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Minor update for WP Event Ticketing

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Earlier today we released an update to our WordPress plugin WP Event Ticketing (version 1.1.4). It is a minor update to fix 2 bugs that a few users had run in to. Here is what was updated:

  • Default permalink sites (?page_id=) no longer cause illegal URLs to be generated
  • Clicking on delete then cancel doesn’t cause ticket/package to still be deleted

In other Event Ticketing news, we are still hard at work on WP Event Ticketing Pro. It’s coming along nicely and even though we are very excited to share it with you, we’ll be keeping it under wraps until we’re confident that it’s ready to rock! If you want to be one of the first to hear all the juicy details about it, sign up for the 9seeds newsletter.

Until next time, Cheers!

Running WP Event Ticketing with Thesis

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UPDATED 12/1/2010: Version 1.1.2 was released this evening and fixes the conflict with Thesis. Instead of editing the files manually, you can download the latest version instead.

We’ve had a few reports of our plugin WP Event Ticketing not displaying the Ticketing menu on the admin dashboard. The common denominator for the reports was that they were all using the Thesis theme.

After some troubleshooting through the code, I found a conflict that I believe to be a bug in the way WordPress handles the addition of new navigational menu items. I’ve reported the conflict to the WordPress development team, but it’s not something that will likely be fixed right away. So until then, we’ve come up with a simple workaround. We will include this update in our next release, but until then, here is the workaround.

1. In a text editor, open the file named ticketing.php
2. Find the line that looks like this:

add_menu_page('Tickets', 'Tickets', 'activate_plugins', 'eventticketing', array("eventTicketingSystem", "ticketReporting"), WP_PLUGIN_URL . '/' . plugin_basename(dirname(__FILE__)) . '/images/calendar_full.png',30);

3. Replace that line with the following:

add_menu_page('Tickets', 'Tickets', 'activate_plugins', 'eventticketing', array("eventTicketingSystem", "ticketReporting"), WP_PLUGIN_URL . '/' . plugin_basename(dirname(__FILE__)) . '/images/calendar_full.png',29);

Once you make this change, “Tickets” should now show up right before the “Thesis” menu item.

As always, if you run in to any issues with the plugin, we urge you to post it to the WP Event Ticketing Support Forum. If you’d like to be informed when we release new software updates, be sure to sign up for the 9seeds Newsletter.

John Hawkins interviewed by Life of the Freelancer

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Back in September I was contacted by Robert Dempsey about doing an interview for a new project he was working on. The project is a site called Life of the Freelancer where he’s providing excellent information, interviews and resources for people who are already or are considering leaving corporate America and working as freelance.

Since I work from home, every day life happens all around me all day long. About 5 minutes in to the video, you’ll get to hear my Irish Setter lose his mind when the gardener shows up. After that, things settle down. 🙂

I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to meet Robert in person a few weeks back at WordCamp MSP. He is a tremendously nice guy and is providing excellent information over at LifeOfTheFreelancer. I encourage you to check it out.

As a quick aside, I was jokingly giving Robert grief about the fact that I had recorded the interview with him back in September and as of a few weeks ago it still hadn’t been posted. It was, of course, all in good fun. But you know how they say everything happens for a reason, well this was a perfect example. Listening to the interview this morning turned out to be perfect timing. It was a great reminder of why we set out on this crazy journey that is 9seeds.

Before I go, I’d like to wish you all a very happy Thanksgiving.

– John

New plugin: WP Event Ticketing

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As we were gearing up to organize WordCamp Las Vegas 2010, we wanted to move the management of the ticket ordering process in-house. One of the main reasons being we didn’t want to pay a third party site to handle the ticket sales for the event since they charge per ticket. Sure, we could have passed the cost on to the ticket buyer, but that’s just not how we roll! Instead, we got to work building a WordPress plugin; WP Event Ticketing.

If you are the impatient type, you can download WP Event Ticketing and try it out, or read on for a list of features and screenshots.

WP Event Ticketing Features

  • Real-time payments via Papal
  • Multiple ticket types. (For example, basic ticket includes entry only, gold ticket includes entry plus a shirt.)
  • Ticket packages that can include multiple tickets. (Useful for offering registration to sponsors.)
  • Set your event’s maximum attendance
  • Choose what data you want to collect from attendees
  • Limit quantity of each type of ticket packages to sell
  • Display/hide # of tickets remaining on registration page
  • Create single or multiple use coupons
  • Create flat-rate or percentage based coupons
  • Send email notification to all registered attendees
  • Export attendee list to CSV
  • Manually create a ticket for an attendee
  • Ticket and revenue reporting
  • Summary reports show counts by data collected. (for example, display a list of t-shirt sizes and how many of each you need to order)

Screenshots

Looking for more features?
We are currently hard at work on Event Ticketing Pro. We have a ton of features planned for the pro version! You aren’t going to want to miss it. Sign up for our newsletter to be notified when the pro version is released.