Once upon a time, my pap went to a small farm auction, and saw an 1800's cider press.
He had to have it - he brought it home and was berated by my grandma. "What are we gonna do with that giant hunk of junk!?", she said.
Well, today, that hunk of junk presses ~250 gallons of apple cider every year, operated by the entire Wright family, in addition to droves of other friends, coworkers, and acquaintances.
While I always had fun at the yearly cider "festival", there was one thing that bothered me - we never had a streamlined way to collect reservations/orders. It was always looking through the comments on 3 or 4 different Facebook accounts, trying to find who ordered what.
A Google Form would work well, but I wanted to make it work great. This is where this repository comes in.
- Form cutoff at specified limit
- Automatically close the form once X gallons have been reserved
- Live Stats
- Show the customers how much cider is left, in real time
- Automatic Updates
- The limit can be set on-the-fly by simply editing a spreadsheet. All associated values and form status is automatically re-computed.
- Email Notifications
- Emails are sent at 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% reservation status.
This code effectively allows me to streamline collection of orders, while ensuring that not too many are placed. A spreadsheet can be printed out on the day of, and easily checked off as people get their apple cider.