1. FORWEBSITES,INTRANETS&EXTRANETS
FULL API INTEGRATION
JohnMacfarlane
john.macfarlane@metadigital.co.uk

2. AgendaAgendaOVERVIEW| What are my options?
WordPress
• Display upcoming events
• Receive online bookings
• Receive payment

3. AgendaAgendaOVERVIEW| What are my options?
WebLink
• Display upcoming events
• Receive online bookings
• Receive payment

4. AgendaAgendaOVERVIEW| What are my options?
FULL API

5. AgendaAgendaAPI| What does it mean?
Application Programming Interface. Allowing one application (i.e.
administrate) to talk to another application (e.g. your website)
• They expose some of an application’s internal functions and data to the
outside world (in a controlled fashion!)
• There are many metaphors that help explain this such as:
• a bridge between IT systems
• a window into your data stored in the cloud
• This workshop is about the potential to use your business data (stored in
Administrate) to enhance the customer experience on your website
• The principle can be applied to websites, extranets or intranets

6. AgendaAgendaTHE API| When should I use it?
Some common challenges – sound familiar?
• I need to make sure that our website and Administrate course & event data
are automatically in sync without compromising how things look
• I need to allow our customers to browse & book lots of different courses
with different delegates and checkout securely in a single action
• I need to allow customers to browse my courses via a highly intuitive
calendar interface with custom filters for our course categories
• I need to allow my customers to pay for our courses by instalment
• I need to allow my employees to view an overall resource schedule for
trainers, rooms and equipment to make our operations simpler

7. AgendaAgendaTHE API| When should I use it?
Some common challenges – sound familiar?
• My customers often want to book places on courses before they have all
their delegate details confirmed
• I want to capture contact details directly into the CRM in return for value
add content
• I need to have web orders created in a specific step of my sales workflow
• New customer / Existing account
• I don’t want customers to be able to book places on an event when it is full

8. AgendaAgendaCASE STUDY| Impact Factory
Communication skills training provider in Central London
• Challenge: Replace separate CRM & eCommerce systems with a fully integrated
API solution
Main requirements:
• A single point of truth for all customer and course data
• Ability for large corporate customers to browse and buy multiple courses for
their workforce via a single ‘basket’ with a custom checkout flow
• Ability to book places and provide delegate details later
• A highly creative / bespoke user interface
• A single view of all resource information for operational efficiency

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13. AgendaAgendaCASE STUDY| PR Academy
PR training provider in South East England
• Challenge: Deliver a bespoke user interface with a unique enrolment / checkout
process for customers
Main requirements:
• Create a visually compelling website that uses Administrate as the single source
of data for all course / event data
• Create a checkout flow that works with the enrolment requirements of their
awarding bodies
• Allow customers to checkout while paying by instalments

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17. AgendaAgendaSUMMARY| Administrate API
The Administrate API gives you direct access to your data
It can help create a single point of truth for data across systems such as:
• CRM (e.g. MailChimp / Campaign Monitor)
• CMS (e.g. WordPress / Umbraco / SitePoint)
• TMS / LMS (e.g. Administrate)
• Accounting packages
It allows you deliver a fully bespoke user interface for a truly customer
centred approach to your website / intranet / extranet
The API is part of Administrate’s development roadmap for the years ahead

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QUESTIONS?