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Hi everyone,

Just looking around to see if anyone has implemented a solid event registration component that links with PayPal to allow people to pay for their registration online.  I'm sure this can be done through an extension of a component like com_events, but before we go reinventing the wheel, I thought I'd ask around.

Best,
Ryan

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There is a simple hack here http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/topic,2613.msg160625.html#msg160625 to integrate AKReservations into ExtCalendar and EventList http://developer.joomla.org/sf/projects/event_list.  This could also easily be made to work for any Joomla calendar component.

I made a Community Builder RC2 plugin for AKReservations and EventList to display the events a user has registered for through AKReservations.  The list includes a link to the event detail page in EventsList and a link to the AKReservation edit screen for that reservation if the user is browsing their own profile.  The latest version of the plugin is attached.

I also did a hack of the eventlist.html.php file to display a list of the users registered for the event along with their CB thumbnail, link to their CB profile and comments they made when they registered for the event.

Both the latest version of the plugin and EventList modified file are attached here.

The trick to getting it all to work is the AK category (event) has to have a unique 9 character name.  This could be changed in the code if you need to.  On my site I use the date.  For example if the event were for today my AK category would be called 20060204A.  Also the name of the event in EventList must have this same unique 9 character string as a prefix.  For example if today's event was drinking at Joe's bar then my EventList event title would be "20060204A - Drinking at Joe's Bar"  The letter "A" indicates that it is the first event of the day. Whatever you put as the prefix MUST have 9 unique characters.

The session ID MUST be in the format 20060204 without the A,B,C, etc at the end.  A displayed date is pulled from this field, so the formatting has to be correct.

I would love to hear about any bugs you find or suggestions for improvement.

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We have used the 'free' reg system from http://www.mollyguard.com as a stand-alone system linked from joomla.  Runs on paypal and seems to be holding up nicely.

Paul Mark

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Scuba,

Right on man, thanks for the fast and detailed answer. I'm going to check it out and get back to you on what we find out.

Paul, I've never heard of Mollyguard before, but I'm interested in checking it out now.  Thanks for the link.

Best,
Ryan

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I did a little code clean up and some layout changes to eventlist.html.php.  The files above have been updated.

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I'm putting the finishing touches on a new prototype release of Attend Events, which integrates with PayPal (and supports options for manual payments like cash, cheques, etc.).  I'll try to have something on the Attend Events area of the forge by next week.

Hi Pcarr,

Very interesting to hear.  There doesn't happen to be a demo version of Attend Events, or an example of a site using it now, is there?

Best,
Ryan

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Excellent!  I've tried AKReservations and there are quite a few bugs and stuff that makes it difficult to put in production.  Please make a post on the forum when it's ready

I updated the files above again to fix a few remaining bugs.  To allow for more than one event per day I changed the prefix to require and extra character.  For example the first event today would have the prefix 20060220A in the title of the event.  The second event today would have 20020220B as the prefix.  Whatever you put as the prefix MUST have 9 unique characters.

The session ID also MUST be in the format 20060204 without the A,B,C, etc at the end.  A displayed date is pulled from this field, so the formatting has to be correct.

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I tried out Attend Events 0.9 build 1. It is everything I needed and more! It looks and works great so far! Much easier to use then AKReservations in my opinion. The only thing missing is the option for multiple fees. I snooped around the code and noticed the code for that is commented out since its not complete. I have a client that would love to use this component. When do you tink it would be complete?

Thanks again!

Yes, a multi-fee framework is planned -- i.e., checkboxes such as "need to rent equipment" which would then increase the base registration fee.  And if you snoop through the code, you'll see that some of the work has already been done.

I think a finished version of 0.9.0 is still one to two months away.  The two major outstanding tasks are (1) solid paypal integration and (2) revising the code to produce a single event fee based on the saved registration values to the multi-fee form. 

Could you kindly post a link to where I could download this component?  Thanks!
PMark

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http://developer.joomla.org/sf/sfmain/d ... tendevents

1. Click on "File Releases" in the toolbar.
2. Click on "pcarr's code contributions"
3. Click on "0.9.0 - Build #..." (most likely you'll want to download the highest build number)
4.  Make sure you read the related tracker artifacts (the "Reported In..." and "Fixed In..." links) to see what bugs have been found so far and necessary work-arounds in the code.

Awesome posts guys... Looking for something just like this myself. It would save me a ton of time as I'm manually processing PayPal orders and emailing a pdf document to the registrant... Then having to create an excel file of the registered.

Going to give this stuff a shot tonight!

I'm a total Joomla n00b, but as I have some experience with PHP and such, I volunteered to help a friend of mine set up a site for a role-playing and LARP club. They require exactly the functionality your plugin provides and while I got AKR and EventList working, I am clueless as to how to install the plugin.

As I understand, the eventlist.php.html replaces to original file from eventlist. Now the question is, what do I do with the plug_akreservations-tab_v1_2.zip file. I tried the usual way of installing it (administrator -> installers), but it is not recognized not as a bot or anything else. Neither could I figure out where to upload it manually. So I was hoping you can give me a clue here

btw - as you don't mention this anywhere, I assume that the plugin will work with Joomla 1.0.8?

The best,

L.

the plugin is a plugin for the Community Builder component from http://www.joomlapolis.com.  Community Builder (CB) is an extended user profile component.  Yes, it does work with Joomla 1.08.

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Ahh, yes - I had CB installed, but never thought of looking there to install the plugin. Now it went smoothly, thank you a lot

The best,

L.

I tried installing the plug_akreservations-tab_v1_2 plugin in CB and it seemed to go in ok. However, when I access a user profile and click on the Reservations tab...I get the following message:

"Error: No language file could be loaded. Is the AKReservations CB plugin properly installed?"

Could someone help figure this one out? 

I read through the readme text and I'm unalbe to figure out what I did wrong. 

Also - In the AkReservations backend where you manage the categories...where do I find the "EventList" that is mentioned below from the ReadMe file?  I was trying to make sure my categories were set up right.

Also the name of the event in EventList must have this same unique 9 character string as a prefix.  For example if today's event was drinking at Joe's bar then my EventList event title would be "20060204A - Drinking at Joe's Bar"

Do you actually have to have the "Atend Events" component installed as well for this plugin to work?  I am only using AKReservations Component right now. 

Flavarite,
I had the same problem, I am using event list and akreservation... same error...
Anyone know how to fix this?

I am VERY interested in getting these features onto my church website.

I, too, am a Joomla n00b, but I'm learning fast that features usually require downloading multiple files that aren't always found in one easy place.

I can't wait to see how the final component and/or module works out. (I'll be checking back a LOT.) 

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Hmmm, Ok, well I'd be impressed to actually see the PayPal feature for this project. 
Its not in any of the code of the "Attend Events" component.  How exactly does this work again?

Jared

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Is this an error in Attend Events?

I installed attend events Build #0.9.0 and configured it to allow anyone to register for an event. When I did a test registration as "guest "  who was not logged-in through Community Builder and asked to register 6 guests under my name i got this error.
I didn't know where else to post this so here is the info

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /home/mycarfsc/public_html/components/com_attend_events/attend_events.php on line 758

I used an older Build of Attend events without PayPal integration and it worked ok, But I need paypal integratation. 
What suggestions do you have in dealing with tickets of varying prices?

I'm using Joomla 1.04
Attend events Build 0.9.0
Ext Calendar


Thank you for your hard work

JZ

Yep, I also have this:

so I would *really* appreciate a solution 

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try the attached version of the AK plugin. I did some more modifications.  This isn't being developed as a commercial, supported release.  I'm just sharing something I made for myself.

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Hi, thanks for your efforts.
I installed the Attend-event but I have problem everytime I want to send email to user who are registred for a session, the error is: Fatal error: Call to undefined function: displaysendemailresult() in  /home/....../administrator/components/com_attend_events/admin.attend_events.php on line 1522

Please anyone can help find a solution for this error,
Thanks

The Attend Events component seems to be working except for a couple of things...

http://rebuilding-rural-america.net

I have PayPal as the payment, after i hit submit i get...the thank you letter (unformatted, shouldnt it be in the template?) and this error message:

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /home/rebuildi/public_html/components/com_attend_events/attend_events.php on line 758

and nothing as far as PayPal - is it supposed to be opening in a separate window or....?

Its set for live, online processing. I assume the PayPal id is the email address I use for PayPal?

Any ideas?

Just attempting to revitalise this rather out-dated thread.

Just installed attend events 9.0 build #26..

Are we any closer to mult-fee framework? using it for registration for a convention, and require options with/without accommodation and with/without alcohol, and this creates a fee different that has to be convyed to paypal.(paypal integration, and how to do it, is also something i require tips on... any good links/how-to's?)

Any help would be appreciated...