Buy Tickets tool
The Buy Tickets page is a landing page that consists of a WYSIWYG for introduction text and a ticket node for the specific ticket release that is displayed.
To update the Buy Tickets page with a new ticket release, only the ticket node needs to changed. A new landing page should not be regularly created.
Creating a Ticket Release
Ticket releases are a content type. To create a new ticket node navigate to Content > Add Content >Ticket Release.
You should now see the "Create Ticket Release" page that should look something like below:
The Title of a new ticket release will not be seen by the end user, but is instead for the purposes of finding the ticket release on Drupal. All ticket release titles should follow the naming convention below:
Title naming convention: NHM - Ticket Release - mm/dd/yyyy
An example of a properly formatted title would therefore be NHM - Ticket Release - 12/05/2021.
You can ignore the Body field below Title.
Ticket Container
The section below the Title and Body is "Ticket Container". Each Ticket Container corresponds to button date range and its child exhibits. Below is an example of a ticket container.
Button Date corresponds to the actual date range of the Choose your ticket type, as seen in the "Now - Jan 31" button in the example above.
There are four tabs in the box below "Button Date". The steps below will walk through each one of these tabs and what needs to be completed for a new ticket release node.
Line Item
Line items are composed of a list of Paragraphs. Each Paragraph corresponds to a ticket offering such as general admission, films, exhibits, ect. An explanation of Line Item fields are below:
| Field Name | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Key | A unique key that corresponds to a link in the Links tab. Two line items cannot have the same key. Keys such as ga correspond to general admission. When there are multiple exhibits or films, the keys include a number (i.e. film1, film2, film3). See the explanation underneath the field for a full list of possible values. | ga |
| Type | Refers to the kind of line item. This is the very first text in a line item. | General |
| Title | The title of the line item. | Museum Admission |
| Description | The text directly below the title. | Includes access to Insects of L.A. and Rise Up L.A. |
| Calendar Copy | The range of dates when the line item is available. This is always followed by the calendar icon. | Now Open |
| Price | The price range that a line item is available for purchase. | +$15 |
| Image | The image displayed with the line item. It is best practice to search for an existing image in Drupal by selection Add existing media item > Select images. | See below |
