What's on, Events and tickets

2 | Regular Event

This article will outline the backpanel settings and step-by-step guide on creating/editing Regular Events Regular Events is used to create occasions that may occur on a weekly basis.

This article will outline the backpanel settings and step-by-step guide on creating/editing Regular Events

 

Regular Events is used to create occasions that may occur on a weekly basis. These events do not require a ticket purchase. 

 

 


 

Prerequisite
  • To access the "Regular Event" setup:
  • Events Role Privileges will need to be enabled
    • Roles "Role Maintenance" Panel
      • Privilege Flags: "Events"
  • Regular Event will need to be active
    • Feature Control "Side Nav" tab
      • "Show Hidden?" Flag
        • Regular Event: ON (Blue)

 


 

Regular Event

 
Function Description
Show Inactive?

ON: Displays all regular events including inactive events

OFF: Displays only active regular events

Show A dropdown list with numerical options that can be selected to apply a limit to the number of regular events that will appear on the list
Venue A dropdown, listing all venues setup in Myplace. 'All Venues' option will display events from every venue while, selecting a specific venue will only show events from this particular site 
# A unique value to identify the regular event 
Name A title for the event, this is not displayed on the app
Heading A event label that will display within the app
Venue TBC
Sold/Total      TBC
Status

ON (Blue): The event will be active and appears on the App

OFF (Red): The event will be disabled and does not appear on the app

Display Order
The order in which the events will show on the app, descending from 0
Option
  • Two icons:
    • Edit 
      • Click this to open a panel for modifying existing regular events
    • Duplicate
      • Click this to copy and create a new regular event with the same configurations as selected event

 

 

Creating/Editing a Regular Event
  • After login to Myplace backpanel, use the guide below to create/edit a regular event and configure the settings:

 

Guide Step 1 - Accessing Regular Events Configurations

  • Follow the below steps to access the regular events setup panel:
    1. Regular Events page can be accessed by clicking the Regular Event on the menu sidebar
    2. Click the respective icon to open the setup panel
      • A. This icon is used to modify a existing regular event
      • B. This icon is used to create a new regular event
  • Both buttons will display a setup panel that have the exact same configurations, only difference is edit icon will open with prefilled configurations

 

Step 2 - Regular Event Settings
  • This step will outline different areas of the regular event setup panel

General 

  • Internal Name*
    • A title used within Myplace but will not be displayed on the app
    • A Required Field
  • Venue
    • A drop down field that lists all venues set in Myplace.
    • Click  'All Venues' to apply the event to every site associated with Myplace
    • Select a specific venue to apply the event to this site only
  • Display Heading
    • A title that will display on the Myplace app for users to see
  • Active Flag
    • ON (Ticked): The event is active across Myplace and will appear in the regular event tab on the app. 
    • OFF (Not ticked): The event will be disabled. It will not be viewable on the app and cannot be used through Myplace
  • Short Description
    • A brief sentence to outline important event information such as what the event is about
  • Long Description
    • A more detailed explanation of the event
    • Users could include relevant musician names, product names or areas of the venue the event will take place
    • The text editor has different options to customise the text

 

Date/Time

  • Event Start Date Time*
    • A Required Field
    • The exact time the event will start
    • Click the clock icon in this field and adjust the time accordingly, then click outside the open time panel to apply it
  • Event End Date Time*
    • A Required Field
    • The exact time the event will End
    • Click the clock icon in this field and adjust the time accordingly, then click outside the open time panel to apply it
  • Select day of the week this event happens on
    • The weekly days that these event may occur on
    • Click the boxes next to each day to enable them or press 'Select all' option which will tick all the days
  • Display Enquiry Button Flag
    • ON (Ticked): A button will display when this event is viewed. This button will open a new panel where users can ask about the event through a message. These will appear on the Enquiry page of Myplace Backpanel
    • OFF (Not Ticked): The button will not appear

 

Schedules

  • Notification
    • There is a toggle that sends messages to users about the event
    • ON (Blue): Notification settings will appear and user can send a message. The notification will be sent out on the assigned start date of a schedule.
      • Notification Settings
        • Push Notification
          • Notification Content
            • Default: Uses the default message, "We have a new event" as the notification text 
            • Custom: Input a desired message to be used for the notification
        • System Notification

          • System Notification Content
            • A dropdown field with options of all available Notification setups in Myplace Backpanel
            • Press an option to apply
        • Tiers
        • Select which member groups will receive the notification
        • Click "Target All", to send it to every member or tick the boxes next a tier to select it 
  • OFF (Red): Notification settings are hidden and no message will be sent 
  • ADD DISPLAY SCHEDULE
    • It is required that one Schedule is active
    • Schedules create a time frame where the event will be available to see on the app
    • Click this button to open the "Create Schedule" panel for adding new time periods
    • Create Schedule
      • Start Date
        • A beginning date and time for the schedule
        • Click the calendar icon in the field to choose a date/time or click TODAY next to the field to use the current date/time
      • End Date

        • A finish date and time for the schedule
        • Never Expired flag
          • ON: The schedule will not be assigned an end date and the schedule will run forever. This will hide the field below for selecting end date/time
          • OFF: below field for end date selection is available. Click the calendar icon in the field to choose a date/time or click TODAY next to the field to use the current date/time
        • Tier selection

          • select the member tiers that the event is available for, within this schedule
          • Click Gift Certificate (Select all tiers) to choose every tier or individually tick each box next to desired tiers
        • SUBMIT/Cancel
          • Click SUBMIT to save and add the schedule to the list or cancel to discard it
  • Edit
    • Click the icon on the left to change settings of existing schedules. It will open the "Create Schedule" panel. The panel configurations are outlined in 'ADD DISPLAY SCHEDULE' located above
  • Delete
    • Click the icon to remove the schedule from the list

 

Image/Banner

  • Banner 
    • This will appear as the background image on the regular events tab

                

    • This is also used as the banner image on the specified event screen. accessed by clicking the event

                        

  • Image
    • This will appear in two areas on the what's on Card on the homepage and the favourites screen accessible through the profile screen

 

                        

 

    • On the whats on card view, the image will be cropped by 100 pixels on both, the top and bottom of the image

 

    • Follow the procedure below to apply a image/banner to the event:

1. Choose either Banner or Image and click the respective area

 

2. File Explorer will open. Find and select the desired image and click Open

3. The picture will appear with a selection box

                          

4. Scale the box using the corners or move it by clicking and dragging.

5. Once the selection is final click Confirm and it will apply

6. A UNDO IMAGE CHANGE button will appear underneath the image/banner areas and is used for reverting the picture back to the previous picture

Step 3 - Save
  • To save all configurations. Click the Update and Exit button at the bottom of the page. If any required fields are empty then a prompt will appear asking to configure this field.