Chris Taylor

Thanks for using VoucherPress. It’s great to see so many people creating vouchers for all kinds of business. From pizza joints to jewellers, cleaning companies to sports clubs – you’ve created thousands of vouchers, and I’m really proud to have created something which has been useful to so many people.
As I work on the next version of VoucherPress it would be really helpful if you could <a href="http://www.stillbreathing.co.uk/projects/voucherpress-the-next-chapter" rel="nofollow ugc">fill in this short survey</a>. Many thanks for your time.
Have you ever wanted to give away vouchers, tickets, coupons or tokens on your website? If so this plugin is for you. You can create a voucher with whatever text you want, choosing the layout and font from a range of templates (you can also add your own templates). Vouchers can then be viewed, downloaded and printed from a specified URL.
There are shortcodes to add a link to a particular voucher, to show an unordered list of all your vouchers, or to show the registration for to request a restricted voucher.
You can require visitors to provide their name and email address to get a voucher. If an email address is required an email is sent to the address with a link to the voucher URL. Each voucher has a unique code, and vouchers that have an email address associated with them can only be used once, so once a registration-required voucher is downloaded it can’t be downloaded again.
<h3>Hooks</h3>
From version 1.1.2 the plugin also offers a selection of hooks which you can use to run your own custom code. The hooks are:
<h3>voucherpress_create</h3>
When a voucher is created, this hook returns the properties of the voucher. You can use it like this:
add_action( ‘voucherpress_create’, ‘my_voucherpress_create_function’ ); 
function my_voucherpress_create_function( $id, $name, $text, $description, $template, $require_email, $limit, $startdate, $expiry ) { 
 // do something here… 
}
<h3>voucherpress_edit</h3>
When a voucher is edited, this hook returns the properties of the voucher. You can use it like this:
add_action( ‘voucherpress_edit’, ‘my_voucherpress_edit_function’ ); 
function my_voucherpress_edit_function( $id, $name, $text, $description, $template, $require_email, $limit, $startdate, $expiry ) { 
 // do something here… 
}
<h3>voucherpress_register</h3>
When someone registers to download a voucher and an email is sent to them, this hook returns the voucher and the users details. You can use it like this:
add_action( ‘voucherpress_register’, ‘my_voucherpress_register_function’ ); 
function my_voucherpress_register_function( $voucher_id, $voucher_name, $user_email, $user_name ) { 
 // do something here… 
}
<h3>voucherpress_download</h3>
When someone downloads a voucher, this hook returns the voucher and the users details. You can use it like this:
add_action( ‘voucherpress_download’, ‘my_voucherpress_download_function’ ); 
function my_voucherpress_download_function( $voucher_id, $voucher_name, $code ) { 
 // do something here… 
}
The plugin also makes use of the __() function to allow for easy translation.
Thanks to Christian Serron (http://twitter.com/cserron) for the code to make the vouchers work in widgets (currently disabled, I’m working on this) and to Barry (http://www.betakeygiveaway.com/) for bug testing above and beyond the call of duty.
<h3>Shortcodes</h3>
There are four shortcodes available. The first shows a link to a particular voucher, and is in the format:
[voucher id=”123″]
The “id” parameter is the unique ID of the voucher. The correct ID to use is available in the screen where you edit the voucher.
You can also how the description after the link:
[voucher id=”123″ description=”true”]
The second shows a link to a voucher, but with a preview of the voucher (just the background image, no text) and the voucher name as the image alternate text:
[voucher id=”123″ preview=”true”]
And you can show the description after the preview as well:
[voucher id=”123″ preview=”true” description=”true”]
You can also show an unordered list of all your live vouchers using this shortcode:
[voucherlist]
And a list of all live vouchers with their descriptions:
[voucherlist description=”true”]
And you can also show the form for people to enter their name and email address if they wish to register for a restricted voucher:
[voucherform id=”123″]
The shortcodes for any voucher can be found on the edit screen for that voucher. Just click the ‘Shortcodes’ button.

VoucherPress

VoucherPress is a Wordpress plugin that allows you to give downloadable, printable vouchers/coupons in PDF format away on your site.

cnilsson

iCafe VPP Manager takes much of the labor out of managing Apple’s Volume Purchase Program.
Apple’s VPP process allows schools and businesses to purchase multiple copies of apps at a discount (and tax exempt for schools). Without VPP, users can only pay for the first copy of an app.
<a href="http://www.apple.com/education/volume-purchase-program/" title="Apple VPP Site" rel="nofollow ugc">Learn more about VPP here</a>
The problem is that Apple’s solution to volume purchases is difficult to manage for large enterprises. Apple allows only one Program Manager account used to create individual Program Facilitator Accounts. These Facilitator accounts can redeem VPP Vouchers and purchase app redemption codes but can’t actually install any apps! Redemption codes can then be distributed to end users who redeem the codes to install the app. At this point the app becomes the property of the owner of the iTunes account used to redeem the code.
Confused yet?!?!
iCafe VPP Manager is designed to solve many of the problems with Apple’s VPP Program:
<ul>
<li>Provide a trackable process for creating accounts</li>
<li>Track all vouchers and remaining balances</li>
<li>Allows end users to request app purchases</li>
<li>Track all requests</li>
<li>Stores and distributes all redemption codes</li>
<li>Reduce the program demands on any one person</li>
</ul>
Providing a single platform for all your VPP transactions is only part of the solution offered by iCafe VPP Manager.
App ownership is also a struggle of many organizations. Many simply give up and allow users to redeem codes under personal iTunes accounts. In some cases this is desirable, but many organizations cannot afford to give away thousands of apps per year. Apple’s VPP terms allow an organization to maintain ownership of apps provided the redemption codes are redeemed under organization-owned iTunes accounts. While this provides a legal means for maintaining ownership, large organizations will find it difficult to manage.
Apple gives two recommendations; create an iTunes account for every user or group of users using a generic organizational email account (MHS_Science@schooldistrict.edu) or using a single iTunes account for all apps (organization_itunes@organization.com).
The first option requires upkeep of many accounts by one or a few people while the second poses the security concern of sharing the master account credentials among many staff members.
iCafe VPP Manager solves this issue by creating a secure portal for authenticated staff to retrieve app redemption codes and the current enterprise iTunes credentials. 
It will also allow you to setup an automated password change schedule. Most organizations change their master iTunes account every four to six hours minimizing the accounts exposer to former employs.
The goal is to take full advantage of the wonderful VPP program while automating much of the process.
Find me on Twitter @chrisnilsson https://twitter.com/ChrisNilsson
<a href="http://youtu.be/Po_2URco62M" title="End User Work Flow" rel="nofollow ugc">A video demo of what end users experience can be found here</a>
<a href="http://youtu.be/DT2EgJZJ864" title="iCafe Approach" rel="nofollow ugc">A video explanation of the iCafe Approach to iOS App Management can be found here</a>

iCafe VPP Manager

iCafe VPP Manager automates many of the tasks associated with managing Apple's Volume Purchase Program.

VoucherPress vs iCafe VPP Manager