TicketBox - Event Tickets WordPress Theme


TicketBox - Event Tickets WordPress Theme

We would like to thank you for purchasing The TicketBox! We are very pleased you have chosen The TicketBox for your website, you will not be disappointed! Before you get started, please be sure to always check our these documentation files. We outline all kinds of good information, and provide you with all the details you need to use The TicketBox.  The TicketBox can only be used with Wordpress and we assume that you already have Wordpress installed and ready to go. If you do not, please see our section on Wordpress to help you get started.

If you are unable to find your answer here in our documentation, we encourage you to search our Knowledgebase, Watch our Video Tutorial. Chances are your question or issue have been brought up already and the answer is watting to be found. Thank you, we hope you enjoy using The TicketBox.

If you face problems with the installation or customization of our product please do not hesitate to contact us via our support forums. Our support team will respond to you as fast we can.

To install this theme you must have a working version of Wordpress already installed.  If you need help installing Wordpress, follow instructions in Wordpress Codex or you can watch Instructional Video created by Woo Themes. Below are all the useful links for Wordpress information.

When you purchase our theme on Themeforest, you need to download The TicketBox package file from your Themeforest account. Navigate to your downloads tab on Themeforest and find The TicketBox. Click the download button to see the two options. The MailFiles contain everything, the Installable Wordpress Theme is just the installable Wordpress theme file. Below a full list of everything that is included when you download the main files, along with a brief description of each item

  • The TicketBox.zip and The TicketBox-child.zip wordpress theme. The child theme is only for user who make code changes.

    Why use a Child Theme? Please refer HERE

  • Documentation – Documentation files – this guide will help you to understand overall of The TicketBox theme.

  • Licensing – Lisence for theme and other items used on theme.

You can install the theme in two ways: through Wordpress, or via FTP. The The TicketBox.zip file is the Installable Wordpress Theme and what  you need to use to get the theme installed. Please see the following sections for each method and watch our video tutorial on how to install The TicketBox. But first, you need to download the The TicketBox file from Themeforest account. Navigate to your downloads tabs on Themeforest and find The TicketBox. Click download button to see two options. The Main Files and the Installable Wordpress Theme. See below:

DOWNLOADING THE MAIN FILES GIVES YOU ALL THE CONTENT LISTED BELOW

  • The TicketBox.zip and The TicketBox-child.zip wordpress theme. The child theme is only for user who make code changes.

  • Documentation – Documentation files – this guide will help you to understand overall of The TicketBox theme.

  • Licensing – Lisence for theme and other items used on theme.

DOWNLOADING THE INSTALLALABLE WORDPRESS THEME ONLY GIVES YOU THE The TicketBox.zip FILE

  • The TicketBox.zip – this is the parent wordpress theme, install this via Wordpress, If you install it via FTP then unzip it first and use the extracted folder.

WORDPRESS INSTALLATION

Before installing this theme, please make sure your have Wordpress already installed. For further guide to install Wordpress, please find Wordpress Codex. To use our theme, please ensure you are running Wordpress 3.6 or higher, PHP5 or higher, and mysql 5 or higher.

THEME INSTALLATION

There are to ways if you want  to insall package theme of Wordpress:  Wordpress Installation and FTP Installation


Follow the steps below to install via Wordpress

  • Step 1: Navigate to Appearance → Themes

  • Step 2: Click Add New then click Upload Theme button.

  • Step 3: Navigate to find the “The TicketBox.zip” file on your computer and click “Install Now”.

  • Step 4:  Once upload, activate the theme. Go to Appearance→ Theme and activate it.

  • Step 5: Then you will see a notification message to activate the required & recommended plugins: DawnThemes Core and Visual Composer. The theme recommendeds the following plugins : Contact Form 7...

NOTE: If you see this message “Are you Sure You Want To Do This” when installing The TicketBox.zip file via WordPress, it means that you have an upload file size limit. Try to install the theme via FTP intead, or contact your host to increase the limit.

Follow the steps below to install via FTP

  • Step 1: Login into your hosting space via an FTP software.

  • Step 2: Unzip the The TicketBox.zip file and ONLY use the extracted The TicketBox theme folder.

  • Step 3: Upload  the extracted The TicketBox theme folder in to wp-content→theme folder.

  • Step 4: Activate the newly installed theme, Go to Appearance→ Theme and activate it.

  • Step 5: Then you will see a notification message to activate the required & recommended plugins: DawnThemes Core and Visual Composer. The theme recommendeds the following plugins : Contact Form 7

PLUGIN INSTALLATION

Here is the list of plugins will come together with you activated it. You are recommended to install and activate these plugins base on your own need:

  1. DawnThemes Core:  A core which is required when you use themes of DawnThemes.

  2. Visual Composer: The popular drag and drop page builder plugin with intuitive interface to build your content at ease. Save another $34 for this plugin with The TicketBox.

  3. Contact Form 7:  A free form plugin recommended to create a nice form for your site.

  4. Revolution Slider: A popular slider plugin. Its intuitive interface and diversified options and effects will be good choice for your sliders. You saved $18 for this plugin with The TicketBox.

  5. Woocommerce: An e-commerce plugin. This is a very popular free plugin you will need if you plan to build an online shop.

  6. The Events Calendar: The Events Calendar is a carefully crafted, extensible plugin that lets you easily share your events. Beautiful. Solid. Awesome.

  7. The Events Calendar PRO: The Events Calendar PRO, a premium add-on to the open source The Events Calendar plugin (required), enables recurring events, custom attributes, venue pages, new widgets and a host of other premium features.

  8. Event Tickets - Event Tickets Plus(Pro version): Event Tickets allows your guests to RSVP from any post, page, or event - Event Tickets Plus lets you sell tickets to events, collect custom attendee information, and more!

  9. The Events Calendar: Community Events: Community Events is an add-on providing additional functionality to the open source plugin The Events Calendar. Empower users to submit and manage their events on your website.

ONE CLICK INSTALL

When you finished installing our theme, your site will not contain all content like you might see in our live demo. If you want to have sample content on your site, you need to import our demo content by following these steps:

  • Step 1: Install and activate these plugins that required and recommended before you proceed: DawnThemes Core, Visual Composer, Contact Form 7...

  • Step 2: Navigate to Appearance→ Import Demo→ Click Import to Import Our Demo Data. Our database is automatic loaded on server.

  • Step 3: It can take a few minutes to import everything. Please be patient and wait for it to complete. Once it loads, you will see a “Success” message at the top of theme options.

NOTE:

  • You can use Regenrate Thumbnails which allows you to regenerate the thumbnails for your image attachments.
  • It is better to install sample data on a fresh Wordpress installation. Therefore, you may want to reset your site to default settings. Install and use Wordpress Reset plugin to do that. After installed, go to Tools > Reset

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IMPORT MANUALLY

Alternatively, you can use traditional way to import data. If you unzip the theme file (TicketBox-xxx.zip), you can find these files in /DummyContent/ folder:

  • dummy-data.xml All Data
  • widget_data.json Widgets Settings

To install sample data as seen on our demo page, following these steps

  • Step 1: Make sure you have installed TicketBox theme and all recommended plugins

  • Step 2: Navigate to Tools > Import, then click on Wordpress.

  • Step 3: If it is not yet installed before, you have to install it. On the popup window, click on "Install Now"

  • Step 4: After installed successfully, click Activate Plugin & Run Importer

  • Step 5: Browse for [path-to-your-downloaded-package]/DummyContent/dummy-data.xml and click Upload File and Import.

  • Step 6: After uploaded, the confirmation page appears. Check the Download and import file attachments option and click Submit.

  • Step 7: When you see message "All done. Have fun!", you will know that the import is done. Note: you may need to re-import the second time if the data is large. Back to Step 1. until you see the message below.

  • Step 8: Install Widget Settings Importer/Exporter and go to Tools > Widget Settings Import to import DummyContent/widget_data.json file

  • Step 9: All done

THEME OPTIONS

The TicketBox has an advanced Theme Options panel that is loaded with options. We have the options organized into logical tabbed sections, and each option has a description of what it will do on the front end. There are too many options to go over in these docs but please take some time and navigate through each tab to see what we offer. Go to Appearance > Theme Options in your WordPress admin to access the theme options panel. You can also backup your theme options by clicking on the backup tab. That is a great way to move your custom options from site to site. See below for screenshots of our theme options panel. Please note: we are always adding new options so these screenshots may not reflect the most up to date options.

In The TicketBox we have many Options with bellowing:

  • General

  • Color and Typography

  • Header

  • Blog

  • Event

  • WooCommerce

  • Social Profile

  • Mailchimp Setttings

  • Footer

  • 404 Page

  • Import and Export

General Options Preivew

General

PAGE OPTIONS

The TicketBox is supper powerful and a lot of that power comes from our individual page meta options. Each  page you create has a full set of options to choose from allowing you to customize each individual page. Each page you open in your Wordpress admin will have a “Page Options Box” that contains all the different settings. There are several different section included in the Page options box each with its own title and purpose. Some settings with only work if you use a specific template, for example the Portfolio Options are only to be used if you select one of our portfolio page template. Page options are powerful, and the best way to get familiar with theme is to check  them our while editing a page. Go to Page edit, you will see the Page Settings section.

BLOG POST OPTIONS

These options allow you to set different settings for the each individual post. When you creating or editing post, please go to Appearance→ Theme Options→ Open Blog tab to set for blog page. Below is a screenshot of each section included in the Blog Options

Pages are backbone of your website, and most likely you will set up several of theme. Pages  are blank canvas that allow you to add content with our shortcode elements. There are different page templates to choose from, each serving a purpose to help you build finish the site.

PAGE SETTING

In The TicketBox, we supported some useful options of page, you can choose various settings for your page in this box.

  • Content Page no Padding:  This is a checkbox. If you checked; content of page with no padding top and padding bottom.

SETTING UP HOME PAGE

Setting up your home page is the same as setting up any other regular pages except that you need to specify in the settings which page will be your main home page.

To set up your homepage, you just need to create your pages as usual. Then please follow these steps to set up homepage

  • Step 1: Navigate to Setting→ Reading.

  • Step 2:  On Front page displays options. Click choose A static page options.

  • Step 3: Choose the page you want as your home page from the dropdown list.

  • Step 4: This is also the same spot you select the Blog page as the post page.

  • Step 5: Click “Save Changes” to complete your setting.

Create and manage your events with The Events Calendar plugin.

How To Create and Manage Events

Events Settings. Navigation to WP Admin Pannel > Events > Settings > Display

  • Default stylesheet used for events templates: choose Tribe Events Styles
  • Events template: choose Default Page Template

Sell Ticket Using WooCommerce

Demo: # Sell Event Ticket using WooCommerce

You can using WooCommerce to sell your event ticket.

In the single event page editor, go to Event Settings section. Select ticket using WooCommerce Product.

Sell Ticket Using Event Tickets Plus

- Collect RSVPs and manage event registration with Event Tickets plugin (free)

- Sell multi-tickets per event using Event Tickets Plus plugin (Premium that need to purchased separately)

Introduction to Event Tickets Plus

Community Events

Community Add Event - Demo

Community List Event - Demo

Let your users add their own events to your calendar! (Premium Plugin that need to purchased separately here)

The TicketBox theme use to Visual Composer package, and include 50+ essential content elements: 40+ content elements with tons of options and a full set of easy-to-use the TicketBox theme's shortcodes… that with help you create page very easy and convenient. In The TicketBox theme, we customed Visual Composer shortcode with many helpful features allow you to seamlessly switch between the builder interface and the regular Wordpress interface, and it will automatically convert your previously made.


Here is a list of some shortcodes we'll show you the way how to setup our shortcodes:

Upcoming Events shortcode

Display upcoming events: Add Element > DawnThemes > Upcoming Events

Options:

  • Icon Title: Select icon for title
  • Title: enter the title
  • Number of Events to query: Enter the numeric of events to query
  • Event Today URL: Enter the hyperlink of events today view
  • Event This Week URL: Enter the hyperlink of events week view (Pro)
  • Event This Month URL: Enter the hyperlink of events month view

Featured Events shortcode

Display featured events: Add Element > DawnThemes > Featured Events

- You can go to Events / Edit Event / Event Options / Featured Event (checkbox) to set the event as Featured

Options:

  • Icon Title: Select icon for title
  • Title: enter the title
  • Number of Events to query: Enter the numeric of events to query
  • Number of Events to show: Enter the numeric of events to show on slider
  • Transition Style: Select False|Fade|BackSlide|GoDown|ScaleUp
  • Auto Play: True|False

Our Team shortcode

Display featured events: Add Element > DawnThemes > Featured Events

Options:

  • Title: enter the title
  • Description: Display under the title
  • Transition Style: Select False|Fade|BackSlide|GoDown|ScaleUp
  • Auto Play: True|False
  • Show Next/Prev controls button

Member options: In this shortcode you can add the member easy by clicking on the plus + button

  • Name: enter the fullname
  • Position: e.g CEO, Founder
  • Avatar: upload/select the member's avatar
  • URL: Enter the URL to the profile of member.

The TicketBox is loaded with options for the blog. It offers many diffirent options for you to present your blog posts, along with several different blog layouts. In addition there are numerous theme options and short code options that allow you to customize how posts are displayed. The The TicketBox blog is extremely versatile and powerful.

CREATE A BLOG POST

No matter which method or methods you use to display your blog posts, the first thing you need to do is create the blog post. The TicketBox offers several blog post types, image, image slideshows, video and more on the way. Each blog post you make will be able to be display using any of the 3 methods described above. And with the ability to assign custom categories to each post, you can easily display a set of post based on category. See below for information on how to create blog post.

Follow the steps below to create a blog post:

  • Step 1: In your Admin Panel, go to Post, navigate to Add New.

  • Step 2: Enter your title and choose Post Format from Format box on the right side which shows different post format options: Standard, Image, Quote, and Gallery.

  • Step 3: Add your post content in Editing field. You can use our Shortcode to build your content where needed.

  • Step 4: Add Cateogories for the post from the Categories box on the right side. You can add new category or choose from existing cateogories. Check the box to select Categories for your post. Add relevant Tags for your post in the Tags box, set Featured image on the right side and other setting from the sections below Editing field.

If you need detailed guide about post settings in Wordpress, please find in Wordpress Codex.

  • Step 5: All done, click Publish to publish your post.

Here is a screenhot that shows the various areas of the blog post page described above

BLOG PAGE SETTING

GLOBAL SETTING

  • Sub Title: The sub title under heading 2.

FORMAT SETTING

  • Quote Settings: When selecting Quote Format, you will have Quote Settings meta-box where you can add the quote content and citation of the quote.

  • Gallery Settings: When selecting Gallery Format, you will have Gallery Settings meta-box to add as many image as you want into your gallery.

Come together with The TicketBox, these plugin are recommended to install and active for flexible use. Below are the source for documentation and support of each plugin.

Visual Composer

The TicketBox  works well with Visual Composer, the popular drag and drop page builder plugin with intuitive interface to build your content at ease. If you plan to use Visual Composer Plugin for your site, check out these source.

Visual Composer WordPress Plugin Documentation for user guide to use the plugin

Visual Composer WordPress Plugin Support System for support upon issues of the plugin

Slider Revolution

The WooW is completely compatible with Slider Revolution. Its intuitive interface with diversified options and effects will be good choice for you slider. If you plan to use Slider Revolution Plugin for you site, check out these source:

Slider Revolution Wordpress Plugin Documentation for user guide to use the plugin.

Slider Revolution Form Support  for support upon issues of the plugin.

Slider Revolution FAQs for questions about the plugin.

Woo Commerce

The WooW works compatibly with Woo Commerce, allows you to create your online shop. If you plan to use Woo Commerce Plugin for your site, check out the source:

Woo Commerce Plugin Documentaion for user guide to use the plugin.

Woo Commerce Plugin Community Forum for support upon issues of the plugin.

Woo Commerce Knowleadge Base for question about the plugin

The Events Calendar

The Events Calendar: The Events Calendar is a carefully crafted, extensible plugin that lets you easily share your events. Beautiful. Solid. Awesome.

The Events Calendar PRO: The Events Calendar PRO, a premium add-on to the open source The Events Calendar plugin (required), enables recurring events, custom attributes, venue pages, new widgets and a host of other premium features.

Event Tickets - Event Tickets Plus(Pro version): Event Tickets allows your guests to RSVP from any post, page, or event - Event Tickets Plus lets you sell tickets to events, collect custom attendee information, and more!

The Events Calendar: Community Events: Community Events is an add-on providing additional functionality to the open source plugin The Events Calendar. Empower users to submit and manage their events on your website.

Contac Form 7

The TicketBox is fully compatible with Contact Form 7, the free form plugin recommeneded to create a nice form for your site. If you plan to use Contact Form Plugin for your site, check out these source.

Contact Form 7 Plugin Page for basic information about the plugin.

Contact Form 7 Plugin Documentation for user guide to use the plugin.

Contact Form 7 Plugin Support Forum for support upon issues of the plugin.

TicketBox is a WMPL compatible and multi-language ready theme. To translate this theme:

  • Download and install this tool POEdit
  • Open POEdit and load [/TicketBox/languages/TicketBox.po]
  • Translate the text and save the file
  • A file named TicketBox.pot is created. Rename it with Code Name of your language. For example, de_DE.mo for German - Deutsche. See language code list here http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_in_Your_Language
  • Open [{wordpress root}/wp_config.php] and find this line define('WPLANG', '');. Change it with your language code, for example define('WPLANG', 'de_DE');

TicketBox also supports RTL - Right To Left languages. If your language is RTL, go to Apperance > Theme Options > RTL Support and choose ON


Once again, thank you so much for purchasing our theme. If you have any assistance, please feel free create a topic on our support forums:
Support Fourms. Our support team will respond to you as fast we can.

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