Events Pro
With the Events Pro feature, you can now create an Events feature which allows you to take bookings & sell tickets directly in the app!
App users will be able to see the artists/performers/speakers as well as event organisers.
You can also categorise events by adding categories and adding your events to these categories.
Once you have added Events Pro to your app you will see the following settings page:
From this page you will be able to configure your preferences for Events Pro.
You can set up all the settings for your home page as you can see above, and scrolling down will allow you to set your payment settings:
Once you are happy with your settings & preferences, you will click on the 'Gateways' tab to set up your preferred payment gateways:
As you can see, the payment gateway which is currently supported is Paypal. However, you can set up custom payment methods such as 'Wallet' which will allow you to enter custom text. This can be useful if you want to set up bank payments or mobile money options.
Once you have configured your payment options, you will navigate to the 'Category' tab. Here you will set up categories for your events. Some examples of these could be; 'Music festivals'. 'comedy shows', 'Theatre' etc. These can also be categorised according to location if you so choose:
The next step will be the 'sliders' tab. Here you can set up slider images for the homepage, which advertise upcoming events:
Once you have set up your sliders, you will need to set up your artists by clicking on the 'Artists' tab:
To add an artist simply click on + next to 'Artist':
From here, you will be able to add all of the relevant information for the artist as well as set your display preferences for them:
Please remember to click 'Active' if you want this artist to be live as without this they will not display within the app.
If you enable 'Display At Home' the artist will appear on the front page of the Events Pro feature. This is how this can look:
Next you'll want to set up your organisers. You can do this by clicking the 'Organizers' tab:
Once you have clicked to add your organiser you will need to enter the organiser details as well as your preferences:
As you can see, organisers can also be displayed on the home page. Here is how the full homepage can look:
Finally you can set up your events. Once you have clicked on the 'events' tab, the editor will open a new page where you can manage and add events:
Once you click 'Create a new event' you will need to enter the event's details:
you will need to set the title as well as selecting the organiser & the category. Once you have set these up you can choose if this is at a venue or is a live event. If you select Venue you will need to enter the location (the editor will use your Google maps api key to autofill as you are typing). Finally you will set the date and time of the event. Once you have done this you will be taken to the next page where you will add more information:
Once you have done this you will add your artists:
Lastly you will set up the ticket configurations:
Once you have set your ticket settings your event will look as follows: