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Posted by Garth on Friday, May 27th, 2011
We’d like to make a quick announcement that the Multiple Event Registration Add-on is now available for purchase. We understand that it took longer to complete than we wanted it to, and we still have plans for its future, but we couldn’t hold it back any longer. This add-on allows allows attendees to register for multiple events during a single checkout, and even add additional attendees. This add-on makes it easy for your attendees to register by giving them an option to reuse the information later in the registration form if they are registering the same person for multiple events. Read More
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Posted by Garth on Thursday, May 19th, 2011
Event Espresso Mobile Ticketing Apps
We’d like to announce today that we have released the Event Espresso Mobile Ticketing Apps for iphone, iPod, and Android mobile devices. These mobile platforms bring event managers and organizers even more autonomy and power to setup their own registration system.
The Event Espresso plugin for WordPress and our iOS and Android apps:
- Speed up registrations at the door
- Integrates in real-time with the attendee list in Event Espresso
- Allows for multiple check-in “stations”. Eg. Use multiple iPhones/Android phones to log into to the same attendee list so employees can scan tickets using multiple different mobile devices
- Send an e-mail to the ticket holder with a “Thank you for Attending” – This will save time from currently having to check the name off and having attendees sign a confirmation that they were present at the event. This will help to avoid refund situations (coming soon)
- Keep your events “Green” by providing an environmentally friendly ticketing solution
- Custom tickets can double as a name badge
- Makes your organization very official and innovative
Download the Mobile Ticketing Apps | Purchase the QR Code ticketing addon
Requirements: Event Espresso version 3.0.19.p.34 or greater and purchase of the QR Code ticketing addon. Note: the ticketing app will work with some earlier versions of Event Espresso, but 3.0.19.p.34 has the ability to check people in/out of the event if the ticketing addon is installed.
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Posted by Garth on Thursday, May 12th, 2011
We’ve made it even easier for you to create custom registration forms with drag-and-drop technology. Simply drag-and-drop the questions into place, or in the order, you want them displayed on the registration form.
We also incorporated this technology into the question groups. Question Groups can be organized or re-ordered by dragging and dropping individual table rows into the desired positions.
This improvement was just released today and is available in versions 3.0.19.P31 and later.
Drag-and-Drop Question Manager
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Posted by Garth on Monday, April 25th, 2011
Updated: The Multi-Event Registration Add-on is now available.
I don’t know how else to put it, except to say that this is really awesome functionality!
Gone are the days when people can only register for one event at a time. We have been developing a system that allows people to register and pay for multiple events at one time. The theory is that when it’s easier for your attendees to register for more events you will sell more tickets; and with the Multi-Event Registration System it couldn’t be easier.
Some of the features of the multi-event registration system addon include:
- Register or Add to Cart and Add More Events links – This gives the person the opportunity to immediately register for the single event or continue shopping to add more events to their cart.
- Multiple Event Payment – The person registering can pay for an unlimited number of events at one time (paid or free events), all from one page.
- Single Registration Page – The person registering can register for all the tickets they are purchasing all from one page. They can click a check box to reuse an attendee’s information or enter all new information for a different person.
This new addon will be very useful in situations when you want attendees to register for a main event and also sub-events such as conference breakout sessions; when your events are for the entire family, but you want each member of the family to register for separate events; etc.
This new addon has taken a long time to construct but it’s nearly done. We are accepting applications to beta test the multiple event registration addon, and you can follow the multi-event registration development progress in the forums.
In order to keep the base-price of Event Espresso low for those who do not need this functionality, this addon will be sold separately for about $40.
We encourage all Event Espresso users to consider how the multi-event registration system can help you save time and sell more tickets.
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Posted by Seth Shoultes on Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
Happy Birthday Event Espresso
The original version of Event Espresso, first named “Events Registration with PayPal IPN”, later renamed to “Advanced Events Registration”, was released on April 20, 2009 and has been rewritten a total of three times since its initial inception, and is now aptly named “Event Espresso”. After three name changes and three complete rewrites, here we are. It all started out as a simple plugin for my wife. All she needed was a way for people to register for her scrapbooking classes and events. I couldn’t find any good plugins that were easy for a non-tech person to manage events and accept payments. So I went ahead and created my own solution.
In addition to celebrating our second year as the premiere events registration and management plugin for WordPress, this month was especially awesome! Thanks to my business partner and long time friend, Garth Koyle, Event Espresso is $40,000 richer. Garth wrote a winning 30-page business plan and gave an outstanding presentation that ended up winning first place–and $40,000–in the Utah Entrepreneur Challenge. This extra money will allow us to spend more time expanding our current services and framework, to bring you the best event registration system for WordPress.
As of January 2011, we had 1400+ purchases of the premium version, and over 15,000 downloads of the free version on WordPress.org. We now have over 18,000 downloads of the free version and almost a 5 star rating! We have been featured on WP Plugins.com, WPCandy (several times), and WPMU.org (two times). This year is also bringing us the first Mobile Ticketing App for WordPress (very excited about this!) In addition to all of that, we have also given out over 200 non-profit discounts to non-profit organizations all over the world.
Last, but NOT least, I would like to give a BIG THANKS! To all of our customers and the WordPress community that have made this an awesome two years. Without YOU and ALL of the wonderful feedback you have provided throughout these past two years, we would all still be paying high fees to Eventbrite and the other companies. This year we plan to make a dent in their pocket books and bring even more features, while still keeping you in control of your data, events, and hard-earned cash!
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Posted by Garth on Friday, April 15th, 2011
We are pleased to announce that we are sponsoring the WordCamp Developers conference May 5th at the SFU Harbour Centre in Vancouver British Columbia. In addition to purchasing a “Silver Sponsorship,” Event Espresso is supporting this conference by donating the Event Espresso WordPress plugin which they are using for the event ticketing/registration and to accept donations.
We will likely be offering special discounts and offers to those who are turning into WordCamp Developers (#wcdev, not sure if that is the official Twitter handle). Follow Event Espresso on Twitter to get the latest news and offers related to WordCamps.
Register for WordCamp Developers today!
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Posted by Garth on Friday, April 15th, 2011
We are very excited help WordCamp Orange County possible by being a “Stoked” sponsor. WordCamp Orange County (#wcoc) is already sold out but we’d love you to stay tuned for news and special offers going on during this event. The organizers of WordCamp Orange County are Event Espresso Users, and we even know them personally from the Las Vegas WordCamp in 2010. Checkout their nice introduction of Event Espresso as a “Stoked” sponsor.
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Posted by Garth on Thursday, April 14th, 2011
Event Espresso Wins $40,000 in Entrepreneur Competition
Event Espresso has been awarded $40,000 as winner of the 2010-2011 Utah Entrepreneur Challenge. This recognition comes after four months of preparation and three rounds of judging with only a fraction of the businesses moving on through each round. The final round culminated in 10 businesses competing for the top prize.
Because this is one of the largest cash prize business competitions in the country, many other great businesses entered with excellent ideas. We didn’t expect to win, but are very pleased to be recognized with such an award. The prize money will be put to good use and help us further the success of Event Espresso. We are very excited about our future and the great products and services we will continue to offer our customers.
The potential prize money certainly gave us the incentive and motivation to compete in the Utah Entrepreneur Challenge, but what we are taking away from this competition is much more than the monetary award. After preparing business plans, presentations, and learning from mentors, we are better prepared for the future and know what we really offer to the market, where we want to take this business and how we are going to get there.
We would like to thank several people and organizations that helped us succeed:
Press:
About the Utah Entrepreneur Challenge:
Each year, the Utah Entrepreneur Challenge (UEC) helps hundreds of students across the state of Utah make their business ideas realities. The UEC is a student-run entrepreneurial competition. Utah college and university students with a business plan are encouraged to submit their ideas for review. Entries begin in January, and the winner is announced at an awards banquet in April. The winner receives $40,000 to help start their business, and over $80,000 of cash and in-kind prizes are awarded to the runners-up. As one of the largest student entrepreneur cash prize competitions in the United States, the UEC has enjoyed much success throughout its history; jump starting the careers of many students.
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Posted by Garth on Saturday, March 12th, 2011
Another stable version of Event Espresso is available to download. We recommend you upgrade now. This upgrade includes the improvements made in version 3.0.18.
- Version 3.0.19.b.7
- Added two columns to the attendee overview in the admin area. One column shows the price/ticket option, the other shows the time of the event chosen.
- Version 3.0.19.b.7
- Removing from beta. Everything seems to be pretty stable for most users.
- Fixed a lot of potential problems with the language files. It seems some of the translations had return and new line breaks (\r\n) in them. This seems to have caused lots of problems for international users. Hopefully removing these pieces of code and formatting the text located in the translation functions will fix this problem.
- Version 3.0.19.b.6
- There was still a problem when registering attendees from the same computer for free events or when payment was not finalized (ie. downloading an invoice or paying by check.) This has been fixed in the gateway files and template files. If you are not using the default payment gateways or templates, you will need to make sure these are updated.
- Attendees with a ‘Pending’ payment status are now counted as a paid attendee.Added the payment_overview.php template for displaying payment information after a payment has been made or if clicking on the payment details link. This will also display if the attendee chooses to pay using cash or check payment option, provided they click the new ‘finalize registration’ link, if these modules are active.
- Clicking the ‘Download PDF Invoice’ payment option will now mark the attendees as pending.
- Added a ‘finalize registration’ link when using cash or check payment gateways. Clicking the ‘finalize registration’ link will mark the attendees as ‘Pending’ in the payment overview.
- Version 3.0.19.b.5
- Added filters for displaying events and attendees in the Event Overview page. Filter events by month/year, category, active/inactive/deleted status. Ability to show all, today’s, and this months events.
- Filter attendees by month/year, category, payment status. Search by email address, name, transaction id, payment type/status, etc. Ability to show all, today’s, and this months attendees.
- Added “Edit” and “Delete” links to the additional attendees
- Fixed emails not showing the right information for attendees and additional attendees. As long as the primary attendee updates the additional attendee data, it should display the custom questions properly.
- Fixed the bug when multiple people register from the same computer, for the same event, the previous record was deleted. As long as everyone goes through the entire process and pays, the previous wont be deleted.
- When registering for free events the registration is now finalized and does not delete the old record when using the same computer to register for the same event twice.
- Added fix to remove the HTML entities from the PayPal response
- Fixed the coupon code bug
- Version 3.0.19.b.3
- Fixed an error in the email.php. Was missing an ‘>’ in one of the array variables for the address on line #126.
- Version 3.0.19.b.2
- Added the option to choose the amount of events to display in the admin dashboard.
- Version 3.0.19.b.1
- Updated attendee and event listing pages in the admin area
- Fixed problems with editing custom questions in the attendee editor and confirmation pages
- Fixed excel export problems
- Fixed HTML formatting error in the dashboard widget
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Posted by Garth on Wednesday, March 9th, 2011
Event Espresso Jobs
Our mission is to empower business and organization leaders with the event registration, ticketing and management tools that maximize the success of events. Although we are uniquely qualified to offer customization services to all our clients, with limited resources, we can’t do everything for everyone. This is where Event Espresso Jobs comes in.
Event Espresso Jobs is about bringing a community of developers, designers and clients together for these types of jobs & projects, when we aren’t available to help directly:
- Event Espresso Modifications – Modifying the Event Espresso software to meet a very particular event registration need.
- WordPress Projects – Modifications of existing, or creation of new, WordPress themes or plugins on a freelance basis.
- WordPress Jobs – Post your jobs – full-time or part-time, working remotely or working in your offices – for designers and developers to join your growing business.
Our goal is to help you be as successful as you can be, so we hope you find this resource helpful.
PS ~ Sometimes we need your help; we’re looking to work with the most talented WordPress programmers and designers, so if you’re one of them, please apply.
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