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March 6, 2015 at 4:31 am
We are looking for an events plugin that allows definition of 2 types of WP users:
Organisations publishing the Event (which should be a WP user) | Companies Exhibiting on the Events (which should also be a WP user)
The plugin also needs to either store (or at least sync) events data with custom post types, which I believe you do support – but if this could be confirmed it would be appreciated
The scenarios are:
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Advertisers on our website will hold their own events and they will also attend events and we would like the option to divide this on their company profiles; Events we’re holding / Events we’re attending
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The option for event organisers to post their events on the site and for advertisers who have profiles on our website to link to the event. So if a viewer is looking at the event there is the option to then view all those exhibiting at the event and then view their company profiles
So we need to know if you support:
1. Organisations publishing the Event – implemented as a one-linked WP user to the Event
2. Companies Exhibiting on the Events – implemented as a multiple-linked WP users to the Event
Also, we do not want to become a ‘ticket seller’ so is it easy to disable this functionality?
Thanks in advance for your help
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Darren Ethier
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March 6, 2015 at 9:16 am
Hi there,
What you are describing is doable with Event Espresso 4 and our WP User Integration addon. However, in order to accomplish what you want out of the box, you will need to have some custom work done to display things as you like on the front end of your site. Here’s how things could work:
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Organisations publishing the Event (which should be a WP user) | Companies Exhibiting on the Events (which should also be a WP user)
You would need to either use a third party WordPress Roles and Capabilities plugin to setup different roles for those different user types. Or you could add some custom code to your site and use the wp user_meta fields for users to indicate which “type” they are. That will help you differentiate between the different types of users on the frontend.
Note: If you want these wp_users to be able to publish their own events and not be able to see others/edit others events, then you will need a third party Roles and Capabilities for WordPress to ensure that the granular capabilities we’ve included with Event Espresso 4 are setup for the user (more on our capabilities system over here).
Re: Item 1
With EE4 you can have advertisers author their own events, and then the events they’ve authored is available as data to be displayed with their user profile on the frontend (with custom coding).
With the additional EE WP User Integration Addon, when advertisers are registered for an event, their contact record can be linked with their wp_user record so that you can also list all the events they are attending on their user profile (custom coding).
Re: item 2
On individual event details page, you can list the attendees for the event, and you can optionally filter that list (via custom code) to wp_users that are exhibitors.
So yes, what you desire IS doable, but will require some custom code to put in place. The custom development involved with such work is not something that comes included with your purchase.
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Darren Ethier
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March 6, 2015 at 9:20 am
I should add, we also have a EE People Addon that is currently in testing that also allows you to create profiles for various “people” types and attach them to events. People might be, staff, volunteers, companies, advertisers, exhibitors, etc. So this might fit your needs as well. No firm ETA on when this will be released, but again its in testing so hopefully within the next month or so.
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