{"id":43358,"date":"2013-03-19T20:44:10","date_gmt":"2013-03-20T03:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tri.be\/support\/forums\/topic\/import-error-the-organizer-name-already-exists-please-enter-a-different\/"},"modified":"2015-07-07T06:26:44","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T13:26:44","slug":"import-error-the-organizer-name-already-exists-please-enter-a-different","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/import-error-the-organizer-name-already-exists-please-enter-a-different\/","title":{"rendered":"Import Error: &quot;The organizer name already exists. Please enter a different&#8230;&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This thread: <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"xOngQFPrKw\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/eventbrite-plugin-error-the-organizer-name-already-exists\/\">Eventbrite plugin Error : The organizer name already exists<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Eventbrite plugin Error : The organizer name already exists&#8221; &#8212; \" src=\"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/eventbrite-plugin-error-the-organizer-name-already-exists\/embed\/#?secret=QLj6A7aUpw#?secret=xOngQFPrKw\" data-secret=\"xOngQFPrKw\" width=\"580\" height=\"327\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>and this thread:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"bz4VRjS9PR\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/bug-feature-cannot-use-an-existing-organizer-name\/\">BUG \/ FEATURE: Cannot use an existing organizer name???<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;BUG \/ FEATURE: Cannot use an existing organizer name???&#8221; &#8212; \" src=\"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/bug-feature-cannot-use-an-existing-organizer-name\/embed\/#?secret=9Lb0LRDYwc#?secret=bz4VRjS9PR\" data-secret=\"bz4VRjS9PR\" width=\"580\" height=\"327\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>already document my issue pretty well.<\/p>\n<p>However, those threads conclude that this issue only happens when using Events Calendar (Free) + Eventbrite Add-on. I am using Events Calendar Pro + Eventbrite Addon and get the same behavior.<\/p>\n<p>They also conclude that an &#8220;upcoming 3.0 release&#8221; will resolve this&#8230; though I&#8217;m not so sure because those threads indicated the bug occurs only whilst using the Free version.<\/p>\n<p>It seems that the API can pull in the organizer, but then won&#8217;t let you use that organizer to publish. If I create a new organizer in WordPress and publish, that works. But if it&#8217;s one the API pulled in then no-go.<\/p>\n<p>More specifically:<\/p>\n<p>Events &gt; Import &gt; (fill in Event ID from Eventbrite) &gt; Publish<br \/>\n=&gt; Event publishes to my calendar fine, but gets the big red box: &#8220;The following Eventbrite error has occurred: The organizer name already exists. Please enter a different organizer name and try again. Note that your event was not registered with Eventbrite as a result.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>and <\/p>\n<p>Events &gt; Add New &gt; (use an existing Organizer that the API pulled in) &gt; Publish<br \/>\n=&gt; Event publishes to my calendar fine, but gets the big red box: &#8220;The following Eventbrite error has occurred: The organizer name already exists. Please enter a different organizer name and try again. Note that your event was not registered with Eventbrite as a result.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I guess it\u2019s worth noting that when the error occurs as a result of creating a new event, that event does show up in Eventbrite. Which is great, except for the big scary red error box that says it wasn\u2019t registered.<\/p>\n<p>One of the previous posters indicated that letting WordPress create a new organizer that Eventbrite then stores, then copying over the organizer data and deleting the previous one is a viable workaround. I&#8217;ve checked and subsequent events published by this second organizer are indeed taken in by Eventbrite. But this is a client&#8217;s EB account and I just don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s a good enough solution. At the very least, the organizer page URL would change and I don&#8217;t have a good reason to tell them their link is no good anymore, other than &#8220;the plugin doesn&#8217;t work as advertised so this is what we gotta do&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>So I offer up this vanilla environment:<br \/>\n&#8211; WordPress 3.5.1<br \/>\n&#8211; The Events Calendar PRO Version 2.0.11<br \/>\n&#8211; The Events Calendar: Eventbrite Tickets Version 1.0.5<br \/>\n&#8211; No other plugins<br \/>\n&#8211; Unmodified Twenty Twelve theme or Twenty Eleven (occurs in both)<br \/>\n&#8211; No other post data<br \/>\nwith WP admin login credentials to anyone there at tri.be who might want to take a closer look. 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