Price Types are a way of categorizing a price modifier and indicating how that price gets applied to the running total when a transaction occurs.
You are able to manage (add, edit, or delete) your own Price Types. However, every Price Type is actually a derivative of three basic types that cannot be changed: Discount, Surcharge, and Tax:
You can choose to make a price type the default for all new prices by checking the box.
Along with revamping the Event Espresso 4 core plugin, we’ve also revamped the in-app documentation systems and content. Event Espresso 4 has three documentation systems:
Each help system is available to developers to edit (or add to) for their clients as needed.
Help Tours are step-driven sets of instruction to introduce users to the EE4 interface. There is a help tour for each page in Event Espresso and is only shown on the first unique page load. The help tour is deactivated after it has been viewed once. It can be viewed again by clicking on the Help tab on each page.
Users can:
Help Tours are especially helpful for developers to use while introducing Event Espresso to their clients.
Help tabs allow users to get more detailed instructions about specific features and areas of the admin user interface. The Help tab is a standard WordPress documentation tool that is accessed via the “Help” link at the top of each page (where available).
qTip2 tool tips are placed strategically throughout the Event Espresso user interface to add a quick explanation to new users.
qTip2’s are also available to developers for use on the front-end as a library.
Event Espresso leverages the WordPress user interface, which brings the ability to reorder the user interface to match your workflow processes.
Each control box (meta box) can be:
Each configuration is user-specific, so one size does not have to fit all users on your website.
Each metabox can be opened individually or closed when not in use by simply toggling the up/down arrows for each meta box.
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Each metabox can also be rearranged higher or lower on the page, into and out of the main content area, or into and out of the right sidebar areas.
Nearly all meta boxes can be removed via the Screen Options tab at the top of the page. Simply uncheck those you don’t wish to see.
We both know you’ve got the greatest event in the world, but does everyone else? With Event XML RSS feeds you can automatically announce your great event to the world.
Some website gurus claim that a RSS Feed can:
Whatever the actual effect is, an RSS feed adds convenience and access to your event information for many people and systems.
Now you can postpone registrations on your website while you configure or update your website. Front-end-Only Maintenance Mode means the front-end (ie, non-wp-admin pages) are disabled for ALL users EXCEPT site admins. This means you’ll be able to access your event pages as normal for testing, but regular website traffic can not access event listings and registration pages.
The Draft Events feature is another way to control when attendees can view your events.
The image above is of the Event Espresso admin, the below is an image of the front-end.
Event Espresso 4 logging options include:
We went to a lot of work to make sure that the new Event Espresso 4 user interface follows the WordPress guidelines and can inherit the beautiful enhancements that are available in WordPress 3.8+. We’ve also created custom icons to make the Event Espresso pages easier to use and more mobile-friendly.
Content below source: http://wordpress.org/news/2013/12/parker/
Version 3.8 of WordPress, named “Parker” in honor of Charlie Parker, bebop innovator, is available for download or update in your WordPress dashboard. We hope you’ll think this is the most beautiful update yet.
WordPress has gotten a facelift. 3.8 brings a fresh new look to the entire admin dashboard. Gone are overbearing gradients and dozens of shades of grey — bring on a bigger, bolder, more colorful design!
The new WordPress dashboard has a fresh, uncluttered design that embraces clarity and simplicity.
The Open Sans typeface provides simple, friendly text that is optimized for both desktop and mobile viewing. It’s even open source, just like WordPress.
We think beautiful design should never sacrifice legibility. With superior contrast and large, comfortable type, the new design is easy to read and a pleasure to navigate.
We all access the internet in different ways. Smartphone, tablet, notebook, desktop — no matter what you use, WordPress will adapt and you’ll feel right at home.
WordPress is sharper than ever with new vector-based icons that scale to your screen. By ditching pixels, pages load significantly faster, too.
WordPress just got a colorful new update. We’ve included eight new admin color schemes so you can pick the one that suits you best.
Color schemes can be previewed and changed from your Profile page.
The new themes screen lets you survey your themes at a glance. Or want more information? Click to discover more. Then sit back and use your keyboard’s navigation arrows to flip through every theme you’ve got.
Drag-drag-drag. Scroll-scroll-scroll. Widget management can be complicated. With the new design, we’ve worked to streamline the widgets screen.
Have a large monitor? Multiple widget areas stack side-by-side to use the available space. Using a tablet? Just tap a widget to add it.
Create a beautiful magazine-style site with WordPress and Twenty Fourteen. Choose a grid or a slider to display featured content on your homepage. Customize your site with three widget areas or change your layout with two page templates.
With a striking design that does not compromise our trademark simplicity, Twenty Fourteen is our most intrepid default theme yet.
This release was led by Matt Mullenweg. This is our second release using the new plugin-first development process, with a much shorter timeframe than in the past. We think it’s been going great. You can check out the features currently in production on the make/core blog.
Event Espresso 4 gives you more control in understanding your customers and business. We’ve made it easier to know who your customers are and how they’ve done business with you over time.
The Contact Profile page stores the name, biography, contact information, event registration history, private comments, and more about each registrant. This is like a journal for each registrant who you have done business with in the past.
Each time this person registers for a new event, their contact information is updated so that you always have the best way to reach them.
The Contact List organizes everyone who has ever been registered as an attendee in your Event Espresso system. You can filter, search, etc. to find the right customer.
This is one of the first steps we’re taking to help you offer a better experience to your attendees and help you become more successful.
The Event Espresso Check-in feature allows event managers to:
The Check-in list of attendees are of two registration status types: Approved or Pending Payment.
These are the logical list of attendees. We include registrations that are still pending payment in the case that you allow registrants to pay at the door.
The check-in feature can be accessed online to record attendance. There are three statuses per registration: checked-in, checked-out, or no check-in record available.
Event administrators can manage taxes globally via the default price types and default prices. Tax fees are also reported to the admin in several ways, and to the attendee during and after checkout.
Basic tax types can be named and configured as flat amounts or percentages of the ticket price. Federal and State sales tax types are made available as default price types which can be modified to be renamed (if necessary) and to set the proper tax rate.
Administrators can enable taxes to be applied to individual taxes that were previously configured as a default price.
Once the Tax Default Price Type has been configured, specific taxes can be made available to be applied on individual tickets (see Per-ticket Tax Administration).
Taxes are reported to event managers in the transaction details and registration report.
The transaction record details the taxes that were charged for the entire transaction.
The registration report details the taxes that were charged for each registration.
Taxes are reported to registrants in the ticket details ticket selector, during registration checkout, and in their order confirmation (PDF). The PDF order confirmation also reports the VAT/Tax Number configured in Your Organization Settings.
Ticket buyers can read more about a specific ticket which includes the taxes that will be applied to that particular ticket.
The checkout confirmation (before payment) details the amount and type of taxes that will be applied during payment.
The Order Confirmation PDF provides a section that lists the amount of taxes paid for individual types of taxes configured as a default price (above).
