While AnnounceKit is already packed with a wide range of features, there may be times when you find yourself wishing for a feature that helps you collect requests from your end users.
With this new feature, AnnounceKit users will be able to set up a page for their products and services where customers, users, and followers can directly suggest new features and improvements. The tool is designed to make it easy for users to submit feature requests, as well as for product managers and developers to manage and prioritize those requests.
1) How to enable and customize the Feature Request Tool
To enable your Feature Request, simply go to Settings > Feature Request and click the button on the top right!
Or you can click here to be redirected to your widgets!
When you give your Feature Request collection tool a name and enable it, it will be visible on your feed and widgets. Furthermore, suggestions will require approval from you, so that you can display specific suggestions and avoid spams.
However, you can customize your feature request tool however you'd like. You can select from:
Hide on Widgets
Enabling this will hide feature requests on all widgets.Hide on Changelog
Enable this to hide feature requests from your changelog.Require approval
Approval is required for suggested feature requests to be visible to your users.Set default status to private
Feature requests that come in will only be shown to internal team members.Private comments
Users cannot see each other's comments.
You can also customize how the feature request tool looks on your widgets and feed.
Customizing Feature Request in your widgets |
By going to Widget Settings > Edit Theme and scrolling down to Feature Request customization options for your Widgets
You can change the following:
Modal text, title, and subtitle colors Modal background color Feature request vote and active vote border colors Feature request vote active text color Feature request input border color Modal input background and text color |
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Customizing Feature Request in your feed |
By going to Feed Settings > Theme Designer and scrolling down the Modal element customization options for your feed
You can change the following:
Title and subtitle colors Border colors Active vote border and text colors Input text and background colors Input border and focus border colors Line or separator color |
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2) Managing your Feature Request tool
After creating your Feature Request tool, your end-users & teammates can submit ideas by clicking on the "Suggest a Feature" (or whatever you have changed the tool title to)
End user submitting a response
Alternatively, your project teammates and create internal feature requests and even label them.
You can also move the submitted requests to your AnnounceKit Roadmap, to show what you are working on.
3) Syncing your Feature Requests with Jira
AnnounceKit's Jira Integration simplifies the management of your backlog and feature requests by seamlessly linking AnnounceKit with your Atlassian Jira instance.
Begin by authenticating your Jira account with your AnnounceKit account. Access this option through Settings > Integration and select Jira Integration
Once Jira is connected to AnnounceKit, navigate to your Feature Request Settings here, you can fine-tune the integration according to your specific needs, including:
Selecting the Jira board you want to work with.
Choosing the issue type based on your Jira settings.
Specifying the reporter of the feature request.
Moving Suggestions to Jira: In the 'Feature Request' tab, choose a suggestion you'd like to convert into a Jira task.
Remember to click 'Generate Ticket' first to provide essential context for your Jira task. After generating the ticket, simply click 'Add to Jira.' This action transfers all ticket and suggestion details seamlessly to your Jira platform.
