Written by NielsNL - | 02 April 2010

Hello, we have great news!

The Beta 6 version of Fusion Ticket is now available for download below.

We want to thank all the Donors for their financial support and for their help testing Beta 6!

We hope you all try out the new beta and see the many changes we have done in this new version, a lot of problems have been fixed and so on.

AS ALWAYS WITH OUR BETAS. WE DO NOT RECOMMEND FOR PRODUCTION USE!
If you are using an older version then we strongly recommend you update.

For those who want to use UTF-8 in the pdf file we have a new html2pdf version.
To use html2pdf with support for utf-8 you need a different version which replaces the html2pdf files in the standard distribution. The required version file is too large to be attached to this message but can be downloaded from the Forum.
The utf-8 version is experimental and we would like to get some feetback from you when you use it as to whether you get good of bad results.

We found a small error in the orphan checker, please copy the zipped file to the folder includes/classes. thanks. It will fix an false error message in the orphan checker.

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Written by Chris Jenkins | 04 January 2010

What is Fusion Ticket?

Fusion Ticket is an Open Source Box Office and Ticketing Solution.
The aim is to create a usable and complete box office solution aimed at charities and small venues that don't have the extreme budget or the need for a full box office solution, whilst maintaining full functionality and large customisabilty and feature set.

Who is it for?

Any one really. But the main aim is for small charities and theater groups. For the most part its unrealistic for these small organizations to take the hit of using a professional ticket sales companies, who take a set up fee and commission of each ticket sold.
The software is used regularly by all types of people just look at our links page.

Although there is no restrictions on who can use it, we don't recommend it for really big events (stadium size) at this time. Allthough in the future we are confident we will be expanding the software to make it easier to manage.

Why should I donate?

"Anything given away for free, has no value"
Although we try to maintain this software for as little as possible, we have working lives and other items that need doing.
By donating we can spend time on this project and not on others.
We can spend time supporting members and producing plug-ins and additional features instead of the bare minimum. Also there are 1000's of hours of work and knowledge thrown in so you can use it at our expense.

Think about it like this. For a firm to do the same for you, the system would start in the region of £1500 ($2250) plus additional maintenance cost. Of course you get warranty and support, but then we aim to answer your requests for support and for free. So really with out donations support and quick releases would be near impossible. So $50 for a program where you can make money from is very little to ask, is it not?

How can I help?

Make a donation of any sum of money, this gets us towards our next release and our goal.
When you donates at-least $50, you gets a donaror status so others know you have helped this project. And gets access to pre release material and gain additional support for the life of that version number.

Can we contribute more than just money?

If you have good PHP, HTML, CSS, Javascript or MySQL knowledge you'll be very welcome to help. Or if you can't program helping other users use the software, as everyones skills differ. Any time spend explaining something is time spent away from bug fixing or feature improvements. And you can spend time helping find bugs and making suggestions to improve usability and functionality.