Release notes
What’s new in Doris
I keep this page up to date as I learn new tricks. The newest changes are at the top, in plain words rather than version numbers.
14 September 2026
Repeating bookings at any time, and a tidier Members page
- Repeating bookings can now start at any quarter hour. Choose "At a specific time" when you set one up; until now I could only offer starts on the hour.
- The Members page now lists everyone all the time, with tick boxes so you can put several people on a rate card, or into a team, in one go.
- Each member's rate card shows in the list, so you can see a change has taken effect.
- A guest hire on the diary now shows the hirer's name, not the name of whoever typed it in.
- Adding someone new? I have a ready-written note you can copy with one click, filled in with your organisation's details, so the welcome email never arrives unannounced.
- The guides have grown into a proper manual, with a contents page.
8 September 2026
A friendlier setup, session blocks, and plans that count properly
- Setting up walks you through the same screens as Settings, one step at a time, with a little advice beside each one. You can run it again whenever you like.
- On fixed-slot diaries a price can now cover a block of sessions, so a whole morning books as one.
- Membership plans can count hours or bookings, carry unused allowance forward for as many days as you choose, and either allow or stop bookings beyond the allowance.
- Any price can now be used for a one-off or a repeating booking; there is no longer a separate "regular only" price.
- You can set your organisation's timezone and country, and your Doris subscription has its own page in Settings.
3 September 2026
Rate cards
- Each group of members can have its own rate card: the rooms they may book, at the prices you set for them. The Default card is your full price list; every other card is a selection from it.
- Rooms on a card can be grouped ("the desks"), and I will pick any free one for a booking.
- Admins get a My dashboard view of their own day.
1 September 2026
Member records, and the floor map for members
- Each member can have contact and emergency details on record, kept private to your organisation. Members look after their own details; you can fill them in until they first sign in.
- On a computer, members can see the floor map (if you switch it on) and a read-only day view of the diary.
30 August 2026
Guest hire, statements that send themselves, and card payments
- Guest hire: take bookings from people outside your organisation, with deposits and balances tracked, and a payment link they can pay by card, straight into your own account.
- Statements now go out on your statement day without you lifting a finger, and a new Payments page keeps what is owed and what has arrived in one place.
- Refer an organisation: recommend Doris to another organisation and receive a thank-you voucher when they subscribe.
- Kinder emails: a proper welcome when an organisation joins, and gentler reminders around trials.