Archive: December, 2009

Showtimes for your events

You can now add showtimes to events. This is a useful way to present your event schedule to your audience. Here is some basic instructions on how to add your showtimes.

1. When editing / adding events, you will notice a new section of the event form called ‘Showtimes’ here you can create new showtimes for your event.

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2. Click the Add Showtime button. A new form option will show with “Showtime” and “Name”. Set the date/time for the start of the showtime, and give it a name to help describe what will be happening at that showtime.

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3. Once your finished, just be sure to save the event so it will save your showtimes.

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Depending on your feed/widget setup showtimes will show to your audience. Showtime data is also available in the API.

Event Tagging

Now you can tag your events in hold my ticket. Here is a series of screenshots that show you a quick way of tagging events.

Click the + tag icon to create a new tag for your event

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A text field appears.

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Now enter in your tags separated by commas.

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Now click the “Save” button, and your tags will be saved to the event.

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Promote discounted tickets with the new “promo code” feature

You can now add a promo code (a coupon password) to a ticket. An example of how to utilize this new feature is to send out special offers to members of your facebook page, newsletter and/or twitter account like, “Hey fans, want to see the show tomorrow? The next 50 tickets will receive a $5 discount! Type in promo code diamond to get discounted tickets.”

Adding a promo code to a ticket is simple.

 

how to add a promo code to a ticket

  • add a second ticket
  • give the new ticket a price
  • enter the amount of promo tickets to be available for purchase
  • label the ticket description – General Admission (promo) or (diamond)
  • click the use coupon code checkbox
  • enter your coupon code

 

screen shot of how to add a promo code to a ticket in the event editor

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screen shot of a ticket checkout screen with discounted ticket
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TaosSkiValley.com – Event Calendar Integration

Here’s one of the latest integrations into a website with Hold My Ticket. The Taos Ski Valley Chamber of Commerce. http://taosskivalley.com

Building this feed utilized the API and a month view widget. We will update this blog with some code that can be used to create similar embeddable calendar functions.

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