Goal: Upgrade Fast Fridays’s event ticket purchasing process so customers can purchase tickets directly from FastFridays.com instead of from a 3rd-party ticket issuer.
Full checklist of changes made to Fast Fridays.
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The Events Calendar Category Colors WordPress plugin Add event category background colors to The Events Calendar events.
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Fast Fridays Motorcycle Speedway produces 19 motorcycle speedway events throughout the summer, with a seating capacity of 3,800. They offer Adult, Junior/Senior, and Kids (Free) ticket pricing. Client goal: to have their site sell tickets without customers being sent to a 3rd-party site to purchase tickets. More specifically, client wants their customers to be able…