Well, another year is behind us, and we’ve moved on to 2017. As we wrap up an incredible 2016, we feel grateful to be able to partner with our customers and together push the boundaries of event registration and ticketing. We can’t help but get excited for what 2017 will bring.
Attendee Mover Add-on Now Available
We’re happy to present you with the Attendee Mover add-on for Event Espresso 4. With this add-on, you can easily shaving a few minutes off the current attendee reassignment process!
Mistakes happen and sometimes you may have people register for the wrong event…or if there are multiple tickets for the event, they may purchase the wrong ticket. This add-on makes it easy to move attendees from one event/ticket to another event/ticket, within the same event or a different event.
Get started today! Purchase the Attendee Mover add-on for Event Espresso 4, also included in the EE4 Everything License. Compatible with Event Espresso 4.9.13+
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Website Weekend Los Angeles 2016
During Connect Week 2016, Website Weekend LA will bring in non-profits and organizations doing great work in the local Los Angeles, California community and pair them up with teams of digital professionals. Then over the course of a weekend, these teams will collaborate and build something amazing for their organization that will help them grow their outreach and positively impact how they contribute to the community.
WordCamp Phoenix, Arizona 2016
Hey Event Espresso users in Arizona! If you want to learn more about WordPress, meet great new people, and have a great time while doing so, then WordCamp Phoenix is the place to be. You might even get to meet some of the biggest names in the WordPress community, such as Aaron Campbell, Alex Vasquez, Betsy Cohen, and Mary Baum.
WordCamp Salt Lake City 2016
Hey Event Espresso users in Utah! WordCamp Salt Lake City is happening this weekend.
If you want to learn more about WordPress, meet new people, and have a great time while doing so, then WordCamp Salt Lake City is the place to be. You might even get to meet some of the biggest names in the WordPress community, such as Chris Reynolds, Carrie Dils, and Garth Mortensen. (more…)
Event App Customization Add-on Now Available
We’re excited to share with you new details on a powerful new add-on that has emerged as one of this year’s coolest features – Event App Customization – Only $69.95, for a limited time!
This is great news for event managers wanting to show their own logo in the Event Espresso event app. With our new Event App Customization add-on, you can now customize the Event Espresso 4 event app for Android and Apple using your own logo image.
Did you say customize the event app?
Yes! Customizing the EE4 event app is easy and allows you to upload and display your own logo in the app screens. This is a great add-on for companies that want their employees to have a custom branded event app. However, it should be noted that the login screen will not be updated until after logging in the first time.
Bonus! We even made it easy to change the powered by text in the login screen footer. Enjoy these example screenshots from a re-branded event app 🙂
Get started today! Purchase the Event App Customization add-on for Event Espresso 4, also included in the EE4 Everything License. Compatible with Event Espresso 4.9.9+
Event App Customization Screenshots
QuickBooks Payment Gateway Now Available
The EE4 QuickBooks Payment Gateway is an on-site payment method for Event Espresso for accepting credit and debit cards and is available to event organizers in the United States.
Features
- Accept Major Credit Cards / Debit Cards – Visa®, MasterCard®, American Express®, Discover®, Diner’s, JCB
- Customers never leave your site during checkout
- Track and manage your registration
transactions in QuickBooks
Direct On-site Checkout
Using the Intuit QuickBooks Payment Gateway add-on keeps the customer on your site for the entire process, providing a slick checkout process for the user.
Easy and secure credit card processing for event ticketing
The Intuit QuickBooks Payment Gateway add-on provides an advanced payment integration for Event Espresso while providing the security and reliability that comes with using Intuit for payment processing.
If you need help with QuickBooks, then feel free to reach out in our support forums so we can share feedback and help you move forward with your project. EE4 Everything License holders have had their accounts updated to include this gateway.
Flexible Payment Method Now Available
Flexible Payment Methods is an off-line payment option for Event Espresso for accepting payments. You can provide your registrants/attendee with specific information on how to pay for their registrations (e.g. call a phone number to pay, pay at the event, etc).
With this payment method, you can provide instructions to your registrants/attendees on how to pay for their registrations. Here are some examples:
- Thanks for starting registration. Call us at 800-555-1234 to complete your payment. We accept all major credit cards.
- You can pay the day of the event. Be sure to arrive early. We accept VISA, MasterCard, Discover, American Express.
- Please send us a payment through Square Cash to the following email address: hello@example.com
Works great with the Payment Methods Pro add-on!
Be sure to check out the Payment Methods Pro add-on if you would like to offer certain payment options for some events. For example, you could offer one payment option for one event and a different payment option for all other events. BE sure to check it out!
If you need help with the Flexible payment method, then feel free to reach out in our support forums so we can share feedback and help you move forward with your project. EE4 Everything License holders have had their accounts updated to include this gateway.
Attendee Mover Add-on Now Available for Beta Testing
If you’ve ever had a registrant sign up for the wrong event, then you know how important it can be to be able to move them to a different event; moving registrations between events can be a very time consuming process. With the Attendee Mover add-on for EE4, you can now move attendees to different events with ease.
The Attendee Mover add-on is compatible with Event Espresso 4.9.7+ and available to download from the pre-release channel while in beta testing.
Shave at least 5 minutes off the attendee reassignment process!
With the Attendee Mover add-on, it only takes four simple steps to move an attendee to a new event, from the Registrations Overview page, click the “Attendee Mover” icon in the attendee row.
Attendee Mover Icon in Registration Overview
Next, you can choose the event that you would like to move the selected attendee to.
Moving an Attendee – Registration Step 1
Then select a ticket and click the “Next Step” button…
Moving an Attendee – Registration Step 2
…and voila! The attendee is reassigned to the correct event.
Moving an Attendee – Registration Step 3
Attendee Mover Beta Testing
Want to beta test this new add-on for us? Please follow the short guide below to get started.
Download
The add-on is available for beta testing from the pre-release channel (PRC) within your Event Espresso account page. Once you’ve signed up for the PRC, your download will be available in the EE4 tab of the PRC.
Install
The add-on installs like any other WordPress plugin, just upload and activate it via the WordPress plugin admin screen.
Documentation
Documentation can be found here: https://eventespresso.com/wiki/ee4-attendee-mover/
Reporting Issues
Please report issues in the Attendee Mover support forums.
We look forward to your feedback from testing the Attendee Mover add-on beta. Please feel free to start a new topic in the Pre-release channel forum if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions.
Updated: Android & Apple Event App for Event Espresso 4
We’re happy to announce that we’ve recently released some updates to our Android and Apple event app. The latest round of event app updates include many new features, security fixes, and optimizations.
Latest Event App Updates
New features
- Added a new UI to show registrations in group when scanning
- Added a new UI for sorting registrations by name and registration date
- Added a new UI for event sorting by name and date of event
- Added a filter for paid/unpaid and approved/unapproved registrations
- Added the name of datetime to the individual event screen
- Added tabs tabs for today’s, upcoming, past, and all events
- Added three new scanning modes (lookup attendee, continuous scanning, continuous check-in only)
- Added a refresh button to the event details screen
- Added currency formatting that is set on Event Espresso powered website
- Added ability to auto-discover API URL (if you’ve changed your default API URL, the app should auto-discover the available API URL)
- Added a link a link to our documentation page on the login page of the app
- Added an alert if the payment has not been made when scanning
Fixes/Updates
- Fixed issues with logging in to app if no events were published
- Show a “no records found” message when there are no results in search, or otherwise
- Exclude incomplete and trashed registrations
- Don’t show events if unable to authenticate
- Disallow check-in for other datetimes
Coming Soon
- Use timezone offset from WP > Settings Timezone (we’re still working on updates to the REST API to support this feature)
Get Started Now
Download the Mobile Ticketing App | View Documentation
Requirements:
- Event Espresso version 4.8.41+ (Works w/ Decaf & Regular)
- WordPress version 4.5+
- Apple: iOS version 9+
- Android: KitKat version 4.1+
- Optional: Ticketing add-on (required for scanning tickets)
Updating
Depending on your device settings, updates may, or may not be downloaded and installed automatically onto your device. If the app is not updated automatically, please visit the Android and Apple store on your device to initiate the update manually.
Troubleshooting
If you have trouble using the mobile event app, see our event app documentation page or contact us in the support forums.
Screenshots
Here are some screenshots from the latest version of the Event Espresso mobile event app:
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- Login Screen
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- Single Event Details Screen
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- Attendee List Screen
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- Registration Details Screen w/ Additional Attendees
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- Ticket Scanning Screen w/ Alt-check-in Options
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- Successful Ticket Scan
