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Easy On-Line Event Ticketing?
Ronster writes "Dear /.ers (slash-daughters?) I am looking for an elegant online solution to a real-world annoyance. I lead regular tours of my local cemetery, which I enjoy immensely. However, I hate the administration - can you recommend an on-line service, or some software (ideally open source) that I could host on my website, that would allow people to register for these tours, perhaps issue them with a ticket, and even let them cancel their reservation, all without allowing the total number of reservations for each event becoming more than, say, 25? Thanks."
Define "couple hours"... because from what this person's asking, it could get pretty complex. Any time a calendar's involved, things can get pretty hairy pretty quickly with business rules, open days, etc. Not to mention setting up a system so they can return to the site and cancel (registration? some kind of random # on the ticket?) And if registering involves paying a fee of any kind...
The way I see it, you might be able to design this in a "couple hours". Coding, testing...
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This was rated insightful? Holy ... Just settling on the business rules for this might take you a couple of hours so don't go around saying it can be done in a couple of hours. I try to stay away from people like you.