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Quick Start

This guide walks you through the minimum steps to get a show live and publishing your website.

Core Concepts

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Funny Little Shows has three main pieces of information you’ll need to set up to get going:

  • Room(s)
  • Artist(s)
  • Session(s)

Prerequisites

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  • A Funny Little Shows account (contact us to get one)
  • A Stripe account for payment processing

Step 1 — Add a Room

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Before you can schedule a show you need at least one room.

  1. Go to Rooms in the left sidebar.
  2. Click New Room.
  3. Fill in the Location, Venue, Timezone fields.
  4. Set Ticket Management to External or Internal - this is just a default value and can be changed per Session.
  5. If you set a Default Capacity, this will help you when setting up Tickets for Sessions in this room later on
  6. Address is optional at this stage but highly recommended, it helps your customers know where to go!
  7. Click Save.

Step 2 — Add an Artist

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  1. Go to Artists in the left sidebar.
  2. Click New Artist.
  3. Enter the artist’s name, show title, and a short bio.
  4. Upload a profile image and banner image.
  5. Set the status to Public On Sale when you’re ready for the artist to appear on your site.

Step 3 — Create a Session

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  1. Go to Sessions in the left sidebar.
  2. Click New Session.
  3. Select the Artist and Room.
  4. Set the date, time, and duration.
  5. Configure ticket categories and prices.
  6. Set the status to On Sale.

Step 4 — Publish your website

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When you’re working with Funny Little Shows, this data is all draft until your website is published. So you have time to review and tweak it. When you’re ready to publish …

  1. Go to Publishing in the left sidebar.
  2. Click Preview Changes if you want to interact with your website before it’s published - this is only available to logged on users.
  3. Otherwise, click Publish.
  4. At the dialog that appears, select a Quick or Full Publish, and choose a time: Now, or a future date / time
  5. Your event website is deployed within seconds. You can monitor progress on the Publishing dashboard, refreshing with the icon in the top-right.

What’s next?

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