General Pre-Sales Questions

[Cliffe]

I have been using an alternative Event Calendar for some time. It would take some effort to move over to yours but I am using Enfold and I think you integrate well with this?

1. Why is your filter functionality still a paid module after all the comments about it being basic functions and should be included?
2. Your demo of the Facebook imports look great … however, you are not really demonstrating anything! As a prospective buyer I want to see it working. i.e. Show me a FB event and then show me it in your calendar. I really want to know if you import the FB Event Image ?
3. Can I add Event Users? i.e. People who can manage their own events, dates, times, repeats, images etc but can’t change other users events. e.g. Someone to manage Northern events while someone else manages Southern events

[George]

Hi Cliffe,

Thanks for reaching out to us here. Hopefully I can address some of your questions sufficiently:

1. Why is your filter functionality still a paid module after all the comments about it being basic functions and should be included?

Do you mean out “Filter Bar” add-on? If so, where around the web have you found folks leaving comments about this being basic functionality and such? Share any links you’d like, and we’ll happily take a look at all the feedback you’re mentioning.

As for why it’s currently still for sale, that’s because it’s a set of extensive, complex filters that we don’t find to be basic. Let us know some links where you’ve found the comments you describe, and more thoughts of your own on this matter – we take both things seriously and would love the feedback.

2. Your demo of the Facebook imports look great … however, you are not really demonstrating anything! As a prospective buyer I want to see it working. i.e. Show me a FB event and then show me it in your calendar. I really want to know if you import the FB Event Image ?

I’m sorry to hear you don’t feel satisfied with the amount of information shared about Facebook Events. I realize that, on the products page for Facebook Events, there are only two screenshots – so this can seem like not a lot of information is being shared, but if you haven’t already, I do encourage you to watch the full introduction video here → https://theeventscalendar.com/product/facebook-events/

Our Facebook Events add-on really only adds that import screen – the reason why not a lot was shared about how Facebook events look or how Events Calendar events look is because all of those things are exactly the same as they are without the Importer. The importer just lets you import them into your site.

For example, if you’re curious about how Facebook events look, the best thing is just to go to your Facebook account and look for events. Look at their details and such – none of this is changed in the presence of our Facebook Events add-on.

And if you’re curious about how these events look after importing, I’d recommend checking out our official demo site at http://wpshindig.com/events – click around anywhere you see events and note their appearance, the data, etc. That’s all the same for an event whether you create right within WordPress, or import it from Facebook, and yes, even including the thumbnail image 🙂

3. Can I add Event Users? i.e. People who can manage their own events, dates, times, repeats, images etc but can’t change other users events. e.g. Someone to manage Northern events while someone else manages Southern events

This is something that is indeed possible, though it’s a general WordPress question, not something specific to or limited by The Events Calendar itself. If you know how to add users on your WordPress site, and set them to various admin roles that have limited permissions in your admin, then all you have to do is follow that process and then limit these users to a role like “Editor” or “Contributor” or something. There are many places online to learn about this if you’re not familiar with it, and also a ton of plugins that let you get more specific with your rules (e.g. only allowing access to Events, not Posts or Pages or anything). Explore these resources and you should definitely be able to put together something useful here.

I hope all of this information helps.

Cheers!
George

[Craig]

Hello,
I’m looking at purchasing the EventBrite add-on. Just a couple questions.

1. We’re using the standard ‘The Events Calendar’ plugin – not the PRO. Is purchasing PRO required before purchasing add-ons?

2. Is HTTPS/SSL required on our site to provide the ticket ordering features of the EventBrite add-on?

3. I watched the intro video to the add-on, but I don’t see how the actual checkout process works. Is the site visitor taken offsite to EventBrite at anytime during the order and checkout process?

Thanks!
Craig

[George]

Hi Craig,

1. We’re using the standard ‘The Events Calendar’ plugin – not the PRO. Is purchasing PRO required before purchasing add-ons?

No, PRO is not required for any add-on.

2. Is HTTPS/SSL required on our site to provide the ticket ordering features of the EventBrite add-on?

Nope 🙂

3. I watched the intro video to the add-on, but I don’t see how the actual checkout process works. Is the site visitor taken offsite to EventBrite at anytime during the order and checkout process?

If a ticketed event is imported from Eventbrite correctly, then an Eventbrite-specific checkout form is generated like in this screenshot → https://theeventscalendar.com/content/uploads/2013/02/Eventbrite-front-end.png

Clicking the “Buy Now” button there will, yes, take the user offsite to Eventbrite.com. The tickets are being sold from there, not being sold directly from your WordPress site itself, so you have to be taken offsite to Eventbrite.com to complete the purchase and all that.

I hope this information helps! If you have further questions about Eventbrite, can you post them in a new thread? Link back to this one for reference if needed – it’s best to post unrelated questions in new threads so we can address them all as efficiently as possible.

Thank you!
George

[Support Droid]

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If you still need assistance please simply open a new topic (linking to this one if necessary)
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