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Rahul Katrak
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March 18, 2016 at 3:59 am
I previously had event espreso 3 installed on my site and have just installed the latest version.
I am getting a message as folllows
Event Espresso has detected event data from version EE3 that can be migrated (updated) to work with version EE4.
Since you have already been using Event Espresso and have previous event and registration data in your database, you have the option to migrate, or copy over, this existing data into a format that is compatible with EE4.
It appears that your previous Data Migration Task (Core Data Migration to version 4.1.0) is incomplete, and should be resumed
The last data migration task (Core Data Migration to version 4.1.0) ran successfully without errors.
In order to import all of your existing Event Espresso data, the following 6 upgrade tasks need to be performed:
Core Data Migration to version 4.1.0
Core Data Migration to version 4.2.0
Core Data Migration to version 4.3.0
Core Data Migration to version 4.5.0
Core Data Migration to version 4.6.0
Core Data Migration to version 4.7.0
Please can you advise me (step by step) how to perform these upgrade tasks
Many thanks
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Tony
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March 18, 2016 at 5:21 am
Hi Rahul,
If you go to Event Espresso -> Maintenance you should see a section for migrating your event data there.
You should see something like this – https://monosnap.com/image/l82OqOYj6xgI2pbVx5zABMajF3wTgM
Click on the migrate data button.
You need to run the migration multiple times (one for each version jump).
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Lorenzo Orlando Caum
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March 18, 2016 at 10:55 am
Hi Rahul,
I wanted to let you know that we have a migration guide for Event Espresso 4 here:
https://eventespresso.com/wiki/how-to-upgrade-event-espresso/#migrate-to-event-espresso-4
It will provide some insight on changes between Event Espresso 3 and Event Espresso 4.
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Lorenzo
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Rahul Katrak
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March 20, 2016 at 5:07 am
Dear Lorenzo and tony – thank you
We have now successfully activated the Event Espresso decaf plugin version 4.7.12
My developer is saying that he is not able to activate custom post types in the template. Can you advise how we can do this
Do you offer a paid service yourselves for setting up and configuring event espresso as per my needs>
Thanks
Rahul
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Tony
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March 21, 2016 at 4:53 am
Hi Rahul,
You have access to EE4 Regular through your account page here:
https://eventespresso.com/users/rahulk80/
If you click on the blue icon that shows ‘Event Espresso 4 Core Regular v4.8.36.p’ you can download the full version of the plugin there.
Then on your site you need to go to Dashboard -> Plugins.
De-activate and delete Event Espresso decaf (you will not lose your event data) and once deleted you can go to Plugins -> Add New -> Upload Plugin.
On that page select the zip file you just downloaded to install the full version of Event Espresso.
My developer is saying that he is not able to activate custom post types in the template. Can you advise how we can do this
I’m not sure I understand the question, which template?
Event Espresso events are custom post types. Can you provide details on what you are trying to do so we can advise further?
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Rahul Katrak
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March 21, 2016 at 5:17 am
Thank you tony. We are unfortunately unable to deactivate the old EE plugin
When we try inactivating the plugin, we get an error message stating that “chinmayauk.org is unable to handle this request”
We tried the following as well but that didint work
Currently you can de-activate the plugin by renaming the plugin folder within:
/wp-content/plugins/
You’ll see a directory called ‘event-espresso-decaf’, simply rename it to something different (just add ‘-temp’ to the end for example)
I wonder if you can advise how to de-activate the old (Decaf) plugin)
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Tony
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March 21, 2016 at 5:55 am
Currently you can de-activate the plugin by renaming the plugin folder within:
/wp-content/plugins/
You’ll see a directory called ‘event-espresso-decaf’, simply rename it to something different (just add ‘-temp’ to the end for example)
If you rename a plugin directory to something other than what it currently is then view a page within the admin that plugin will be de-activated by WordPress.
So if you rename the plugin than just visit the Dashboard, view Dashboard -> Plugins and you should find it has been de-activated.
If not can you send me temporary login details for both the WP Admin and FTP using this form:
https://eventespresso.com/send-login-details/
I’ll de-activate Decaff for you.
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Rahul Katrak
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April 4, 2016 at 3:20 pm
Hi Tony
I have managed to install event espreso 4
Please can you advise how I can add custom post types for events in addition to the standard event espreso post types (the list below defines all the post types I wat to add)
Event Title <<Text Field>
Event Description << Text Area with HTML formatting tools>>
PDF Flyer <<Upload Field>>
Images << 2 x Image Upload Fields>>
Start Date <<Text Field>>
End Date <<Text Field>>
Timings <<Text Field>>
Venue <<Text Area>>
Ticket Price(S) <<Text Area>>
Contact Name 1 <<Text Area>>
Phone Number 1 <<Text Area>>
Email Address 1 <<Text Area>>
Contact Name 2 <<Text Area>>
Phone Number 2 <<Text Area>>
Email Address 2 <<Text Area>>
Free For All <<tick box>>
Event Requires Registration & Payment <<tick box>>
I have also defined a test event but for some reason its not picking up the registration form http://www.chinmayauk.org/events/simple-event/
Rahul
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Josh
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April 4, 2016 at 3:44 pm
Hi Rahul,
It looks lie you’re trying to use EE3 shorcodes, which are not compatible with Event Espresso 4. Can you go to Event Espresso > Events > Templates and change the event slug setting to something like upcoming-events? This will help avoid a conflict with your /events/ page.
You can add custom fields to the standard Event Espresso events editor with the Advanced custom fields add-on. A developer can add the field values to your custom templates by following the ACF documentation. The template that Event Espresso 4 uses to display events is the single.php template from your WordPress theme.
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Rahul Katrak
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April 5, 2016 at 12:23 pm
Thanks josh, please can you advise where i can download Advanced custom fields add-on and where I can find a list of EE4 short codes to pass on to my developer?
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Rahul Katrak
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April 5, 2016 at 12:29 pm
My developer is also asking how we can update the short code when it appears to be auto-inserted on our website and lastly where we can download the most up to date version of the calendar plugin from?
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Josh
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April 5, 2016 at 1:20 pm
Hi Rahul,
Thanks josh, please can you advise where i can download Advanced custom fields add-on
https://www.advancedcustomfields.com
and where I can find a list of EE4 short codes to pass on to my developer?
https://eventespresso.com/wiki/ee4-shortcodes-template-variables/
My developer is also asking how we can update the short code when it appears to be auto-inserted on our website
The answer will be to find the code that’s auto-inserting the shortcodes. They may be in one of the theme’s template files.
and lastly where we can download the most up to date version of the calendar plugin from?
The most up to date version of the Calendar for Event Espresso 4 can be downloaded from your account page after you purchase a support license for the calendar add-on:
https://eventespresso.com/product/ee4-events-calendar/
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Lorenzo Orlando Caum
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April 5, 2016 at 1:22 pm
Hi Rahul,
We have a page that has available shortcodes for Event Espresso 4:
https://eventespresso.com/wiki/ee4-shortcodes-template-variables/
The Events Calendar add-on for Event Espresso 4 is available as an add-on:
https://eventespresso.com/product/ee4-events-calendar/
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Lorenzo
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Rahul Katrak
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April 6, 2016 at 7:52 am
Dear Lorenzo
Thanks very much. We are in the process of setting up ACF and defining them
My developer is asking how we can get rid of the EE3 post types that are showing on this page http://www.chinmayauk.org/upcoming-events/new-events/
He says that he did not use any short codes for creating this event and he thinks there is a problem with the plugin (which dosnt seem plausible)
Are you able to advise what we need to do to get ride of the EE3 short codes which are showing at the link above and what file we need to amend
Your helps is much appreciated!
Rahul
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Josh
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April 6, 2016 at 9:59 am
Hi Rahul,
You’ll need to look within your theme templates to find and remove those. What you’ve showed us wasn’t something that Event Espresso 3 had, but was likely something a developer added to your theme.
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Rahul Katrak
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April 8, 2016 at 11:45 am
Thanks Josh. Could you advise what php template we would need to edit based on this link http://www.chinmayauk.org/upcoming-events/new-events/ (apologies if I am asking the obvious but we are a charity with very limited resources and our developer is not being very co-operative and keeps telling us there is a probolem with the plugin)
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Josh
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April 8, 2016 at 12:22 pm
It might be single.php, or index.php. Without seeing a copy of the WordPress theme, that’s only a guess though.
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