Fusion Ticket News - August 2010

Hello [FIRSTNAME],
Welcome to the latest edition of the Fusion Ticket newsletter. We've come a long way since PhpMyTicket and we hope Fusion Ticket has been a part of your successful event planning. If you haven't been to the Fusion Ticket site in awhile here is what we've been up to.

A new patch for Beta 6 is now Available

While Beta 6 included many new features our members requested they invariably cause problems within the rest of the program. We have addressed these and now we have a new patch to fix these issues. The first patch (6.1) was released in May and now the 6.2 patch is available for donors.

Fixes are always included in future, full release versions, at no charge. However, if you can not wait they are available as patches.

All patches are free to members who have made donations of $50 or more but will be made available, as an individual patch, to the general public for a donation of $12.50 or more.

Previous versions of Fusion Ticket are available for download, free of charge, from the Downloads section of the Fusion Ticket website.

Change Log for the 6.2 Patch

[Back-office (admin)]

• (Global) Discounts can now be disabled and enabled.
• Fixed the archive function in the events pages.
• Moved Reports to the Statistics page.
• Fixed the search problems within the admin section.
• Order handling is now done in 2 steps.
  • Select the payment and shipment types and continue to enter all other fields.
• Fixed the Alternative Handling selection system.
• Set the total number of tickets a patron can order, for all events, during any session.
  • An extra configuration option is added to choose the default max amount of tickets per event that can be sold.
• Possibility to have multiple notes per order.
• Upgraded Html2Pdf to latest version with added features.
  

[Webshop]

• Guests and New Members (not activated yet) don't get the active status so they can't see the personal page.
• Fixed the big problems where PayPal was not setting the orders to Paid.
• The new seat map can now show the shifted seats correctly again.
• You can not order more tickets than is allowed within the system using the pull down box or the seat map.
• The access denied has now got some extra information.
• Removed leading spaces in the output html documents.

[Global]

• Global Discount is now counted per seat instead of per order.
  
• Jquery javascripts upgraded to last versions.
• Implemented a record locking system for the orders.

We would like to ask for your involvement.

In the last 2 years we have worked hard to get where we are now.  We hope this patch release is the last patch before we release our first release candidate.  As a donor we'd like to know if your have any wishes.

So here is our question, "What is, for you, the most important issue you have with Fusion Ticket that needs to be fixed in our stable version?
Please use our forum here to explain: here. Thank you very much.

How can I Help?

Donations

Although we try to maintain this software for as little as possible, we have working lives and other items that need doing. Your contributions allow us to spend more time supporting members, developing plug-ins and additional features, instead of the bare minimum. A contribution, of any amount, helps get us toward the next release and our ultimate goal.

When you have contributed a total minimum of $50, you receive Donor status Donors receive access to private sections of Fusion Ticket where mid version bug fixes, patches, and pre-release versions are available free of charge. In addition Donors receive enhanced beta support.

When making donations please add your email address and Fusion Ticket login ID so credit can be given where credit is due.

Can we contribute more than just money?

We are currently searching for a good css/jquery designer with html/smarty skills.
This would include cleaning up the css and tpl files and helping to move admin to a smarty controlled environment..

If programming is not your strong suit then help other users with the software, as everyone's skills differ. Any time the programmers spend explaining something is time spent away from bug fixing or feature improvements.

You may also spend time testing for bugs, reporting them in detail, and work with the programmers, on the IRC, to correct them.

Meanwhile, making suggestions to improve usability and functionality are always welcome.

Maintain the Fusion Ticket Copyright

If you really want to help then do not remove or change the copyright notice at the bottom of the webshop, which is also the link to our site, because you then deprive the project of future members and resources. If you must remove the copyright, for any reason, please contact us to purchase the proper license.

We will not give any support to someone who removes the copyright without our permission.

Thank you for your help and support on behalf of Chris, Niels, Lou, Mike and all those who have contributed to the success of Fusion Ticket.

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