We will be in attendance at the 2012 WordCamp SLC on September 22nd. I will be presenting on WordPress theme development and Event Espresso are one of the official sponsors for the event. Seth and Garth will also be in attendance. Be sure to come find us and say hi! If you are planning to be in town (or nearby), and you haven’t registered for SLC WordCamp, do it today!
Event Espresso 3.2.a.1 (Alpha) Now Available for Download
We are pleased to announce the first Alpha release of Event Espresso, 3.2 is available for download. This first release brings to life several important changes and highlight the future of Event Espresso.
Some of the most significant changes are:
Customers with a current support license can download 3.2.a.1 for free to help us test the next major release.
If you like to figure out how things work, enjoy discovering bugs (in software) like an entomologist, have a crush on WordPress, want to make a difference and be part of a great team then you should be the next Event Espresso Support Guru.
We looking for someone who will help us providing outstanding support to our customers. The work is a mix of educating customers, hunting down pesky software bugs, and testing new features. Every day you’ll help our customers understand our products and how to use them, and they’ll love you in return. A couple times a week you’ll get a message from a customer that exclaims: “You guys rock!”
The opportunity to work with a premier WordPress plugin company doesn’t come around every day, so apply today!
Primary Responsibilities
Key Skills & Qualifications:
This job is offered on either a freelance/contract basis.
We don’t mean to make the application process difficult, so please send an email to jobs@eventespresso.com briefly describing your experience with:
– WordPress
– HTML
– PHP
– MYSQL
– CSS
– Jquery
– Building/Supporting WordPress Plugins
– Providing customer and technical support
Please also include:
– Educational Attainment(s) (if applicable)
– Salary Requirements
– Employment History & Current Job (resume)
– Portfolio (if applicable)
Notes:
Salary: Depends on Experience
Primary Location: Utah or Anywhere in North America or Europe
Schedule: Full-Time
Working Hours (per week): varies, up to 40
EOO: Event Espresso is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V
All positions are subject to close without notice.
I will be at WordCamp Grand Rapids this weekend. Anyone else going to be there? I would love to meet you, so be sure to say hi!
Event Espresso 3.1.26 and WP Users Integration 1.9.4 are now available for download from your account dashboard.
This new version includes a new event search function, updates and several fixes.
New Feature
[EVENT_SEARCH] shortcode) that searches the titles of events. The results are automatically displayed to the user as they type.Updates
functions/main.phpFixes
event_list.php file. This file will need to be updated if it is in the uploads/espresso/templates directory.)[ESPRESSO_CART_LINK] shortcode cannot add more than one event to the cartshopping_cart.php file. This file will need to be updated if it is in the uploads/espresso/templates directory.)shopping_cart.php file. This file will need to be updated if it is in the uploads/espresso/templates directory.)[EVENT_TIME] shortcodeBroken[EVENT_PRICE] shortcodeFixes
This release doesn’t include a lot of new features because we’re putting most our effort into version 3.2. We hope you enjoy the new search feature, and that these fixes make version 3.1 even better. A complete history of Event Espresso is available in the Change Log.
Event Espresso is a WordPress event registration and ticketing management plugin. Event Managers use Event Espresso to add event registration to their own website, lower costs, increase revenue and improve customer satisfaction. You can learn more about Event Espresso at https://eventespresso.com
The new calendar add-on is now available to download in the forums for registered users of the Personal license and above. Some of the new features include:
Update to the latest version of Event Espresso (3.1.24 or above) and the latest version of the Calendar add-on (2.0 or above). After activating, navigate over to the calendar settings page. You’ll be greeted with a brand new set of options to play with.
Some of the new features work with features you may have already been using. For example, the tooltips use the “display short descriptions” feature set in Event Espresso ? Template settings to display the full event description or just an excerpt. Be sure to use the <!--more--> tag in your event descriptions if you don’t want the full description to display in the tooltip.
You can also enable or disable thumbnail images in the calendar events.*
*Note: In some cases, images may appear cut off or overflow into the next row of dates. We are aware of the issues and are working on a new version that will resolve these issues. Please report any issues you have in the Calendar forums.
Another new feature is the ability to easily add colors to categories of events using a new color picker on the Categories page. In this way, you can easily change the event background and text colors in your calendar.
Calendar 2.0 also brings jQuery Themeroller to the calendar. If you’re unfamiliar with Themeroller, you can read up on the project page on the jQuery site. In short, it’s a framework for building (and using) themes that can be easily swapped in and out or changed and provides a much wider range of design possibilities than the default styles of the calendar or your theme. You can use one of the default themeroller themes (included with Event Espresso), create your own theme, or build one from the Themeroller site.
The Espresso Calendar is set for a rewrite later this year. We hope these new features will provide some exciting new features for your event site. Let us know how your using the new features on your site in the comments below! If you have any problems or questions, we encourage you to ask in the support forums and we’ll respond as quickly as possible.
Event Ticketing Plugin for WordPress
When we launched the new website we also added a few gems into a few of the licenses. One of those jewels is that our WordPress event ticketing plugin (addon) is now included in the Business and Developer Licenses, at no additional cost.
Our event ticketing plugin gives you the ability to require tickets to your event. After registration, attendees are given a PDF or HTML ticket to print (which can be customized) and bring with them to the event. With our WordPress mobile ticketing apps you can scan the tickets to validate payment and check-in attendees at the door.
Event Ticketing Plugin Updated
We’ve also made some upgrades that include:
Our printable event ticketing addon is better than it’s ever been and more affordable than it’s ever been.
WordPress Mobile Ticketing Apps for iPhone and Android Devices
Save More than 57%
Our event ticketing addon sells for $169.95, but it has been included in the Business License for free. That makes the value of the Business License over $425, but it’s all been bundled for only $179.95. This saves you more than 57%, and you can save even more with the Developer License.
If you have the Business or Developer License, download it today from your account page. If you don’t have the Business or Developer license yet, upgrade today.
Do you already use the Ticketing addon? We’d love for you to comment below with how you use tickets for your event, how it helps you and share an example of your sweet new ticket design.
From time to time, we receive a support request from one of our customers asking for help with something missing from a new Event Espresso installation. Sometimes, the element in question is the Calendar, or parts on the registration page are not working.
Event Espresso uses jQuery to power both the calendar and the interactive elements of the registration page, and these features depend on jQuery being run in safe (or no-conflict mode). Any theme that has passed the review process for the WordPress.org theme repository will load jQuery in no-conflict mode, but what about the thousands of other themes out there? (more…)
We are sponsoring WPCandy’s Late Night podcast for the next few weeks. If you don’t listen already, we’d recommend checking it out. Listeners will receive a special offer from Event Espresso just for listening.
We’d also like to know your thoughts about the podcast. Share your feedback in the comments below.
Seth will be at WordCamp San Francisco this weekend. Make sure to say “hi” if you see him! You can also find him on Twitter at @sethshoultes and @EventEspresso.
