December 2009
5 posts
Calendar
So today I’m introducing one of my favorite new features. It’s a calendar for BuyPlayTix. This is a feature that just works. And requires no extra work on your part. Each producer gets their own calendar. You can check out Hyde Park Theatre’s calendar for Frontera Fest at:
http://hpt.buyplaytix.com/calendar.html?start=2010-01-10&end=2010-02-13
That calendar rolls up to the...
WatchMy first attempt at a screencast. One of the great features about BuyPlayTix is that you can tag contacts. Want to keep track of your laughers? Your actors? Your whales? Just tag them.
Then when you’re ready to create a mailing (whether email or postal), you can follow this video to generate a custom mailing list. BuyPlayTix lets you create lists by tags. By the production or show date a...
Beta could be betta!
In the latest version of BuyPlayTix you’ll notice that we’ve added a icon to some of the features. While on the one hand this signifies features that are new, less used, and less tested. On the other hand they represent opportunity.
They are the germs of a good idea. For example right now the Survey functionality is currently in . Mainly because it’s a feature in search of more...
YourMailingListProvider integration
YourMailingListProvider.com is a great low cost mailing list provider. They are now integrated into BuyPlayTix. Simply go to plugin settings:
Click on the YourMailingListProvider tab:
Click on the YourMailingListProvider link to open the website in a new window and login or create and account. Once logged in click on API in the left hand column:
Then click “Enable API Access”...
BuyPlayTix version 3.8 released
A pretty exciting new release. I’ll go into detail in the future on this blog, but here are the highlights:
Event Calendar showing all your shows in an easy to use (and configurable) calendar format.
Export email addresses automatically to YourMailingListProvider
Send surveys using SurveyGizmo so they’re waiting in your patron’s Inbox when they get home after seeing a show
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