Support

February 24, 2015 at 5:38 am

Hi,

Thanks for your interest in Event Espresso. We currently have two main versions of the plugin EE3 and EE4.

You should check out our free Test Drive for EE4 over at http://demoee.org.

Some features are available in both plugins, some in only one version so I will mark the answers appropriately.

A full list of the differences between EE4 and EE3 can be found here: https://eventespresso.com/differences-ee4-ee3/

WEBSITE MAIN FEATURES:
– WordPress 4.1
– HTML5 / CSS3
– Mobile ready and full responsive
– SEO friendly

EE is Wp 4.1 ready and uses some HTML5 and CSS3, though we try to keep the structure as basic as possible and use theme styles (EE4) where possible.

EVENTS/VENUE MANAGEMENT FEATURES:
– Custom permalinks for events / venue / artists
– Custom taxonomy and categories for events
– Search filter bar
– Geolocation (display events and venue on the map)
– Venue manager (manage venue (gallery, address, contact info)
– Allow recurring events

EE4 uses custom post types and taxonomies for events allowing custom permalinks, EE3 does not.

There is a search system (shortcode) in EE3 but one is not currently available for EE4.

Geolocation is not currently possible in either plugin, though EE3 has an addon called the Vector Maps addon that uses the venue address to provide a broad level location (e.g. by US State).

Venue managing is available in both plugins.

Recurring events are currently only available in EE3.

EVENTS MANAGEMENT WIDGETS:
– Events calendar
– Upcoming events (upcoming event list)
– Related upcoming events in artist and venue pages (widget)
– Related events (same category) in the single event page
– Popular events (best seller)
– Featured events, venue, artists

Calendar addons are available for both versions, same thing with upcoming events.

Related, popular and featured events are not available, though with EE4, you could in theory use an outside plugin such as YARPP as the events are custom post types.

TICKETING FEATURES:
– Sell tickets (generate eticket with unique barcode or qrcode)
– Collect payments
– Set multiple tickets / prices options
– Allow users to insert promo code
– Mobile scan tickets app

All of the above are available in EE3 when using appropriate addons (e.g. the Ticketing addon).

EE4 can almost provide all of them. Right now promo codes are not available for it but we are working on it. Tickets and scanning can be done but not via mobile phones only via bar code scanners.

RSVP FEATURES:
– Create ticketless events with RSVP function
– Accept multiple attendee (allow user to register themselves adding people: for example JAMES+10)
– Create a registration code (same of ticket but without payment)
– Create attendee list thar can be sent automatically via mail in a preset time

Ticketless events – I assume you mean simply registering interest rather than actually registering for the event? If so this is not possible.

Group registrations are allowed.

Registration codes are always generated for attendees, but I think you mean something different. Can you explain this a bit more please?

Attendee lists can be generated, and exported to CSV, or in EE3 you can display them via a shortcode. They cannot be scheduled and automatically mailed.

OTHER FEATURES:
– WPML multilingual ready
– Google Maps support
– Social media integration
– Import/export data via .CSV

The plugin is translatable and we have tried to make it as easy as possible for WPML but we cannot currently guarantee WPML support.

Venues can show google maps.

There is some basic social media support yes, EE4 is better for this as it uses custom post types.

Import/export is available yes.