Check-in on iPad

[smileadm]

Hello,

Our event is going to be rather large, and people will be able to check-in from 3-4 different entrances.

My question is, are we able to have people with iPad’s checking people in?

If so, how many iPad’s would be able to support the Check’in process at once? i.e will we be able to have 10 people over the 3-4 different check-in points all using iPads at the same time to check people in?

Also, I need to add some instructions to the tickets so people know which entrance they should check-in from.
i.e
Surname A-E -> Check-in Point A
Surname F-L -> Check-in Point B
and so on…

Thank you in advance for your help!

Alex

[Kelly]

Great question, smileadm! 🙂 Sounds like an awesome event!

Let me take your questions one at a time. First, you can absolutely use iPads for check-in. Simply navigate to the Attendee list from your Event page on the admin side, and you should be good to go.

Second, as far as using multiple devices simultaneously for the same event checkin, it should be just fine with the caveat that the attendee list page does not automatically refresh after each checkin. To ensure, you have an accurate picture of who has already been checked in each device would need to periodically refresh its screen (either manually, or if it’s a big event and a big budget is available, maybe you could have someone rustle up some JS for that). Your suggestion for having stations divided by surname letter would certainly account for that without worrying about refreshing constantly.

Thirdly, adding instructions to a single event’s ticket would be tricky and is not supported out of the “box”. Depending on your comfort level with JS or PHP, it’s totally something that you could make happen. The first thing you’ll need to know about is how to make a template override. Please find a complete explanation in our Themer’s Guide, linked in the sidebar. We also recommend that you always make overrides in a Child Theme so that you don’ t need to worry about them being overwritten accidentally.

Once you’re set on that, you have a couple of options. The essence of it is that within the email, you can work back from the purchased product ID to the associated event and, then, conditionally add what’s appropriate from there. You could link it all up with custom fields, i.e. have a regular WP page with instructions and set a custom field relating it to the event ticket, and so on, and basically join the dots to pull that page content into the email. If this is a one-off deal, you could do something a bit simpler like

if ( 501 == $event_id ) include 'custom_instructions_event_501.php';

(assuming the event’s ID was 501).

If you’re not comfortable making these kinds of tweaks on your own, we’re happy to offer you the names of some experienced developers that we can vouch for. Just say the word, and I can share the list with you. 🙂 Hope this helps!

[smileadm]

Thank so much kelly, this is a big help!

I also have one other question, are we able to create a check-box so people can agree to the terms & conditions of the ticket?

Alex

[Kelly]

My pleasure, Alex! 🙂

As far as a checkbox goes, that would probably have to be done as part of the WooCommerce checkout process which we don’t have a lot to do with. I’m sure that it could be done though. Sorry I don’t have any insight to offer you on that front.

Is there anything else I can help you with?

[smileadm]

Thanks,

That’s what I was thinking was, just wanted to check if there was already a way to do it with you plugin.

I am unsure how to get the events calender to show up in my menus at the top navigation bar of my site?

[Kelly]

Hi, Alex! 🙂 The Main Events page is usually found on the Menu page under the Events section – View All: http://d.pr/i/Zv2X You could also call it by its slug (“events” by default).

Let me know if that doesn’t work for you.

By the way, if you have a minute or two, we will love it if you would write a few words for us here:
http://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/the-events-calendar?filter=5

Thanks in advance! 🙂

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