There are a fair few ways to take seat reservations for your upcoming show and if you are on a budget and you are very familiar with php open source shopping carts then it is quite possible you could set this kind of system up yourself.

I have adapted open source php shopping carts like osCommerce and Freeway to present products as seats in a grid style that are then available to purchase through the process of a typical shopping cart right from ‘add to cart’ to the completed sale and then present the seat in such a way as to show purchased seats as reserved in a specially presented seat plan of your theatre.

Most webmasters and developers are familiar with shopping cart installation and are pretty adapt at adding and making contributions that will customise the mechanism to suit their needs. Now I have a complete ‘How To’ guide to make a simple theatre seat plan become a functional visual seat reservation system that works like dream.

Usually the tried and tested way to sell tickets for your show is through a booking agent using a flat database which is a straight list of seat numbers available referenced from a chart of your theatre seat plan. Why not try to bring your seat plan alive by making each seat clickable from the plan on your website and when a seat is reserved disconnect it from the cart and identify all seats reserved as a totally different color. You get thepicture and you’ve seen it already in the hands of professional organisations selling tickets for shows across the web. If you want such a system for your special event I’m sure it will cost you an arm and a leg to own yourself.

For a an affordable fee I will be selling a step by step guide that will take you or your webmaster through each and every procedure that will adapt a tried and tested shopping cart into your very own visual seat reservation system that can be used over and over again using the basic principles that thousands of merchants use for their online stores across the web.

If you have a special event planned and you want your visitors to reserve or purchase their own seats visually this could be the tool for you.

http://www.throwfire.com

You might have seen the term “dyslexia” being used and wondered, as many do, just what is dyslexia anyhow? What exactly does it mean? I see it being used in lots of different ways and it is unclear what it really is.

There is the strict academic definition that says that dyslexia is a compound word made up of “dys” (as in dysfunctional) meaning problems with or not working, and “lexia”, having to do with books and reading. Then there is the commonly used definition that refers to a whole constellation of different types of dyslexia, affecting hearing, planning, time consciousness, ability to recognize symbols for numbers, etc. in addition to reading.

So how many people are affected by dyslexia and how do you know if you are one of them?

About 10-15% of the general population has some form of dyslexia that affects them to some degree. There are various symptoms, but the only way to know for sure if you are dyslexic or not is to go through dyslexia testing.

The screening level of dyslexia testing is usually a questionnaire asking about a number of things, some will be dylexia symptoms. If a screening test finds enough symptoms, then a full dyslexia test is generally recommended.

A home dyslexia test has recently been tested and certified for online use. With it you can take a full dyslexia test at home if you have a computer and an Internet connection.

If you have any dyslexia symptoms it is very important to get yourself tested. Practically all of the problems of dyslexia can be overcome fairly easily, once they have been identified.

Disclaimer: This posting is based on information freely available in the popular press and medical journals that deal with dyslexia. Nothing herein is intended to be or should be construed to be medical advice. For medical advice the reader should consult with his or her physician or other medical specialist.

By – Veronica Smith

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