Just noticed its been 6 months since the first Alpha release, and 3 months since the first Beta release. Keen to get this onto production site, and replacing my legacy events add-on. Is there any new functionality to be added for the first production release, or just bug fixes now?
I would not be able to replace my legacy events addon with the current feature scope. It needs a little more IMHO.
Which legacy system are you using? In addition to https://nixfifty.com/threads/article-view-for-all-upcoming-events.3955/ which of the open suggestions do you feel are required for a production release? My top 5 would be; https://nixfifty.com/threads/tiled-view-for-calendar.2970/ - https://nixfifty.com/threads/article-view-for-all-upcoming-events.3955/ ( 2 threads, same functionality, so count as 1 ) https://nixfifty.com/threads/reminder-alert-and-email-for-rsvpd-events.3405/ https://nixfifty.com/threads/create-new-event-more-button-locations.6789/ https://nixfifty.com/threads/when-viewing-a-forum-thread-that-is-an-event.6873/ https://nixfifty.com/threads/create-thread-post-when-editing-an-event.6875/
The 2 legacy systems are: FS Events vbulletin calendar I like your list. My top 5 is: Events Widgets Without widgets not many people will see the calendar. On my site the Calendar navTab is 10th from the left and 85% of my users are on mobile. No one sees the navTab. If no one finds events then that would be pointless. FS Events has a widget. Article View for all upcoming Events Without article view people will not see future events. People are not going to click through months/weeks. Sidebar ----> whats really needed... Event Organizer Profiles & Event Venue Profiles A basic form of organizer/venue profile would prevent a lot of work. if it gets added later then events would need to be edited manually. Event Reviews This can also be added to a subsequent release, but I am not seeing the point of events without a reviews function. people need to post their opinion / rating of the event.
Ahh, that never reached production for me. Never really felt comfortable or longevity with it. I don't disagree, but does forum thread creation/association not play a large part in bringing members to the calendar? I find that a large proportion are 'driven' from the forums to the calendar, thus why I think thread association and highlighting the event within the thread is quite important.
Yes, thread association is important as that will drive people from forum to events. But before they even arrive at my forums they need to see that there are events. Some of my XF sites do not even have a forum.
@NixFifty slow progress on the https://nixfifty.com/forums/bug-reports.26/ ? Progress on some essential features for a first release ? After 7 months, keen to get this in front of users so can provide additional feedback.
Been a bit sick recently. Got a nice beta 9 almost ready to go and IIRC, most of those bugs have been ironed out. Just haven’t gotten round to updating the threads. Definitely expect a release this week though.