Quick start: the first booking

This is how you record your first backend booking — from the button to the success message it takes less than a minute.

Step 1: choose an event

  1. Open Components → DPCalendar → Bookings and click New booking in the toolbar.
  2. You see the list of bookable events from the enabled calendars — with date, calendar and current occupancy. Use the filter bar to narrow the list down if needed.
  3. Click Book in the row of the event you want.

The event selection with filter bar and occupancy display

Step 2: fill in the booking

  1. At the top, choose the number of tickets (per type if there are several ticket types) and any booking options.
  2. Enter the contact details in the card Book as guest: first name, last name and email are required. Alternatively, select one or more existing users in the card above — then the guest entry is not needed.
  3. Fill in the additional fields, if your DPCalendar installation defines any.
  4. On the right, under Booking details, adjust the booking date, the status and — for events that cost money — the payment provider if needed.
  5. Click Save booking.

The booking form with tickets, user card and guest card

Step 3: check the result

After saving you are back in the booking overview. The success message names the new booking including the event date and links to it directly — one click opens the booking for checking or editing.

The booking goes through the same DPCalendar logic as an online booking: tickets are created, prices calculated, remaining places updated and — if enabled — the usual confirmation and notification emails sent.

Where to go from here

Applies to version 1.0.7.

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Revision #6
Created 2026-08-16 13:03:51 UTC by Norbert Graup
Updated 2026-09-07 18:23:32 UTC by Norbert Graup