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socialsparkmedia
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February 26, 2020 at 2:19 pm
I’d like to email specific attachments to attendees depending on the class that they register for, once their payment is complete. I thought there was an add-on for that, but I can’t find anything.
Thanks!
Fran
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Tony
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February 26, 2020 at 4:43 pm
Hi Fran,
Currently Event Espresso does not support adding attachments to emails so there isn’t an add on that can do this for you.
It would be possible to add a link to the email the user can use to download the file(s) but not attach the file(s) itself.
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socialsparkmedia
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February 27, 2020 at 10:22 am
Thanks, Tony. Can you direct me to the page in the documentation that will help me do this?
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Josh
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February 27, 2020 at 5:18 pm
Hi Fran,
You could use the built in media uploader for WordPress, to upload the attachments to your WordPress site. Here are guides that may help with that part:
https://wordpress.org/support/article/media-add-new-screen/
https://wordpress.org/support/article/media-library-screen/
Each file will then have its own URL that you’ll get from the media library screen.
Then, there are two ways you could add the URLs to the email for each class. One way would be to set up a custom email message template for the class. This method might be the best if the same group of files will be used for more than one class:
https://eventespresso.com/wiki/how-to-create-a-custom-message-template/
Another method would involve using post meta fields in the event (which could be set up with Advanced custom fields). Then set the media there within the event. Then within the message template use the meta shortcode, [EVENT_META_*] , to output the file download links.
e.g.
<a href="[EVENT_META_*download_file_meta_key]">Download file link</a>
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socialsparkmedia
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March 2, 2020 at 9:56 am
Hey Josh,
Thanks for those suggestions. The second one gave me a thought…These documents are proprietary, so I only want people who have paid for the class to have access to them. Is there a way within EE to require the registrant create a WordPress account, so that I could then require a login to access the particular documents? Each class will have its own set of documents (although different locations of the same class will all use the same documents).
Right now the instructor is emailing the documents manually to each student, so this could really be a game changer!
Thanks!!
Fran
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Josh
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March 2, 2020 at 10:10 am
Event Espresso’s WP user add-on has a setting to require the user register an account + log in before registering for a class.
https://eventespresso.com/wiki/wp-user-integration/
Another way to protect the documents is put the download links on a password protected page. The email can include the password for the page. This way you’ll avoid the downsides of everyone having user accounts.
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socialsparkmedia
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March 2, 2020 at 10:18 am
I like the idea of putting it on a password protected page…That will keep all of the docs organized, as well.
Thanks so much, Josh!
Fran
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