Stageshow Gold Questions

  • Resolved rogerd202

    (@rogerd202)


    8 years ago

    I’m evaluating Stageshow Gold for prospective purchase and have a demo account which I have played with. It seems that it would be suitable for my needs but the demo couldn’t allow interaction in the front end so I installed the cut down version available from WP on a web server in my house to have a closer look. I realise that there are differences between free and paid for versions but I have a few questions as I can see where there might be difficulties for me.

    Our main website (which I also manage) displays details about our shows and there can be 20 or more (with a few performances of each) each month especially as current shows can cover a six or seven week period (following month shows issued for sale during first week of preceeding month).

    1 – With so many shows listed on our main website, would it be possible to link to the specific show in the Stageshow output with something like an Anchor?
    2 – I see that it is possible to number shows in Stageshow Gold so is the short code output sorted by show number so that we could number shows to display in date order? If not, in what order does the shortcode output to screen? Is it just the order of setting up shows?
    3 – In the Stageshow version that I have installed, a purchaser is forced to enter all fields in the address form even if the option in settings is unticked. Is that an anomaly?
    4 – In the Stageshow version that I have installed, a purchasers email is not validated; ie not even checked to see if it is a valid address. It is therefore possible to put rubbish in this field and it is still accepted. Is that the case in Gold?

    My thoughts are to install Stageshow Gold as a different website as it would be easier to manage and I don’t feel that our current theme suits it. Our main website can be seen here and my temporary WP installation (for Stageshow) is here.

    I would be grateful for anybody’s thought on this, especially Malcolm’s! Thanks…..

    • This topic was modified 8 years ago by rogerd202.
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  • Plugin Author Malcolm

    (@malcolm-oph)

    My answers to your queries are as follows:

    1. If I understand the question correctly, then yes it is possible using the the [sshow-boxoffice id=url-(attrib)] style of shortcode.
    For example, you could do the following:

    Create a new “tickets” page (lets say the URL is {YourSite}/tickets/) and add the following shortcode to it:
    [sshow-boxoffice id=url-showname]

    Now add a new Show (with performances and prices) to StageShow. Name it “My New Show”. You can now display the box-office for this show using the following URL:
    {YourSite}/tickets/?showname=”My New Show”

    2. The numbers that you refer to are indexes into the StageShow database and are allocated as new entries are added to the database, and cannot be changed. At present shows are listed in order of the last performance date/time for each show.

    3. I presume that you are referring to the “Purchaser Address – Always Required’ option. This relates to an option that is passed to PayPal, and instructs PayPal whether it should collect/report the purchasers address or not when the purchaser selects “Checkout”. If you are using “Reservations” (i.e. making a booking without paying for it) then this option has no effect.

    4. The usual mode of operation is that tickets are sold and paid for via a Payment gateway, usually PayPal. In this case the purchasers details (Name, Address and EMail) are obtained from the payment gateway rather than being entered by the purchaser. When taking reservations, the recommended approach is to restrict this to registered users, and to use the normal WordPress functionality to validate EMail addresses. Registration is also possible with the client entering their own details, but this is not included in the version of StageShow on www.ads-software.com.
    Are you using the “Simulator” payment gateway perhaps? This is only intended for demo/trial purposes and for this reason does not include validation of the form.

    Thread Starter rogerd202

    (@rogerd202)

    Malcolm, many thanks for your replies which are most useful although your answer (2) prompts a further question if I may:

    With regard to the order of shows displayed in the Box Office output you say “At present shows are listed in order of the last performance date/time for each show”.

    If I had a case of the following (best shown as an example) as we actually have had a situation similar to this during this week

    Mon – Show “A” at 1430
    Mon – Show “B” at 1930
    Tue – Show “B” at 1430
    Tue – Show “A” at 1930

    Two shows with two performance times on two consecutive days but with different times on each day, how would the Box Office output to screen for each show?

    Thread Starter rogerd202

    (@rogerd202)

    Just thinking a bit more about this with ref to my previous question and taking Malcolm’s explanation literally, I think the above shows would be displayed like this:

    SHOW B – Monday at 1930
    SHOW B – Tuesday at 1430

    SHOW A – Monday at 1430
    SHOW A – Tuesday at 1930

    I think this is something that I could live with but am I correct?

    • This reply was modified 8 years ago by rogerd202. Reason: Spelling mistake
    Plugin Author Malcolm

    (@malcolm-oph)

    Yes you are correct. The Box-Office output always lists all the performances for a show together, in date/time order. The order in which these groups of entries are displayed depends of the date & time of each shows last performance.

    Thread Starter rogerd202

    (@rogerd202)

    Thanks to Malcolm for all his responses to my queries………….

    • This reply was modified 8 years ago by rogerd202.
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