{"id":302,"date":"2023-02-11T19:31:15","date_gmt":"2023-02-11T19:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doc.audience1st.com\/?post_type=knowledgebase&#038;p=302"},"modified":"2023-04-20T01:49:20","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T01:49:20","slug":"creating-links-to-productions-or-performances","status":"publish","type":"knowledgebase","link":"https:\/\/docs.audience1st.com\/index.php\/user-guide\/integration-with-your-theaters-website\/creating-links-to-productions-or-performances\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Buy Tickets&#8221; Links and Displaying Information About Upcoming Performances"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you\u2019re ready to start selling tickets for a production, you will want to add \u201cBuy Tickets\u201d links or buttons to your theater&#8217;s website and promotion emails. You might also want to display information on your theater&#8217;s website about upcoming performance dates and times and ticket availability, without having to manually input this information and edit web pages every day to keep the listings current.<\/p>\n<p>This article will show you how to do all of these things.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"link-to-buy-tickets-for-a-particular-production\">\u201cBuy Tickets\u201d for a Particular Production<\/h2>\n<p>Follow these steps to get a link that lands on the \u201cBuy Tickets\u201d page with a particular production pre-selected:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Log into Audience1st as box office staff or higher.<\/li>\n<li>Click the\u00a0Season\u00a0tab.<\/li>\n<li>Click the link icon <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-496\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.audience1st.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/link.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"16\" height=\"14\" \/> next to the name of the production you want to link to.<\/li>\n<li>A pop-up box will appear with a link that you can copy and paste wherever you need it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>You may use this link in links and buttons on your theater&#8217;s website and also in email messages. When a patron clicks on the link or button, their web browser will display the Audience1st storefront. They will then select a performance date and the number of tickets desired.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"link-to-buy-tickets-for-a-specific-performance-date\">\u201cBuy Tickets\u201d for a Specific Performance<\/h2>\n<p>Follow these steps to get a link that lands on the \u201cBuy Tickets\u201d page with a particular production and a specific performance date pre-selected:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Log into Audience1st as box office staff or higher.<\/li>\n<li>Click the\u00a0Season\u00a0tab.<\/li>\n<li>Click the name of the production for which you want to link to a performance.<\/li>\n<li>Under the Performances section of the page, click the link icon <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-496\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.audience1st.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/link.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"16\" height=\"14\" \/>\u00a0next to the performance you want to link to.<\/li>\n<li>A pop-up box will appear with a link that you can copy and paste wherever you need it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>You may use this link in links and buttons on your theater&#8217;s website and also in email messages. When a patron clicks on the link or button, their web browser will display the Audience1st storefront. They will then select the number of tickets desired. (They will be able to choose a different performance if they want to.)<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"display-a-list-of-upcoming-performances-with-links-to-buy-tickets\">List Upcoming Performances with Links to Buy Tickets<\/h2>\n<p>If your theater\u2019s website is built with WordPress, you can use WordPress\u2019s built-in RSS widget to display a list of upcoming performances along with a link to buy tickets for each.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.audience1st.com\/index.php\/user-guide\/integration-with-your-theaters-website\/simple-rss-ticket-availability\/\">This article<\/a>\u00a0explains how.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"display-a-list-of-upcoming-performances-with-approximate-ticket-availability\">List Upcoming Performances with Approximate Ticket Availability<\/h2>\n<p>If your theater\u2019s website is built with WordPress, you can download and install the\u00a0Audience1st Ticket Availability widget\u00a0to display \u201cavailability thermometers\u201d for each performance.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.audience1st.com\/index.php\/user-guide\/integration-with-your-theaters-website\/real-time-ticket-availability-thermometer\/\">This article<\/a> explains how.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"display-a-calendar-of-upcoming-performances\">Display a Calendar of Upcoming Performances<\/h2>\n<p>If your theater\u2019s website is built with WordPress, you can display upcoming performances with links to buy tickets in a calendar format by installing and configuring the WordPress iCal plug-in.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.audience1st.com\/index.php\/user-guide\/integration-with-your-theaters-website\/show-calendar\/\">This article<\/a> explains how.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you\u2019re ready to start selling tickets for a production, you will want to add \u201cBuy Tickets\u201d links or buttons to your theater&#8217;s website and promotion emails. You might also want to display information on your theater&#8217;s website about upcoming performance dates and times and ticket availability, without having to manually input this information and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","knowledgebase_cat":[17],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.audience1st.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/302"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.audience1st.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.audience1st.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/knowledgebase"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.audience1st.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.audience1st.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/docs.audience1st.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":547,"href":"https:\/\/docs.audience1st.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/302\/revisions\/547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.audience1st.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"knowledgebase_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.audience1st.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase_cat?post=302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}