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Posted: October 9, 2017 at 5:58 pm

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wolfpack4417

October 9, 2017 at 5:58 pm

I have a few questions about the Event Cart:
1. Can I change the link for “Return to Event List” to be something different? I want to redirect to my calendar.
2. If I add an event to my cart then go back to the same page to add another time of that same event to my cart, the “Add Event to Cart” button becomes “View Event Cart”. How can I stop that from happening?
3. How long does an event ticket stay “reserved” if it is included in someone’s cart? Does it become available again when someone closes the browser or after a few minutes? I was just wondering because I noticed the available ticket count went down after I added it to my cart.


Tony

  • Support Staff

October 10, 2017 at 3:35 am

Hi there,

1. Can I change the link for “Return to Event List” to be something different? I want to redirect to my calendar.

Yes, you can. We have an example filter you can use to do this within the documentation here:

https://eventespresso.com/wiki/ee4-multiple-event-registration-add-on/#change-list-url

You add that function to a Custom Functions Plugin on your site and set to location you want the link to go to.

2. If I add an event to my cart then go back to the same page to add another time of that same event to my cart, the “Add Event to Cart” button becomes “View Event Cart”. How can I stop that from happening?

That might be confusing for your users, but to do so you need to translate View %s into Add to %s.

There is a function you can use to do that here: https://eventespresso.com/wiki/how-to-change-wording-with-poedit/

Within your `$strings¬ array, you would have something like:

$strings = array(
    'View %s' => 'Add to %s',
    // Add some more strings here
);

That function can also go within your custom function plugin above.

3. How long does an event ticket stay “reserved” if it is included in someone’s cart? Does it become available again when someone closes the browser or after a few minutes? I was just wondering because I noticed the available ticket count went down after I added it to my cart.

The ticket is reserved for 1 hour which is the default session lifespan.

You can reduce that value, but not that if a user selects a ticket and does not finish in the time you have set they will lose their registration so we recommend leaving it as is.

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