TOPIC: Pre-sale Question - Matukio

I am interested in purchasing your Joomla Event management component and have the following questions:
1. How does the barcode/QR work after a ticket is purchased?Theere is no detail info about this on your site. All I see is that customer receives a pdf with the barcode
2. Is there a way to scan the generated barcode for checkin at the event? In order words, is there an app or barcode scanner that is compatible to use?
3. If #2 above is correct, does the component track checkin against the database to ensure customer does not defraud or use duplicate copy for entry at event?
4. Once I purchase, am I allowed to removed your link back at the fronted, i mean the Powered by CompJoom link?
5. Is it possible to change the default Call To action "Book" button to some else like Register Now or any other button/text of my choice?
6. Are there known compatibility issues with 3rd party templates like Joomlart?

Thanks

Hi,

1. How does the barcode/QR work after a ticket is purchased?Theere is no detail info about this on your site. All I see is that customer receives a pdf with the barcode

The QR/Barcode contains a hashed version of the booking number.

2. Is there a way to scan the generated barcode for checkin at the event? In order words, is there an app or barcode scanner that is compatible to use?

Currently not an automatic one - we are thinking on an additional QRCode placeholder pointing to an URL where the person gets checked in. (Should come with Matukio 3.2)

3. If #2 above is correct, does the component track checkin against the database to ensure customer does not defraud or use duplicate copy for entry at event?

We use a boolean for that -> checked_in which can only set once to true.

4. Once I purchase, am I allowed to removed your link back at the fronted, i mean the Powered by CompJoom link?

Sure, there is already a setting for that, so you don't have to change any code.

5. Is it possible to change the default Call To action "Book" button to some else like Register Now or any other button/text of my choice?

Sure, you just can create a language override for that.

6. Are there known compatibility issues with 3rd party templates like Joomlart?

No, we are using the compatibilty mode of jQuery so there should be no JavaScript issues - depending on the template the css can change slightly, but normaly it is very easy to fix.

Best regards

Yves

What is the update on the QR code functionality? Per above, it was supposed to have been integrated in v3.2. I don't believe there was any mention of this in the latest v4.x series. This is the main reason why I have not purchased Matukio yet. I really need the ability to check guest in at the event using the QR code via a scanner and ios/android app.

In the mean time, I purchased Event Expresso, a Wordpress event plugin and designed my website in Wordpress as suppose to Joomla. Event Expresso is a Wordpress plugin that not only fully support QR code checkin, but also has a fully functional free iOS and android app which makes it so easy to checkin guests at events.

Please advise what the roadmap looks like for Matukio in this regard. I will be migrating my website from Wordpress to a Joomla as soon as Matukio or any other Joomla event extension can support this.

Thanks

Hi,

no haven't implemented it the QR-Code checkin fully yet. But already implemented the checkin function, so it shouldn't be so much work.

If you like i implement it with the next version.

Yves

Okay just integrated it, with the next version we have the following new placeholders:

MAT_BOOKING_CHECKIN_URL = The plain URL to checkin the booking
MAT_BOOKING_CHECKIN_LINK = An HTML link pointing to the URL
MAT_BOOKING_CHECKIN_QRCODE = The QRCode pointing to the URL to checkin the booking (works just one time, including setting if only organizers are allowed to use it and shows booking details after the checkin)

Including validations if the booking is valid (active booking, not checked in already etc.)

awesomescreenshot.com/09d38kvs99

Kind regards,

Yves

Great...so will the checkin function work with any bar code scanner app?

Also, may I pls see a demo of this when it is available? Just need to check and make sure one is able to checkin guests and how this is recorded back to the backend for audit purposes.

Many thanks

Yes this should work with any bar code scanner (which can read QR-Codes and opens URLs in the browser, tested it with barcoo and quick scan on my iPhone) - going to release Matukio 4.5 today and update the live demo site where you can try it out too.

I have read the blog updates and your updates here on the ticket scanning topic and am curious if the bar/qr code scanning works with any type of bar/qr code scanner app & on any type of smart phone. Also, when the code on someones printed ticket is scanned, is it recorded in Matukio as being used? Also, can we have more than one person scanning tickets with their smart phones at one time?

My client has a holiday/christmas light show that people drive through in their cars & we want to be able to scan the tickets they purchase when they get to the location. We will only be selling two types of tickets, one that is good for a single night/evening to drive through the lights, and the second will be good for people to come back night after night the whole time the holiday/christmas light show runs.

Thank you very much for any information you can provide.
Respectfully,
Barron Hansen

Hi Barron,

Also, when the code on someones printed ticket is scanned, is it recorded in Matukio as being used?

Aye the check-in code can only be used once - you can set if wether everybody or just organizers which are logged into your Joomla site, can use it to check in somebody. When you try to use it a second time an error message and the booking details for further details are shown.

Also, can we have more than one person scanning tickets with their smart phones at one time?

Yes you can have more than one person for checkin in tickets.

one that is good for a single night/evening to drive through the lights, and the second will be good for people to come back night after night the whole time the holiday/christmas light show runs.

Hmm the first one is easy the second one, needs some hand-work (re-enabling the ticket) or code changing - or you have to check the ticket manually after the error message (all booking-details are shown there).

Kind regards,

Yves

Thank you very much for the quick reply. I greatly appreciate the answers. Time to sleep, then get back to work in the morning. ... Cheers.