Is Events Calendar Pro suitable for this Multiple Events website?

[Jatimon]

Here’s a description about our project.

GOALS:
– To build a website for multiple events.
– The main event is arranged in every 2 years. In addition there are several smaller “Regional Events”
– Event consists of multiple (1-20) simultaneous tracks
– Each track is a “category” such as Innovation/Design/Marketing
– The idea of the event is that each participant chooses one track to follow from beginning to end
– Each track is 0,5 – 1 days each and consists of multiple sessions (up to 20)
– Each session belongs to one track only

There should be a schedule view to compare, filter and see multiple tracks with one glance.
One example with a pretty much similar track view idea is http://ec2016.fi/programme/ but the site in question does not have filter functions.

Here’s our wireframe: https://goo.gl/UDGlre. You are able to comment if needed.
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We made an initial analysis about how to approach this and we figured these might be our options.

1) Finding plugins for the functionality and integrate them to an existing theme
2) Finding a theme that supports some or most of our requirements and maybe add a plugin or two if needed.
3) 100% Custom work

Q1 – Does this seem correct to you?

We searched multiple plugins and found the events calendar pro. My questions are:
Q2 – Is ECP able to tackle all of our requirements out of the box?
Q3 – If some of the features are missing, what are those features and should they be custom developed or can you suggest some out of the box solutions like 3rd party plugins or something like that?
Q4 – How much would it cost if you developed those missing features as plugins?
Q5 – Do you have any theme recommendations?

Any other comments or tips are greatly appreciated and I am happy to answer any additional questions.

We don’t need any signing up or payment features.

Huge thanks in advance!

Kind regards,
Jatimon

[Nico]

Hi Jatimon,

Thanks for your interest in our products! I’ll help you decide if they are the right choice for your project 🙂

Q1 – Does this seem correct to you?

I guess it all depends on your vision of the final work. I guess finding a theme compatible with The Events Calendar and doing some custom work to get exactly what you need might be the way to go as you won’t need to develop much or any backend at all.

Q2 – Is ECP able to tackle all of our requirements out of the box?

Yes, it sounds like it will. You might need to tweak the front-end a bit and surely make use of Event Categories (tracks) extensively, but from a general perspective I think you are covered.

Q3 – If some of the features are missing, what are those features and should they be custom developed or can you suggest some out of the box solutions like 3rd party plugins or something like that?

I guess it depends on the missing feature. Maybe a snippet can solve it, and we might me able to help on that, maybe another user faced a similar requirements an there’s an existing answer in the forums, or maybe it’s something really complex and we won’t be able to help you much more than pointing you in the right direction to custom develop this.

Q4 – How much would it cost if you developed those missing features as plugins?

We do not offer custom development, but we have a list of customizers that might be able to help you out.

Q5 – Do you have any theme recommendations?

While we don’t have a trial period, you can go ahead and purchase the products for testing. If you decide they are not what you are looking for, you can ask for a full refund within 30 days of purchase. For more information take a look at our refund policy. This might be the best way to test the plugin features out and see if it works for your project.

Please let me know if I can help you with anything else or if you have any follow-up questions,
Best,
Nico

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