Category Archives: Wintix 6

Problem emailing: “Failure. File not sent.”

A Wintix user was receiving that error message when trying to send email through Wintix. If this happens to you, there could be an issue with server settings on your network. We tested this issue using the same database they … Continue reading

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Updating where your wheelchair and companion seats are on a seating plan

Occasionally, the location of the wheelchair and companion seats may change in a venue and the seating plan needs to be updated. Sometimes this happens while tickets are being sold for a show that uses this plan, so there are … Continue reading

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Cabaret seating: when to use table numbers but not seat numbers in seating plan

A Wintix user told us: “When we sell tables in our cabaret space, we tell people they will be seated at a certain table, but we DO NOT give them a specific seat.  We are concerned that when we sell … Continue reading

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How to back up Wintix and find your backup

Center Stage Software backs up all our clients’ Wintix data every day, as long as we host your data. Some of our clients need to have a local backup of their database. To run a backup, go to Tools | … Continue reading

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How many orders were sold for a show or a single performance

A Wintix user needed to know how many orders of tickets (not the total of tickets) were sold because they charge a fee PER ORDER to people who rent their venue. How to get a summary of how many orders … Continue reading

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Authorize.net information gone?

Has this happened to you? A Wintix user emailed us: “Something strange happened this morning. When the box office people arrived, the authorize.net information was wiped out. This happened to us once before, so we were prepared to fill in … Continue reading

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Seating chart preview not showing up correctly when making a sale?

One of the cool new features in Wintix 6 is that you are able to preview a seating chart before you pick seats. If your seating chart preview appears like this, though, there is a quick and easy way to … Continue reading

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How to use Wintix and Webtix to invite patrons to join a mailing list

Most of our clients provide a sign up form for a mailing list on their website but there’s no reason why you can’t use Webtix to ask people to join your mailing list. Here’s an example of how to do … Continue reading

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How to determine which seating charts are used for each performance of a show

A Wintix user had a show with a few dozen performances, but realized they hadn’t attached a seating plan to each performance. To check performance by performance would be very time-consuming, but there is an easier way to determine which … Continue reading

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How to prevent remarks from appearing in a sales record

If there are a lot of changes to a sales record, the remarks field can get pretty crowded with records of all changes to the transaction. And that can make reports lengthy and unwieldy if the remarks are included. There … Continue reading

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