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Hi All,
I need to develop a site for a very demanding client (aren't they all!). I have looked through your forums etc. and believe that JEvents should be able to do most of the things they require but I just wanted to double check before selecting either Silver or Gold.
My client requires a global calendar of events and their registered users should be able to select events and "copy" them to their own personal calendar. So each registered user of the site should have a unique calendar which can be populated by selection from a "master" list of events and they should be able to view this unique calendar. Is this possible and does it require RSVP?
They also want the facility to be able to search for events within a specific distance of the users location, I think that the managed locations plugin allows this but can't find a demo.. also on a home PC etc. how does it know the users current location.. I know google often thinks I am a few hundred miles from my actual location!
Further to this the results of the distance query would need to be presented in distance order.
Another wish is that if an event has a "Un-Finalised" date then that can be highlighted in some way, e.g. possibly a Tag but then change the display colour if the tag is set.. I think that events can only belong to a single category otherwise I understand this can be done by selecting a specific category.
A more difficult (I believe) problem is that they somehow want to be able to "link" related events, e.g. if a client has registered for a Car Show in Coventry on the 3rd Aug 2014, and that same Car show is happening on the 5th Aug 2015 then these two events can be linked together (even though it is not an exact yearly recurrence) and the event on 5th Aug 2015 can be added to their calendar automatically.
Many thanks
Alan
I need to develop a site for a very demanding client (aren't they all!). I have looked through your forums etc. and believe that JEvents should be able to do most of the things they require but I just wanted to double check before selecting either Silver or Gold.
My client requires a global calendar of events and their registered users should be able to select events and "copy" them to their own personal calendar. So each registered user of the site should have a unique calendar which can be populated by selection from a "master" list of events and they should be able to view this unique calendar. Is this possible and does it require RSVP?
They also want the facility to be able to search for events within a specific distance of the users location, I think that the managed locations plugin allows this but can't find a demo.. also on a home PC etc. how does it know the users current location.. I know google often thinks I am a few hundred miles from my actual location!
Further to this the results of the distance query would need to be presented in distance order.
Another wish is that if an event has a "Un-Finalised" date then that can be highlighted in some way, e.g. possibly a Tag but then change the display colour if the tag is set.. I think that events can only belong to a single category otherwise I understand this can be done by selecting a specific category.
A more difficult (I believe) problem is that they somehow want to be able to "link" related events, e.g. if a client has registered for a Car Show in Coventry on the 3rd Aug 2014, and that same Car show is happening on the 5th Aug 2015 then these two events can be linked together (even though it is not an exact yearly recurrence) and the event on 5th Aug 2015 can be added to their calendar automatically.
Many thanks
Alan
My client requires a global calendar of events and their registered users should be able to select events and "copy" them to their own personal calendar. So each registered user of the site should have a unique calendar which can be populated by selection from a "master" list of events and they should be able to view this unique calendar. Is this possible and does it require RSVP?
By personal calendar do you mean on a phone/tablet or on your website?
We offer an ical export which can be used to link to a device or desktop calendar BUT we also have a custom field type called 'my planner' n the custom fields addon (http://www.jevents.net/products-new/add ... tom-fields) this allows a visitor to click a little icon next to an event and have it appear in their planner of events they are interested in attending.
you can create an 'in my planner' menu item or module to use this
They also want the facility to be able to search for events within a specific distance of the users location, I think that the managed locations plugin allows this but can't find a demo.. also on a home PC etc. how does it know the users current location.. I know google often thinks I am a few hundred miles from my actual location!
Further to this the results of the distance query would need to be presented in distance order.
we have a geo filter for the managed locations addon but the results are presented based on when they occur not where they occur.
Another wish is that if an event has a "Un-Finalised" date then that can be highlighted in some way, e.g. possibly a Tag but then change the display colour if the tag is set.. I think that events can only belong to a single category otherwise I understand this can be done by selecting a specific category.
You could use tags for this and use CSS to set the colour or a boolean custom field,
Events can be in multiple categories
A more difficult (I believe) problem is that they somehow want to be able to "link" related events, e.g. if a client has registered for a Car Show in Coventry on the 3rd Aug 2014, and that same Car show is happening on the 5th Aug 2015 then these two events can be linked together (even though it is not an exact yearly recurrence) and the event on 5th Aug 2015 can be added to their calendar automatically.
The matching events plugin can allow you to show events that are linked by category, custom fields value(s) or tags
If you want event registration i.e. user will attend the car show and you want to sell tickets etc, that is when you need RSVP Pro.
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Thanks Geraint, great speedy reply!!
By personal calendar I meant on the website and the "My Planner" custom field sounds just the job!! Is it possible to do a mailshot to all the people who have the "My Planner" field selected for an event, I'm thinking if any details of an event change and my client needs to inform the appropriate people?
With the geo-filter of managed locations can you specify a distance from your current location, or say distance from another town, e.g. if you want all of the events within 20 miles of Coventry?
Do you have an easy example of using CSS and a Tag to change the colour.. I realised after submitting my original post that Multiple categories were possible and I tried it but the colour seems to be set by the first category selected (or I may be wrong)?
Thanks Again...
and it looks like a silver membership here I come!! PS If I decide (or my client changes their minds) that the RSVP plugin is required can I upgrade from Silver to Gold?
Alan
By personal calendar I meant on the website and the "My Planner" custom field sounds just the job!! Is it possible to do a mailshot to all the people who have the "My Planner" field selected for an event, I'm thinking if any details of an event change and my client needs to inform the appropriate people?
With the geo-filter of managed locations can you specify a distance from your current location, or say distance from another town, e.g. if you want all of the events within 20 miles of Coventry?
Do you have an easy example of using CSS and a Tag to change the colour.. I realised after submitting my original post that Multiple categories were possible and I tried it but the colour seems to be set by the first category selected (or I may be wrong)?
Thanks Again...
and it looks like a silver membership here I come!! PS If I decide (or my client changes their minds) that the RSVP plugin is required can I upgrade from Silver to Gold?
Alan
There are newsletter addons e.g. acyMailing for which we have jevents plugins - we are planning to add support for 'my planner' events in this plugin very soon
geo filter is based on distance from an address that you enter
We can give you advice on this in the club member forum - using a boolean (yes/no) custom field would be the easiest to implement
You can upgrade from silver to gold at a later date
geo filter is based on distance from an address that you enter
We can give you advice on this in the club member forum - using a boolean (yes/no) custom field would be the easiest to implement
You can upgrade from silver to gold at a later date
JEvents Club members can get priority forum support at the Support Forum. As well as access to a variety of custom JEvents addons and benefits. Join the JEvents club today!
Thanks for this Geraint.. another hopefully final question... !
you mention the "My Planner" events whereby a user can select an event to appear on their personal Planner.. Is this the same calendar which is visible to a user with the "User Specific" plugin or are they two separate items... ?
The reason I ask is that my client wants users to be be able to select from the main list of events items to add to their planner/calendar (which you said could be done with the custom field - My Planner) but also be able to add their own events to their personal calendar, and then view the combined events in a monthly calendar (I hope this makes sense)
Alan
you mention the "My Planner" events whereby a user can select an event to appear on their personal Planner.. Is this the same calendar which is visible to a user with the "User Specific" plugin or are they two separate items... ?
The reason I ask is that my client wants users to be be able to select from the main list of events items to add to their planner/calendar (which you said could be done with the custom field - My Planner) but also be able to add their own events to their personal calendar, and then view the combined events in a monthly calendar (I hope this makes sense)
Alan
At the moment you would need a separate menu item for planner entries and 'created by me' entries.
But I guess we could offer a config option to combine these fairly easily - le me know in the silver/gold member forum when you need this config option added
But I guess we could offer a config option to combine these fairly easily - le me know in the silver/gold member forum when you need this config option added
JEvents Club members can get priority forum support at the Support Forum. As well as access to a variety of custom JEvents addons and benefits. Join the JEvents club today!
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