Monthly Archives: January 2011

RSVPMaker as an alternative to #newmeetup

Posted on January 31, 2011 by David F. Carr

Meetup organizers who are frustrated at the changes in the service may want to consider RSVPMaker as an alternative. With a WordPress website running RSVPMaker, you can  be more in control of your own destiny by managing events on a … Continue reading →

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Test Drive RSVPMaker

Posted on January 30, 2011 by David F. Carr

As an experiment, I’m allowing website visitors to self-register as “contributors” to this website, a security level that will allow you to create your own test events and preview them. Your events will be saved in ‘draft’ mode, so you … Continue reading →

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RSVPMaker 1.0 Released (Make that 1.1)

Posted on January 29, 2011 by David F. Carr

Update: After a couple of small bug fixes, RSVPMaker is actually at 1.1 already. I finally worked up the nerve to call RSVPMaker a version 1.0 quality product. The latest release includes a number of things people have been asking … Continue reading →

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Troubleshooting RSVPMaker

Posted on January 19, 2011 by David F. Carr

I’m happy to hear that RSVPMaker is working well for some people, but I also get a few reports from people who are having problems. Here are some guidelines for resolving any issues you may encounter. One known (but not … Continue reading →

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Mystery Glitch with RSVP Reports

Posted on January 16, 2011 by David F. Carr

A couple of people who have tried RSVPMaker have reported problems with the RSVP Reports page not working properly. They get just a headline with no results listed, and I’m trying to figure out why. Please contact me if you … Continue reading →

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Version 0.9, Better Editing of Dates

Posted on January 15, 2011 by David F. Carr

I’m getting ready to declare RSVPMaker polished enough that it deserves version 1.0 status. Today, I put out version 0.9, with these changes: Made it easier to edit dates for events previously entered in system. Widget and headlines listing shortcode … Continue reading →

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RSVPMaker 0.8 Released

Posted on January 12, 2011 by David F. Carr

Here are a few improvements early users of RSVPMaker have been asking for: Version 0.8 Added type parameter for shortcode so you can display only events tagged with “featured” or another event type using [rsvpmaker_upcoming type="featured"] (see the featured events on … Continue reading →

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Tested with WordPress 3.1 Release Candidate 2

Posted on January 2, 2011 by David F. Carr

RSVPMaker appears to work just fine with the forthcoming update to WordPress, based on the current release candidate code. The new release should be official very soon, and I’ll be posting and RSVPMaker update with some of the additional features … Continue reading →

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To-Do List for Improvements

Posted on January 1, 2011 by David F. Carr

These are mostly things I got as requests from other people who have tried RSVPMaker and are looking for some extra features. Let me know if these are on your list, or if you see other areas for improvement, so … Continue reading →

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How to Add Events with RSVPMaker

Posted on January 1, 2011 by David F. Carr

This is a brief illustrated tutorial on the RSVPMaker event editor and the primary options it provides. Here’s how you set up a basic event, with just a headline, event description and date and time set. And here’s what it … Continue reading →

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