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WP Cinema is a movie display and management system intended for cinema\nwebsites. It is flexible, configurable, and powerful, and can be integrated\nwith your inhouse ticketing system.<\/p>\n\n
It provides the following functionality:<\/p>\n\n
The basic version of WP Cinema provided here works for 1-3 screens\nand is sufficient to run a small cinema or film festival website.<\/p>\n\n
We're excited to be able to offer a starter product which helps smaller\ncinemas, film festivals and occasional venues to get a functional cinema\nwebsite going at virtually no cost.<\/p>\n\n
WP Cinema provides a simple framework for displaying today's session times on\nthe home page. The home page format displays a thumbnail for each movie, along\nwith a title and session times. The session times are clickable and lead to a\nconfigurable booking link.<\/p>\n\n
The user can also click on a movie which then displays in it's own page, with a\ndescription of the movie (which you can edit). The commercial version provides\ndefault images and description, in the lite version you enter everything\nyourself.<\/p>\n\n
There are several different formats implemented through the use of shortcodes;\nat the moment these are:<\/p>\n\n
WP Cinema makes it easy for customers to book; they simply click on the\nsession time which takes them straight to your booking page.<\/p>\n\n
Booking pages\/links can be provided by integration modules, or you can\nenter your own booking links on the setup page.<\/p>\n\n
Payment for bookings via PayPal will be included in the free version\nshortly.<\/p>\n\n
Integration provides the following features:<\/p>\n\n
The free version does not provide any free integration modules; though it is\ncompletely usable without them via the manual entry system.<\/p>\n\n
WP Cinema integrates with a number of in-house ticketing systems through\nadditional licencing modules. This provides fully automated update of\nsession times on an hourly (or configurable) basis, as well as\n(in the near future) flagging of sessions that are full or nearly full.<\/p>\n\n
If your ticketing system provides a site or link for booking,\nthe session links can be set to go direct to the appropriate site.<\/p>\n\n
Full support for internet booking is currently under development; when\nthis is done you'll be able to sell tickets for most systems direct from\nyour site. Currently you can only sell tickets through the configurable\nthird party link system as just mentioned.<\/p>\n\n
As mentioned previously, the free version allows you to enter all movie\ndescriptions, images and session information yourself. Provided you\nenter sufficient days ahead (we recommend at least 3-5 days) the times\nwill rotate on the site to show the relevant times for today.<\/p>\n\n
Please see the screenshots page for more information, or view our short\nvideo.<\/p>\n\n
We recommend use of the automated synchronization module for your\nticketing system to remove the need for nearly all manual entry. Note\nthat if no automated module for your system is available, you can choose\nto use the manual system until it is ready (see FAQ).<\/p>\n\n
You can set up special programme pages for specialized movie categories.<\/p>\n\n
The system provides easy and powerful categorization for special\nsessions, such as \"baby friendly\", or premium\/luxury\/gold sessions, or\nspecial showings or festivals.<\/p>\n\n
This is configurable and can be controlled:<\/p>\n\n
Once you have the categories setup, you can use them in the following\nways:<\/p>\n\n
This allows you to market to special interest groups, or to run special\n\"festivals\" throughout the year, with their own dedicated pages.<\/p>\n\n
A more advanced commercial version extends the free version with plugins\nand support services:<\/p>\n\n
WP Cinema provides an excellent basis for cinema site development.\nIf you are a web developer wanting to use WP Cinema in your customer\nsite, we have wholesale pricing and extended developer support\navailable, including developer training (no charge at the moment) and site setup\nservices.\nIf you're a developer, please ask us for access to the developer only\nresources.<\/p>\n\n
There will be a series of short movies at www.wp-cinema.com\/free-setup\nwhich will take you through setup of the free version. Some of this is\nobvious but if you haven't done it before please watch them as there are\nsome invaluable tweaks you'll miss out on otherwise.<\/p>\n\n\n
WP Cinema is usually installed via the WordPress plugin\ninstallation system:<\/p>\n\n
WP Cinema<\/code> menu that appears in your admin menu<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\nManual Install<\/h4>\n\n
If, for some special reason, you need to follow manual installation steps, they are:<\/p>\n\n
\n- Upload the
wp-cinema<\/code> folder to the \/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code> directory<\/li>\n- Activate the WP Cinema plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress<\/li>\n
- Configure the plugin by going to the
WP Cinema<\/code> menu that appears in your admin menu<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\nOnce you have installed WP Cinema, please make time to go through the\nsetup options carefully.<\/p>\n\n
If you are unfamiliar with WordPress, visit us at www.wp-cinema.com to\nfind out how our various installation and setup service options work.<\/p>\n\n
Removal<\/h4>\n\n
In the unlikely event WP Cinema causes problems and you can't use the\ndeinstallation option, simply remove the \/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-cinema folder and WordPress will deactivate WP Cinema.<\/p>\n\n
WARNING! Be aware that removing WP Cinema will delete (permanently) the\ncontents of your movie and sessions tables.<\/p>\n\n\n
\n- What are the limitations on the free version of WP Cinema?<\/dt>\n
The free version supports a maximum of 1-3 screens in a cinema site.\nEverything you need to have a fully functional website is provided.<\/p>\n\n
We also support limited-duration film festivals without charge, no matter\nhow many screens or sessions you run.<\/p>\n\n
The free version does not provide automated connections with in-house ticketing\nsystems or synchronisation of session times - you have to enter your times\nmanually. As you'd expect, the plugin does rotate your sessions as entered\nfrom day to day and you can enter a week at a time.<\/p>\n\n
The free version also does not automate movie descriptions or images,\nwhich are added automatically when a movie is first seen when you have the\ncommercial version. You can enter these manually.<\/p><\/dd>\n
- How can you afford to release a functional system like this for free?<\/dt>\n
We make our money from support and licencing for larger sites. This\nincludes additional modules for the system which make it very powerful\nand extensible.<\/p>\n\n
We also work with developers who wish to use our products for their own\ncinema sites.<\/p>\n\n
Actually, we're rather thrilled to offer this \"lite\" version without charge to\nsmaller cinemas and to film festivals as we see it as a way of giving back to\nthe industry, and we hope it might help smaller locations and occasional venues\nget started more easily.<\/p>\n\n
Additionally, the free version allows you to evaluate and experiment with the\nsoftware without restriction. Please note that we love to hear if there\nare key features missing that would make a difference for your site -\nplease let us know.<\/p><\/dd>\n
- How do you support commercial web developers?<\/dt>\n
We love to see other people developing cinema sites with this software,\neither for free or commercially.<\/p>\n\n
The licenced addons, which would be an integral part of a fully automated\nimplementation, are available under wholesale pricing arrangements to\ndevelopers. However, if the site you are developing doesn't need any\nlicenced modules, you don't need to talk to us or pay us - enjoy using it!\nAnd maybe send us a note to check out your work!<\/p>\n\n
We also offer developer support:<\/p>\n\n
\n- free support being the occasional web seminar<\/li>\n
- free developer-only support pages and videos<\/li>\n
- free support for licenced modules<\/li>\n
- best efforts support for free modules<\/li>\n
- chargeable 'site setup and configure' where we configure a\nbase movie setup for yourselves for testing\/development and you then\nbuild the theme, possibly using one of the newer gen themes such as Headway\nor Woothemes Canvas. This is a great place to start if you haven't done\nmuch WordPress before.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
If you are a customer (eg cinema owner) looking to get a cinema website\ndeveloped, we find it works best for you if we work with your preferred\nlocal developer and assist them as we beleive this gives you a better\nexperience - faster service and a point of local contact in the same time\nzone, with the same language and customs. We're happy to talk this through\nwith you if that helps.<\/p><\/dd>\n
- What ticketing systems do you synchronize with?<\/dt>\n
Currently, we provide interface modules for the following systems:<\/p>\n\n
\n- Venue Ticketing (highly recommended)<\/li>\n
- Showcase (under development)<\/li>\n
- Manual entry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
With the exception of the Manual entry module, these interface modules are\navailable additional to the lite version and are licensed for a small monthly\nfee, which includes support.<\/p>\n\n
Additional interfaces can be developed at a nominal fee if your system is\nnot listed and the providers are able to give us the information we\nneed.<\/p>\n\n
We recommend Venue Ticketing due to their excellent support\nand the incredibly configurable and flexible system they provide\n(see www.venueticketing.com.au). Venue also provide an internet payment\ngateway which works closely with WP Cinema.<\/p>\n\n
Note that the system doesn't require a ticketing interface module; you\ncan enter all the session time and movie information yourself.\nSessions will automatically rotate on the site and you should ensure you\nenter at least 2-3 days (and preferably a week) ahead to ensure your\nlisting in Google showtimes works well.<\/p>\n\n
Please visit www.wp-cinema.com\/ticketsystems for further information as\nit becomes available.<\/p><\/dd>\n
- Who are the people behind WP Cinema?<\/dt>\n
White Dog Green Frog, an Australian Web Development and web hosting\ncompany, is behind WP Cinema. WDGF has been developing Cinema sites\nfor 6 years supporting a small number of Australian sites.<\/p>\n\n
One of the founders had a background in cinema technology fitouts, and we love\nmovies, so we decided to create a new way of building cinema sites\nwith active programme content.<\/p><\/dd>\n
- Why did you choose WordPress for WP Cinema? Why not XXX?<\/dt>\n
We'd had two versions of our cinema management software - an old PHP version\n(circa 2004), and a Joomla module (circa 2008).<\/p>\n\n
The reasons we chose WordPress:<\/p>\n\n
\n- a complete, powerful, yet easy to use CMS ready to use out of the box<\/li>\n
- very regular WordPress core updates and feature additions (3 monthly compared to 12-18 months for Joomla and Drupal)<\/li>\n
- quick security releases - within hours\/days<\/li>\n
- self-updating website and plugin code<\/li>\n
- well documented systems for our developers to work with<\/li>\n
- a flexible and powerful plugin and hook system<\/li>\n
- 55,000,000 sites worldwide (est) using WordPress with nearly 20,000 plugins [April 2012]<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/dd>\n
- What plans do you have for other language support?<\/dt>\n
We plan to do full customer-side internationalisation to allow support for\nother languages, but it isn't included in the first version. We anticipate it\nwill become available late in 2012 under current plans.<\/p>\n\n
If you would like an internationalized version which supports customers\nin your own language, please contact us to discuss - obviously the more\ndemand the higher we will prioritize internationalization!<\/p>\n\n
There are no short term plans for admin internationalization; again, if\nthis would make a difference for yourselves please contact us.<\/p><\/dd>\n
- What is the roadmap for future WP Cinema development?<\/dt>\n
WP Cinema is being actively developed and we are continuing to invest in\ndevelopment for both the free and commercial platforms.<\/p>\n\n
Some of our planned extensions and additional plugins:<\/p>\n\n
\n- Paypal booking support (will be in free version as soon as we can)<\/li>\n
- Flagging of full, or nearly full, sessions<\/li>\n
- Optional display prioritization of categorized sessions\/movies<\/li>\n
- (full) Internet booking support<\/li>\n
- Seat allocation and maps<\/li>\n
- Internationalization (see above)<\/li>\n
- Full multi-location support (cinemas at multiple locations on one+ site(s))<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
If there is a feature you would like to see in WP Cinema that is not currently\navailable, please let us know in detail what you are looking for. While we\ncan't make promises, if we get a number of requests for the same feature it\nwill be prioritised highly.<\/p><\/dd>\n
- Do you work with other developers? Or accept bugfixes?<\/dt>\n
Yes and Yes! We're always happy to collaborate with other open sourcers\nand WP Cinema plugins will utilise the WordPress plugin system to make the\nsystem extensible. We are committed to retaining a GPL-licenced usable\nversion of WP Cinema well into the future, and updating as much as is\nhumanly possible.<\/p>\n\n
Bug fixes are welcome - please include a clear summary of what you're\nfixing - we've found Jing.com very helpful here - a short before-after\nmovie is usually worth a thousand words. We also need the original file\nbefore you edit it, as well as the fixed file or patch diffs.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n
\n- No changes since initial release (19 Jun 2012).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
See also our website at www.wp-cinema.com\/releasenotes<\/p>\n\n
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