Added by popular request: a new way of modifying the notification and confirmation messages RSVPMaker sends when someone submits the form for an event. The default is still that a notification goes to the event organizer (or whatever email address or addresses you supplied) saying something like “RSVP YES for The Big Event on May 1” …
Category Archives: Release
Using RSVPMaker on Membership Websites
Version 3.9.7 adds better functionality for membership websites, where the people entering RSVPs have user accounts and log in prior to responding. The system will now automatically look up any previous RSVPs associated with the same account (which for unauthenticated users only happens if they click the update link in a confirmation email). Form fields will …
Timed Display of Content: the rsvpmaker_timed Shortcode
Part of the point of using a calendar plugin on your blog is to have content displayed for upcoming events, but not past ones, or at least give the upcoming events people can sign up for or attend greater emphasis and display them in chronological order (rather than the reverse chronological order of a blog listing). …
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RSVPMaker 2.7.5 released
Version 2.7.5 is available now http://wordpress.org/plugins/rsvpmaker/ This is the first time in several months that I’ve released an update. I’ve been wrapped up with a book project ( Social Collaboration For Dummies, due out in October) but should have time to do another update within the next month, catching up on feature requests and bug fixes. …
RSVPMaker 2.7.4 – More reliable delivery of notification / confirmation emails
If you rely on email notifications when people RSVP and/or want people to get a confirmation and reminder messages, version 2.7.4 should be able to do that more reliably if you provide an email server and account to be used for notifications. You enter these on the Settings screen. After you save the parameters, click …
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RSVPMaker 2.7 released, adds login option for events on membership-oriented sites
Version 2.7 addresses a scenario I’ve heard from some other people, and also encountered myself, where you’re running a membership-oriented site where the people who will be RSVP’ing for events have profiles associated with a WordPress login to the website. So maybe you want to restrict RSVPs to people who can log into the website …
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Setting Required Fields for the RSVPMaker Form
The latest release of RSVPMaker addresses a longstanding request for an easy way to specify that certain fields on the form should be required. See this demo event with required fields. Using the shortcode-based template system for the forms, I added my custom field in this format: [rsvpfield textfield=”extrarequired” required=”1″] If you try to submit …
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RSVPMaker 2.5 and new method for customizing the RSVP Form
RSVPMaker 2.5 is out and introduces a new method for customizing the RSVP form. It also fixes some glitches with the recurring event setting function and the JavaScript on the RSVP form. (See also setting required fields, updated list of shortcodes). Form Customization I’ve received many requests from people who wanted to make more customizations …
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RSVPMaker 2.3.5 – Automated Reminders and Better UTF-8 Encoding for International Characters
I’ve recently posted a flurry of releases aimed at addressing a couple of user requests / complaints: Several people have asked for an automated way of sending a reminder to people who have RSVP’ed for an event, so they don’t forget to show up. Several sections of my code had trouble dealing with international characters, …
RSVPMaker 2.0 Released
RSVPMaker version 2.0 is available for download at http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/rsvpmaker/ The most significant change is that I’ve fixed the function for downloading reports to Excel. Again. Yes, I previously announced this improvement, but it turned out to be premature because bundling in the required PEAR library turned out to be more complicated than I anticipated. This update …