Custom QR Codes and Descriptions in Email

[recphilly]

My client would like to know if it’s possible to use custom QR codes in the ticket email that’s sent to the attendee. They generate their own QR codes for marketing purposes and were curious to know if those could be implemented into the email.

Additionally, is there a way to add a description onto the email that’s sent without having to dig through and customizing PHP files? Ideally, this wouldn’t be a one-size-fits-all solution; each event needs to have a unique description (maybe only a sentence or two). One duct-tape solution I came up with was to just create a header image for the email with the description on there, but I’d rather not do that if possible.

Please let me know if you need further clarification. My client’s website is recphilly.com (as of this moment, the “Events” links still point to their old Wix site until they populate the events on WordPress, just in case you’re confused).

[Cliff]

Hi again. You should use our action hook(s), not a Template Override, for such an implementation.

I’d recommend adding your own custom fields, such as “Email’s QR Code src URL” and “Email’s special message”

You could add these with a plugin like Toolset Types (https://wordpress.org/plugins/types/) or ACF (https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-custom-fields/)

Then you could output the data by hooking into one of the action hooks available within the email template file: /wp-content/plugins/event-tickets/src/views/tickets/email.php

Please reference https://theeventscalendar.com/tips-working-wordpress-actions-filters/ if you are not sure how to get started with WordPress action and/or filter hooks.

Please let me know how this goes for you.

[Support Droid]

Hey there! This thread has been pretty quiet for the last three weeks, so we’re going to go ahead and close it to avoid confusion with other topics. If you’re still looking for help with this, please do open a new thread, reference this one and we’d be more than happy to continue the conversation over there.

Thanks so much!
The Events Calendar Support Team

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