Productions (New CMS)

In Peppered, a Production serves as the foundation for your Theatre shows, Concerts, Film screenings, or Exhibitions. Most Productions are imported automatically via an Event updater, though manual creation and import via .csv are also possible.

Production Types & Dedicated Modules

Accessing the Dedicated Modules

For “default” productions, look for the Beta tag in your CMS menu, for other types, find the dedicated modules:

• Productions (Default) (Beta)

• Movies

• Courses

• Exhibitions

The Four Production Types

• Best for theatre shows, concerts and performances

• Contains the full range of standard content fields

• Designed specifically for film screenings

• Includes additional fields: duration, release year, director etc

• Supports specialized templates for multiple daily showtimes

• Offers Cinema planner layout for venues with multiple Halls or Screens

• Ideal for events spanning days, weeks, or months

• Remains visible throughout the entire date range in calendar views

• Appears at the top of calendar displays (unlike Default Productions which disappear after start time)

• Specialized for Course offerings

• Features a dedicated overview page with custom filter options

• Typically not available for online purchase

• Includes contact form for course enrollment

• Option to link to external enrollment destinations

Production Tabs Overview

1. Details - Core content and descriptive fields

2. SEO/SEA - Search engine optimization and advertising fields

3. IFrame - Embedded content

4. Images - All visual media

5. People - Cast, crew, and associated individuals

6. Integration - Technical identifiers and external system data

Details Tab

• Supertitle: Additional information displayed above the main title.

• Title: The main title of your Production. The Title is a required field and is always imported via Event updater.

• Subtitle: Additional information displayed below the main title.

• Tag Line: Usually displayed in agenda overviews as a short teaser providing quick information about the Production.

• Teaser: Typically shown at the top of the Production detail page. Also used in Mailings.

• Description Part 1: The primary text field for detailed Production information.

• Side Note to Description Part 1: A short side note displayed beside Description Part 1 (left or right).

• Description Part 2: Use when you have extensive text content that benefits from being split into sections.

• Quote & Quote Source: Display reviews about your show. Shorter quotes work best visually. The source appears beneath the quote.

• Programme: Primarily used for classical concerts to detail the concert programme.
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Good to Know: Can also be repurposed for additional quotes or reviews if needed.

• Credits: List production credits (direction, actors, sound designers, etc.)
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Good to Know: There's also a separate People module for artists who appear frequently, production houses, or when you want to include biographical information.

• Mailing Description: Override with specific mailing content here. If left empty, the system automatically uses the Teaser or Description 1. Only relevant when using the Mailings module.

• E-ticket Information: Additional information displayed on Peppered HTML e-tickets. Available for integrated order flows and those with Single Sign On.

• Cost Explainer: Additional text displayed near the event listing, used to communicate any additional information about the price, for example fees. Add text here to overwrite the default text found in Template Texts>FE3_serviceCostsEventPage for this Production only.

Examples of use:

• Hide cost explainer: Check the box and leave text field empty (use when there are no service costs)
• Custom cost explainer: Check the box and add custom text (use when there's an extra fee; don't forget to update service costs in your ticketing system)

• Primary Video URL Your featured video appears in:
• Calendar overview
• Homepage (for featured Productions)
• Top of the Production page
 

• Embed  URL Displayed between text sections (position depends on where you position your “video” part in the Routes & Parts module). Supports:
• Video files
• Audio files
• Playlists
• Podcasts (Soundcloud, Spotify, etc.)

• Genres and Tags Used for:
• Agenda page filters
• Selecting related Productions in the Suggestions part

These can sync from your Ticketing System.

• Suggestions Displayed at the bottom of Production pages (minimum 3 entries). Suggestions appear in this order:
1. Manually selected Productions (unlimited; shows first few upcoming Productions still on sale)
2. Genre-matched Productions (if genre is selected)
3. Random future Production (if needed to reach minimum)
• Default Settings can be found in System > Control Panel > Suggestions

• Featured Themes: Highlight specific themes related to your show. The theme appears as a Banner on the Production page and doesn't need to be directly connected to the Production.

• Is part of themes: Select which themes this Production is part of

• Is part of collections: Select the collection this Production is part of

• Content Library Select from available Content Library parts. Multiple selections appear sequentially on the Production page.

• Highlight in Overview: Makes the event larger on the Agenda page. Use selectively for shows you want to emphasize.

• Hidden from Overviews and Homepage: Prevents the Production from appearing in event overviews (Agenda) or the Homepage featured section. The Production remains searchable.

• Featured on Home: Prioritises the Production in the Homepage Featured Part, displaying it first even if the date is further in the future (normally shows chronologically by upcoming dates).

• Minimize in Brochure View: Creates a smaller display within the brochure layout.

• Visible When No Events Connected: Displays the Production page even without connected events/dates. Useful for "coming soon" movies or future releases.

SEO/SEA Tab

• Slug: By default, the Production title creates the URL. You can overwrite this with a multilingual option.
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Take note! All URLs include a unique identifier for redirect and SEO purposes. See How to manage your URLs for details.

• Meta Title: The short title displayed by search engines (automatically combines title and subtitle). Overwrite when needed for brevity or clarity. Recommended: 60 characters maximum

• Meta Description: The short description shown in search results. Recommended: 160 characters maximum

• Alternative Search Terms: Add related search terms to improve on-site searchability. Include common misspellings of names or titles so users still find correct results.
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Take note! These terms work within your website's internal search engine only, not external search engines like Google.

• Performer: Indicates which field (title or subtitle) contains the performer name. Useful when theaters list the Performer name first (as title) and Production name second (as subtitle).

• Performer Type: Specify whether the artist is a group/collective or an individual person.

• Attendance Structured data label that tells Google how the event takes place. This helps search engines categorize your event correctly:
• Offline: Event takes place in your venue (also includes optional "health check" during order process)
• Online: Event via streaming (skips health check step during order process)
• Mixed: Both in-venue and streaming options available

• Google Ads Title: Automatically combines title and subtitle. Overwrite for brevity or clarity. Maximum: 40 characters

• Google Ads Description: Add a (short) description. Maximum: 90 characters

• Enable remarketing for Google Ads: Adds Google remarketing property to the dataLayer for all events in this Production and includes them in the Google Ads event feed.

• Meta title: Automatically combines title and subtitle. Overwrite as needed. Maximum: 40 characters

• Meta description: Add a (short) description. Maximum: 83 characters

• Enable Remarketing for Meta: Adds Meta remarketing property to the dataLayer for all events in this Production and includes them in the Meta event feed.

iFrame Tab

• pTop and pBottom Control white space (padding) around your iframe. Default: 0px (no space). Add values like 15px or 30px to create breathing room around your embedded content.

• bgColor sets the background colour around the iframe.

• width set how wide the iframe is within the page, defaults to 100%

• hight set the hight of the iframe, defaults to 500px

Images Tab

• General Media: The main visual for your Production across all marketing channels. The first uploaded image becomes the primary image. Additional uploads create an image gallery on the Production page.

• Posters: Images maintain their original aspect ratio and appear in:
• Movie page sidebar
• Brochure overview pop-up
• Movie Cinema planner overview

• Reviews: Upload review images with optional text in the image description. All reviews display in a slider when the review part is enabled.

People Tab

Integration Tab

• External ID (Production Code): A unique identifier for each Production. Automatically generated during import, or you can create your own when adding manually. Previously called "Production Code."

• Box Office ID: Imported from your Ticketing System, this enables external order URLs that direct visitors to your Ticketing System's purchase path (for non-integrated systems). Leave empty for manual events.

• Custom Data: Typically used for adding custom data to outgoing feeds for specialized integrations. If you're unfamiliar with this field, you likely don't need it.

Additional Fields for Movies and Courses

Movie Tab

 

• Director

• Cast

• Release Date - can be used for ordering Productions when no events added yet

• Running Time

• Year

• Country

• Language

• Subtitles

Rating

• Age

• Content Warning: Configurable Tags to highlight specific content warnings e.g. Violence, Foul language. These can display icons and include a hover text.

Course Tab

• Status

• Priority

• Set the Min. Age and Max. Age for the Course - can be used in filtering

• Start date: When the course begins

• Start date with alternative text: use this if there is no exact start date, for example "course starts every 1st week of every month"

• End date: When the course runs until

• Notify registration email: Add email of who should be notified when someone registered

• Time: Add start time of the session(s)

• Days of week: set which day or days the sessions take place

• Price: The Price of the Course

• External enrollment: URL for the external like for booking

About Exhibitions

Events for Your Production

Where Content Appears on Your Website

Understanding where each field displays helps you create better content:

• Tag line → Agenda overview cards

• Teaser → Top of Production detail page, email mailings

• Primary Video → Calendar overview, Homepage featured section, top of Production page

• Description Part 1 & 2 → Main content area of Production page

• Side Note → Beside Description Part 1

• Quote → Between content sections

 

• Credits → Dedicated section on Production page

• Programme → Dedicated section on Production page

• Suggestions → Bottom of Production page