BuddyPress

Hey All,

last sunday I found out that a recent project needed an events plugin. Being not too happy (for various not really relevant reasons) with the current solutions I quickly whipped one up. You can have a look here: http://test.shabushabu.eu/events/.

Every member can publish an event, but if you’re also a group admin you can attach an event to one of your groups. Coordinates get automatically geocoded from the location. Event activity gets displayed on the events page and an event can be edited and features an overview page of all members.

The messages component is needed as that handles all the invitations. It also needs the friends plugin for the autocompletion to invite members to work.

There’s a bit more so if you want to have a play, go ahead…

Here’s a feature list:
* Events can be created by any user
* Events can be attached to a group, if the event creator is a group admin
* Event Privacy that includes group integration
* Activity stream integration
* Friends component integration (used for invitations)
* Event comments
* Events search
* RSS Feeds for groups and users
* Geocoded locations for events
* Google Maps v3 overview of all events
* Adds basic information like address to groups
* Sidebar Widget
* Support for BP-Moderation
* Calendar integration
* Restrict number of attendees
* Recurrent events (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly)

Dude – I want it. I have mixed feelings about the GSOC Eventpress effort. It’s kinda bloated and there is still too difficult a workflow process (I’d have to tweak all of the templates just to de-confuse my members)

How can I get my hands on this and take for a spin?

@Travel-Junkie

I like the way you “whipped one up”, with geocoding to boot!
It’s simple, elegant, and has all the required elements. Nice touch with the date picker too
Creating an event and uploading an image is a snap.

Noticed 1 thing not working though: “Show new events” activity filter displays “…no activity” message.

Darn… now that I’ve created an event, I wanted to edit it, but I can’t access the site anymore… EDIT: never mind that…it’s back.

Like @Mike, can I “get my hands on it” too?

Editing an event creates this error:
Catchable fatal error: Object of class stdClass could not be converted to string in /www/htdocs/w00b8ce6/test/wp-content/plugins/buddyvents/core/bpe-screen.php on line 586

But, click browser “Back” button and “Events” tab, event edits ARE saved.

Also, apostrophes aren’t escaped and generate forward slashes after each save.

Looks good clean & simple, maybe in future integrate [eventbrite] http://developer.eventbrite.com/ with this cool plugin

As far as getting your hands on it, it’s still not certain that I’ll be able to release it. Keep your fingers crossed

As for your bug reports, it’s all been fixed, thank you. Plus I added in some minor improvements.

definitely keep us posted, I’d totally pay to not use jet events anymore. unless yours doesn’t have american am/pm time either

The events plugin is looking good. If you would add the capability of group events would be cool.

You can already attach an event to a group. The only restriction is that you need to be the admin of a group.

But I am not able to create an event when visiting a group (http://test.jobboardr.com/groups/test-group/events/) or I just don’t see it. ^^

Nope, there is only one place to create an event. And only if you are the admin of a group can you attach an event to it. If you’re not an admin, you won’t even see the group related stuff.

thanks for clarifying

Ok, guys! I’ll be able to release the plugin after all. There’ll be a price tag of around EUR 25 attached to it, which includes support and updates.

The plugin has been built on BP 1.3, so keep that in mind!

how does one buy it from you?

Fantastic news! I can’t wait. I also have mixed feelings about EventPress. Will your plugin offer activity feed integration and (less importantly) RSVP and recurrence?