Events

Events are the main record of this extension. An event contains several fields, which can be used to describe the event in detail.

General

The general tab is used to add general information about the event like a title, start- and enddate and a description.

Event general tab

Field:

Description:

Title

Title of the event.

Top event

If checked, the event is considered as a top event

Startdate

Date and time, when the event starts.

Enddate

Date and time, when the event ends.

Teaser

The teaser for the event.

Description

The description for the event.

Additional

The additional tab contains additional fields for the event like price, location, organiser, link and program/schedule.

Event additional tab

Field:

Description:

Price

A price for the event.

Currency

The currency for the price.

Price options

If the event has prices based on a selected date (e.g. early bird price), you can define one or multiple price options. The following fields are availabe for price options.

  • Price

  • Date until the price is valid (selected date is included)

The event management will automatically output the current price if the {event.currentPrice} getter is used.

Link

A link (e.g. external link) for the event.

Program

The program/schedule for the event.

Custom text

A custom RTE text field. The field can e.g. be used to show, that event registration has ended.

Relations

The relations tab contains fields which holds relations locations, organisators and related events.

Event related tab

Field:

Description:

Location

The location of the event choosen from the location records created.

Room

Optional field for the room, where the event happens.

Organisator

The organisator of the event choosen from the organisator records created.

Speaker

One or multiple speaker of the event.

Related events

One or more related events

Media

The media tab contains fields which holds media-data for the event.

Event media tab

Field:

Description:

Image

One or more images. Each image can be configured to be shown either in the listview, the detailview or both.

Files

One or more files.

YouTube embed code

A YouTube embed code

Additional images

One or more additional images (e.g. images from the event).

Categories

You can assign one or multiple categories to an event.

Event category tab

Field:

Description:

Category

One or multiple categories for the event

Registration Options

For each event, it is possible to enable registration and to limit the amount of free places, so only a limited amount of people can participate to the event. It is also possible to allow the user to create multiple registrations at once, if the field "Max. simultaneous registrations per user" is set to a value greater than 1.

Event record (Tab: registration options)

Field:

Description:

Enable registration

Option to enable registration for the event. If enabled, users can register for participation to the event.

Registration start date

If set, registration is only possible after the given date.

Registration deadline

If set, registration is only possible until the given date.

Enable cancellation

Option to enable cancellation of registrations for the event. If enabled, users can cancel their registration to the event.

Cancellation deadline

If set, cancellation is only possible until the given date.

Enable automatic confirmation of event registrations

If set, new registrations for the event will automatically be confirmed regardless of the global setting settings.registration.autoConfirmation

Max. participants

The amount af max. participants. If the value is zero, there is no limitation.

Max. simultaneous registrations per user

The amount of registrations the participant can create with one single registration. If this field contains a value greater than 1, a dropdown box can be shown in the registration view where the user can select how many registrations should be created.

Enable waitlist

Option to enable a waitlist for the event, if the max. amount of registrations is reached.

Enable unique email check for registration

If set, email adresses of registrations are checked for uniqueness for the event.

Enable Payment

If checked, a user registering for an event can select available payment options.

Restrict available payment methods

If checked, the available payment methods for the event can be restricted

Selected payment methods

Selected payment methods, if "Restrict available payment methods" is checked. Custom payment methods can be added. For documentation, please refer to the Payment section in the developers manual.

Notify admin

When enabled, the administrator will receive an email for new event registrations (create/confirm)

Notify organisator

When enabled, the organisator will receive an email for new event registrations (create/confirm). The email sent will use the same template as the admin email.

Registrations

Contains all registrations for the event. Only visible, when registration is enabled.

Event record (Tab: registrations)

Field:

Description:

Registrations

A list of participants registered to the event.

Registrations on the waitlist

A list of participants registered to the waitlist of the event. This option is only visible, when the waitlist feature is enabled for the event.

Metadata

Contains fields related to meta tags

Event record (Tab: metadata)

Field:

Description:

Keywords

One or multiple keywords used to output the meta tag "keywords"

Description

A description used to output the meta tag "description"

Alternative title

An alternative title which either can be used as meta tag "title" or which is is used to override the page title.