Task · Offerings

Offer two things as alternatives

Say that a booker does the morning and afternoon workshops, or the all-day one, but never both.

4 steps · About 2 minutes · Needs: Two or more sessions in Offerings

Some things are alternatives. A booker takes the morning workshop and the afternoon one, or the all-day intensive instead. Asking them all three is asking someone to be in two rooms at once.

Say which ones replace which, and nobody is asked both.

1. Open the offering that replaces the others

   The all-day one, in that example. You only set this up once, on one of them.

2. Select Edit

3. Under Instead of, tick what it replaces

   Tick the morning one and the afternoon one. Choosing from the all-day offering now means nobody is asked about those two, and choosing from either of those means nobody is asked about the all-day one.

4. Select Save

   You do not need to say that the morning and afternoon ones go together.

   Leaving them unticked against each other is what makes them a pair a booker answers both of. That is the whole rule: one from the morning list and one from the afternoon list, or one from the all-day list.

Good to know

• Nothing is worked out from the clock. Two things overlapping doesn't make them alternatives, because an all-day session overlaps everything. You say which, and only what you say happens.
• It works both ways. Pairing the all-day one with the morning one pairs the morning one with the all-day one, and either page shows it.
• An offering with one option is normally stated rather than asked, but one that replaces something is always offered as a choice.
• Offerings says it on the list. Every block that replaces something carries a line naming what it replaces.
• A booker who has already answered one sees the other say which they're doing instead. It keeps its options, so choosing from it swaps the two over.
• Nothing is closed until something is answered. A booker arriving at the page is asked everything, and the choices narrow as they decide.
• It's a rule about one person, not one order. Somebody buying three tickets can put two of them in the morning and afternoon workshops and the third in the all-day one.
• Answering both is refused, and the message names the two so the booker knows which to drop. It's only reachable with JavaScript turned off, where both blocks stand.
• Add an option that runs all day sets that option to run 09:00 to 17:00. You can change it on the option's own page like any other time.