My colleague, Matt Cook, recently showed off a cool Image cube he put together for Patron Edge Online. Take a look at the information below, it would be cool to see this put to work. The really cool thing about this is that each side of the cube can link to different things, so this could help drive interest in things like special events, classes, or whatever the creative minds in your marketing department can think up! As the cube is set up right now, it uses the loader.asp file to allow it to link directly to specific shows. Pretty cool!
Disclaimer: This will require you to do a small amount of coding. The example is pretty easy to follow if you are familiar with HTML, Javascript or other coding languages, but you won’t be able to contact support for assistance setting this up.
1. Create a new screen part on the page where you want the image to display (In this example, I’ll use Template 1)
· Type = Include
· File Name = imagecube.html
· Top, Left, Width, Height – position the element as desired, but you want it to be the size of your images for best resolution. I used 450,20,120,80
2. Grab the latest copy of the image cube library Note: There are literally thousands of cool jquery libraries out there, many of them dealing with images, this is just one that looked slick to me. Most are easy to use and would be interchangeable. Unzip the library into your PEOSite folder (by default, C:\Program Files\Blackbaud\The Patron Edge Online\PEOSite)
3. Open up your favorite text editor, create imagecube.html and drop it in your PEOSite folder
Here’s the code for my file:
<head><script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.imagecube.js"></script>
</head>
<div id="defaultCube" style="width: 120px; height: 80px; overflow: none;">
<a href="loader.asp?target=show.asp?shCode=64"><img src="images/shows/show64.jpg" alt="Show 64 Title" title="Show 64 Title" style="width: 100%; height=100%;"/></a>
<a href="loader.asp?target=show.asp?shCode=38"><img src="images/shows/show38.jpg" alt="Show 38 Title" title="Show 38 Title" style="width: 100%; height=100%;"/></a>
<a href="loader.asp?target=show.asp?shCode=19"><img src="images/shows/show19.jpg" alt="Show 19 Title" title="Show 19 Title" style="width: 100%; height=100%;"/></a>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
$.imagecube.setDefaults({speed: 1000, pause: 6000});
$('#defaultCube').imagecube();
});
</script>
You’ll need to make a few changes.
Namely, I referenced show codes in my sample database.
You can generate your
loader link as needed.
Your images will also likely not be named show64, so update the img src reference as well as the alt and Title as needed.
There are a lot of benefits to using
Google’s jQuery library, but you can download your own if needed.
Try it out and leave a comment if this worked for you!
We are happy to announce that we have released new versions of The Patron Edge and The Patron Edge Online.
Here are a few things to get excited for:
Patron Edge 3.401:
- Coupon codes: You can now use Alphanumeric codes for Coupons! They no longer need to be things like 1234, they could be BOGO (Buy One Get One) or something similar
- Change Due prompt in General Admission Sales: Now your touchscreen users can have a prompt to remind them how much change to give the client, after making a cash sale.
Patron Edge Online 3.4.1:
- Same Day Internet Sales: You can now allow users to purchase tickets the same day as the event online, allowing those procrastinators to still get to see the shows.
And of course, there is great information on these enhancements and our PCI compliance enhancements located in our Update guides:
http://www.blackbaud.com/files/support/guides/pe/ug3401us.pdf
(Patron Edge Update Guide)
http://www.blackbaud.com/files/support/guides/pe/peo341ug.pdf
(Patron Edge Online Update Guide)
Please contact your Account Manager if you are interested in updating to these versions.
Being the type who always wants to use technology to take things to the next level, I've done some more experimenting with screencasting. This video will take you through an update for Patron Edge 3.401 and Patron Edge Online 3.4.1. The video is about 17 minutes and should answer any questions you have. If you missed the update webinar a few weeks ago, this is even better, as I take you through every screen and explain every step of the process.
Thoughts, concerns? Leave a message in the comments.
[Update] I've been told that the best practice is to run the update on the workstations first, before doing the detach/reattach and logging in to update the data.
One of the sessions at November's Blackbaud conference will be Effective Pricing and Discounting Strategies for Arts & Cultural Organizations. With that in mind, we wanted to gather as much feedback as possible to tailor the session to your needs. If you can, please check out the quick, five-question survey below. Please email your responses to the session coordinator jackie.huffman at blackbaud dot com. The more responses we get, the better the session will be. Thanks!
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When do you offer discount pricing to the general public (non-members)? Choose all that apply.
- The day of the event
- The week of the event
- The month of the event
- All of the above
- Do you use any of these promotion strategies? Choose all that apply.
- Coupon with a promotion code
- Buy one get one free offers
- Combo offers that include multiple events
- Packages with different types of events/items (e.g. dinner discount and event tickets or a CD and the performance tickets)
- Other? Please specify.
- Have you used any revenue management techniques? Choose all that apply.
- Airline style pricing in which the closer to the event the higher the prices
- Charging premium prices for specific events
- Last minute discounting
- Other? Please specify.
- What are the biggest challenges your organization faces in regards to pricing and promotion? What are you doing to deal with them?
- Would you be willing to share your experiences? If so, please provide contact information and one of our presenters will contact you.