Posted 1 year ago #
I have searched the WP plugin area as well as Google for a considerable amount of time looking for a plugin so I can start a webinar registration area. For example, a visitor goes to my webinar page and registers with specific info for an upcoming webinar.
The only plugin that I found that may have had the capability is wp-eventmanager but it's development has not continued and was not even stable on 2.2.
Any ideas on how I can make this happen would be greatly appreciated.
Posted 1 year ago #
anyone?
Posted 1 year ago #
apparently nobody has done anything like this so far?
what a heck?
and I'd think it would be one of the most requested features...
why not just use a plugin like http://www.deliciousdays.com/cforms-plugin
you dont need it to output anything on the front end, right? just a way for people to sign up for an event? with that plugin you can create very customized forms. i used it on a site for a registration form for a non-profit group. they wanted it to include a bunch of info from users, including a big group of check boxes etc.
Posted 1 year ago #
good idea...
but I still needed a frontend output to display actual events with a URL to signup and such, so I had to modify events-category plugin a bit to work the way I needed.
for now, it's cforms + events-category together that are taking care of this issue...
Posted 1 year ago #
I am currently in the alpha state of making such a plugin.
The company who needs this, want an easy admin where it is possible to set up an form, using UI. I will be using some jQuery drag'n'drop. Validation is a must.
It will be possible to export to a .csv for easy use with Excel etc.
If you have any ideas, suggestions etc. I am open.
As long I make it usable for the company who is paying for it, I wont mind adding features.
Ps. the company know this will be open-source.
Pps. It will work in 2.5+
Posted 1 year ago #
Of course with an front end of some sort, showing participants etc.
Posted 1 year ago #
I'll be more than happy to see such a plugin (as far as I know, this is gonna be the first one of this kind, and there were already quite a few requests)
I'd love to use it for website of department of my university to prepare a module for signing up for seminars: so my suggestion for features would be:
- max limit of people for a particular event
- possibility to set opening time for signing up to start
Thanks and keep us posted :)
I saw this as I was searching for a solid calendar. I don't see this as being much more difficult than a link to a form for sign ups. The form plugin link above has registration limits.
The challenging part has been to find the right calendar plugin. Some work, some don't and some require external connections. I'm going to create a new post on this.
Posted 1 year ago #
I saw this as I was searching for a solid calendar. I don't see this as being much more difficult than a link to a form for sign ups. The form plugin link above has registration limits.
and what about an option for a person to sign out, is it possible? one would have to get some kind of code/password, which would be used during signing out process...
What do you mean by sign out? They sign up for the event by filling out the form. Some level of human intervention maybe to make sure it is a real request.
You mean sign out while they are at the event?
I'm assuming that it means if they decide not to attend the event, they can de-register themselves?
Posted 1 year ago #
I'm assuming that it means if they decide not to attend the event, they can de-register themselves?
yep! exactly - sorry for the confusion, my english is not good enough sometimes...
for my needs (simple page for singing up for a seminar) I'd need this option for people to be able to de-register (before the event/seminar starts), and after a person de-registers his place would become free for another person
Posted 1 year ago #
Well... you could use a combination of existing plugins etc.
But my users is very dumb. So I have to keep it simple.
I my self use cForms and I love it, but for this purpose, it just too advanced.
I've got an "Go ahead", so make this plugin is a certainty.
For now I have a very rough idea of how this is going to work.
I would really love to hear any input, features ideas etc.
1. Keep It Simple Stupid
2. Use of jQuery, to make the build of the form easy and fun.
3. TinyMCE integration, for easy publish of a single registration form.
4. Validation
5. Export of attending people (.csv)
6. E-mail - Telling people what they signed up for and a link for "de-registering"
7. Theme-able + option to use css from WP theme.
8. Gettext localization (.po/.mo)
9. Option for advanced users to insert html, when building the formular.
10. Set "active period", set max people attending.
Missing anything?
We are two that will be working on this and the deadline is in 2 weeks.
Posted 1 year ago #
the list of features sounds superb for me, I cannot think of anything else (the idea with 'de-registering' link is simple and perfect, I dont know how I could have been thinking about some extra passwords for this process)
good luck with that! :)
This sounds good to me as well, thanks thomasdk81!
Posted 1 year ago #
+1 looking forward to release and can offer a site we are developing for beta application. contact me when ready and we can discuss further.
Posted 1 year ago #
There will be some kind of IP logging.
This makes the fight againt spam easier and the admin will have a way to spot "fraud".
Matthewp, as soon I feel anything is close to beta I will let you know, and we would like you guys to test the plugin. That would excelent.
Posted 1 year ago #
How is your plugin developing going on?
Here's one more user who is waiting for this plugin to come available.
Posted 1 year ago #
Nice to hear :)
The deadline was on friday, but we have used a longer time on getting jQuery to work with jQuery UI in WordPress (Without removing any bundled jQuery (what other plugins may relay on)).
That seems to be working now and the drag'n'drop works nicely.
The manage section should be working, not tested because the DB layout is being designed right now.
So over all its looking good, its just the soon to come holiday that are time consuming right now :D
We had hope to enter the plugin contest, but it is unreachable right now.
As soon as a beta is ready you guys will know.
Posted 1 year ago #
My fellow plugin author, Morten, has been creative. He drew a sketch of the DB structure. Take a look, give some feedback.
Image of DB structure (For now anyway).
Posted 1 year ago #
Hope it make sense - I'm not great at drawing. Don't think I've been drawing in hand, since I was like 8 years old :D
Posted 1 year ago #
My fellow plugin author, Morten, has been creative. He drew a sketch of the DB structure. Take a look, give some feedback.
Image of DB structure (For now anyway).
wouldnt you need some kind of 'description' field in event table ?
Posted 1 year ago #
You mean a description of the event and such?
Its possible to insert plain text via the forms table.
You could just put one at the top and have the input fields underneath.
If you want it to be possible to pull the description seperately, then we would need a field in the event table.
Lets see if it is necessary.
I hope I made sence :)
Posted 1 year ago #
Morten just reminded me, that when you have build the from.
You create a post or page, push the eventreg icon and select the form you just build.
So the description is written in the post.
But again if you need to pull only the description, we would need a field for that.
Posted 1 year ago #
Just a thought, is it possible to integrate a payment processor into this so that they can register and pay for the event all in one form?
Posted 1 year ago #
Right now I am on vacation in Luxembourg :)
Thanks to the friendly neighbor who is sharing his or hers WiFi.
Payment would be a interesting feature, definitely a version 2 candidate.
Could you describe how the payment work, if you would decide?
Vacation greetings
Thomas
Posted 1 year ago #
Morten just reminded me, that when you have build the from.
You create a post or page, push the eventreg icon and select the form you just build.
So the description is written in the post.But again if you need to pull only the description, we would need a field for that.
ah yeah, of course, the description in post/page should be enough
I was also on vacation break, in norway, beautiful country with incredible nature, worth visiting :)
greets!
Posted 1 year ago #
I love the concept of this plugin. I am working on personal website for artists and would love the opportunity to have people sign-up for events .
5. Export of attending people (.csv)
it would be great to include the attendees email in there as well.
Maybe make the email customizable so a payment link to make a payment through an external processor like pay-pal..6. E-mail - Telling people what they signed up for and a link for "de-registering"
Thanks a bunch.. When do you think the beta version will be released? I would be happy to be one of the testsers. :)
Posted 1 year ago #
One thing to add.. This is a fantastic plugin for managing of the actual events..
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