX] The save service layout was broken;\r
    [FIX] Adding a song with no duplicates was not possible;\r
    [FIX] OpenSearch configuration now matches the latest specification;\r
    [FIX] Search results now has pagination;

    Version 2.5

    Released January 13th, 2016

    Fix

    [NEW] 'What's new' dialog;\r
    [NEW] Enhanced error logging;\r
    [NEW] Error handling throughout site;\r
    [NEW] Ability to edit a saved service;\r
    [NEW] Bootstrap redesign;\r
    [NEW] Ability to change a registered email address;\r
    [NEW] Sitemap generation;\r
    [IMPROVED] Adding a song is much nicer now;\r
    [IMPROVED] Admin panel improvements;\r
    [IMPROVED] New refactored permissions;\r
    [IMPROVED] New look tags;\r
    [FIX] Updating a service actually updates, rather than removing and adding a new one;\r
    [FIX] Numerous reference search fixes;