FAQ¶

Why do you not include a nice CSS stylesheet?¶

Because you normally customize templates/stylesheets to your needs. Therefore the extension just comes with a rudementary CSS stylesheet available in EXT:Resources/Public/Css/events_default.css which must be included manually like shown below:

page.includeCSS {
        events = EXT:sf_event_mgt/Resources/Public/Css/events_default.css
}

Is it possible to extend events/registrations with own fields?¶

I have created a demo extension, which shows how to add new fields to the event and registration domain model.

Demo Extension: https://github.com/derhansen/sf_event_mgt_extend_demo

The extension contains a short manual (README.md) how to add your own fields to existing domain models.

How do I export registered participants to a CSV file?¶

Please use the CSV export action as described in Backend module section.

How do I create a custom e-mail notification?¶

A detailled description can be found in the Custom notifications section.

Can I add the HMAC or an appended HMAC of the registration UID to e-mails?¶

Yes, you can use the following objects in you e-mail templates

{hmac} = HMAC of uid
{reghmac} = appended uid+HMAC

Is it possible to filter by categories in the listview¶

Yes, filtering of events by a category is possible if you pass the category to the overrideDemand setting of the listview.:

<f:link.action action="list" controller="Event" arguments="{overwriteDemand:{category: category}}">{category.title}</f:link.action>

This only works, if you create links with f:link.action as shown above. If you want to display the categories in a select-box, then I suggest you create a CSS only select box (e.g. UL menu)

When does {event.registrationPossible} return TRUE¶

For each event, the attribute registrationPossible returns TRUE or FALSE, if registration for the event is possible. TRUE is returned, when all conditions below are

Registration option is activated for the event
Max participants is not reached (if max. participants > 0)
Date set at registration deadline ist not reached
Startdate of event is not reached

How can I disable double opt in for event registration?¶

You can enable autoConfirmation for new registrations as described in the TypoScript reference section. With autoConfirmation enabled, new registrations will automatically be confirmed and the user will not receive a confirmation e-mail.

How does the simultaneous registration process work?¶

If the field “Max. simultaneous registrations per user” is set to a value greater than 1 for the given event, a user is able to create multiple registrations at once. If the user in the registration view chooses to create more than one registration, there will be created the given amount of registrations in the backend for the user. All fields (e.g. firstname, lastname, email) will contain the same values.

The first registration saved is the “main registration”, and all other registrations saved later will depend on the “main registration”. All “dependent registrations” will automatically get the option “No e-mail notifications” set to true, so custom notifications are only sent to the e-mail address of the “main registration”.

If automatic confirmation is turned off (default), the user has to confirm the registration by clicking a link in the confirmation e-mail. When the user confirms the registration, all “dependent registrations” of the “main registration will automatically also be confirmed.

How can I set a default currency?¶

You can set default values for many fields in TYPO3 by using TCAdefaults. To set a default value for the currency field, add the following to the Page TSConfig, which sets € as the default currency for new records:

TCAdefaults {
  tx_sfeventmgt_domain_model_event.currency = €
}

How to make the field “Accept terms and conditions” mandatory¶

The field “Accept terms and conditions” is part of the registration domain model, but it is not required during registration. To make the field required, add the field to the list of required field like shown below:

plugin.tx_sfeventmgt {
  settings {
    registration {
      requiredFields = accepttc
    }
  }
}

How do I add my own custom translations¶

You can override all language files with your own translations/labels. As an example, the following code overrides/extends the locallang_db.xlf and the locallang.xlf

Add this example code to a ext_localconf.php file (e.g. in a site package extension).:

$GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['SYS']['locallangXMLOverride']['de']['EXT:sf_event_mgt/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf'][] = 'EXT:your_ext/Resources/Private/Language/de.custom_locallang_db.xlf';
$GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['SYS']['locallangXMLOverride']['de']['EXT:sf_event_mgt/Resources/Private/Language/locallang.xlf'][] = 'EXT:your_ext/Resources/Private/Language/de.custom_locallang.xlf';