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Get the scoop on the latest FooEvents features and learn tips and tricks that will enhance your product experience.
Introducing FooEvents POS – Event Point of Sale
Background One of the most requested features that we’ve received from customers at an increasing frequency over the last few years, is the ability to sell and print event tickets at the door in addition to selling them online using FooEvents. A “box office” event point of sale solution if
What’s new with Foo? – October 2022
This week we released a ton of features that have been on many customer’s wish lists for some time. All these features are based on customer feedback and make using FooEvents simpler and even more flexible! Booking Management If you use the FooEvents Bookings extension, then the new Bookings Management screen
Celebrating 7 years of FooEvents
We’re celebrating our 7th birthday today! Time flies when you are having fun and the past 7 years seem to have passed in the blink of an eye. When we first launched FooEvents, we never imagined that a WooCommerce events plugin would evolve into helping thousands of businesses around the
Engage with your customers and attendees using WooCommerce Follow-ups
MPORTANT: As of 31 May 2023, WooCommerce has retired the WooCommerce Follow-Ups extension and recommends customers rather use their AutomateWoo extension. WooCommerce Follow-ups is no longer available for purchase on WooCommerce.com. WooCommerce will continue to support its WooCommerce Follow-ups extension until May 2024, however, it appears no further plugin updates will be released by WooCommerce. We have implemented a similar integration
The possibilities are endless with our new Mailchimp integration
We recently released our long awaited integration with Mailchimp which includes the ability to automatically add attendees to a Mailchimp audience list when tickets are generated. You can also specify default tags or event-specific tags that can be used to segment your Mailchimp list which opens up a host of
Create fully multilingual event websites thanks to seamless FooEvents and WPML integration
WordPress Multilingual (WPML) makes it easy to run a multilingual website with a single WordPress installation and it comes pre-installed with over 40 languages. You can also add your own language variants (like Canadian French or Mexican Spanish) using WPML’s languages editor. Simply choose the languages you want and start
Export your offline attendee check-ins with ease
One of the unique features of the free FooEvents Check-ins app is the ability to check-in attendees without an active internet connection. Offline mode can be enabled in the Check-ins app after you’ve logged in and completed an initial download of all your relevant event data. We’ve just added a
Ending the year on a high – 3 million attendee check-ins!
We hope that your year has been successful and that you are ready to clear the mind before 2022! For us, 2021 has been a phenomenal year with much to be thankful for. FooEvents has experienced growth in almost all areas and what better way to end off the year
Take a look under the hood (video)
In this walkthrough video, we will take you on a guided tour of the FooEvents settings and event setup. You will see how FooEvents can be used to create conferences, multi-day events, bookable services as well as events with seating selection. We also take a brief look at ticket management
We’ve Reached 2 Million Attendee Check-ins!
Last year we celebrated reaching 1 million attendee check-ins logged in the FooEvents Check-ins apps. It was a huge milestone for us at the time which took almost 4 years to achieve. Less than a year later, the check-ins have doubled, bringing the total to 2 million check-ins! To say
How to manage access at your events during the COVID-19 pandemic with FooEvents
Planning a grand reopening? We’ve started to see a steady increase in the number of physical events taking place. While this is great to see and (hopefully) a sign of things to come, most venues are still required to follow stringent guidelines intended to reduce the spread of COVID-19. In
How to scan ticket barcodes and QR codes using FooEvents and WooCommerce
One of the biggest challenges experienced by most event organizers is managing attendee access. Ensuring an organized and steady flow of attendee check-ins is critical, and if not done efficiently, it could lead to lengthy lines and angry customers. To help speed up attendee check-ins, FooEvents automatically adds a unique
Block seats, add aisles and more with the latest FooEvents Seating update
Venues around the world have had to rework their seating arrangements to ensure the safety of their customers and guest and comply with local COVID-19 guidelines. In order to help ensure that you are compliant with your seating and area management, we have included the ability to block off seats
Introducing Bookable Zoom Meetings
Early on in 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we integrated FooEvents with Zoom as a way for you to sell access to virtual events directly from your WordPress website. Our Zoom integration experienced massive uptake and has become a vital part of our offering. We also launched the
Introducing FooEvents Bookings
FooEvents Bookings makes it possible to setup managed time slots that can be used to create bookable events, activities, venues and services.
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