[Plugin: Events Manager] 'Basic Examples' Lacking or Hard to Find!?

  • ameagher

    (@ameagher)


    12 years, 6 months ago

    Hi Marcus,

    Great plugin … if only … you gave some simple example values/attributes/arguments/settings for your shortcodes and other functions … well organised (indexed) and easy to find!

    E.g. a simple example of arguments to manage the date settings for event listings. Maybe they’re somewhere on your website http://wp-events-plugin.com, but we can’t find them!

    In fact, your doumentation is the biggest problem with the plugin.

    If you plan on commercilising the plugin, it doesn’t bode well if the basic docmentation is not easy to use to find what you need. I acknowledge there are a lot of settings to configure customise the plugin, but whereas this could be a very positive thing, in this case it’s actually a headache!

    Another point, there are lots of references to ‘things’ that have been asked for a ‘will probably’ come in a future release. why not, just have a short list of items currently being worked on, and another list of suggestions which can be added to, but not necessarily committed to.

    Of course some things should go into the Pro version so you can make money from them, that’s the reality of life. But I urge you to find a way of properly organising the documentation and not refering people to other developers for customisation, and for things which should work out of the box – like homepage events.

    Anthony

    http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/events-manager/

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  • Thread Starter ameagher

    (@ameagher)

    12 years, 6 months ago

    Ok, maybe a I was a bit harsh!

    Documentation is not always easy to find, rather than not there. But, my criticism on simple examples still holds.

    Plugin Author Marcus (aka @msykes)

    (@netweblogic)

    12 years, 6 months ago

    http://wp-events-plugin.com/documentation/
    http://wp-events-plugin.com/tutorials/ (admittedly not well linked)

    a bit harsh, but not entirely wrong either

    why there’s a disparity with documentation/features:
    with all the features being added, it’s hard to keep up with documentation. however we do document as you can see and don’t intend on just leaving it at that, it’s a continuous process.

    we take documentation and support very seriously and I think our commitment to the free version makes our point.

    lack of eta’s:
    it’s complicated, but we’re not just sitting on it 🙂

    Thread Starter ameagher

    (@ameagher)

    12 years, 6 months ago

    Hi Marcus,

    Thanks for getting back!

    Anthony

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