RSJoomla! Blog - RSEvents!

If you’re managing a Joomla! event website, then you would probably know that recurring events is a must have functionality.

Suppose your local community handles a church based website and their members are planning to meet each friday whithin 6 weeks before Christmas.

Lets' see how easily is to set the above recurring events in both, frontend and backend Joomla! panel with RSEvents!

1. Set repeating events in backend

In the Joomla! backend panel, you will be able to set a recurrence interval for the event in question and some basic parameters, by using the "Repeat" icon from the "Events" tab, as shown in the below screenshot.

The users interaction in the web 2.0 era represents a key factor for your website success.
The social element becomes even more important when you own an event website and you need to allow users to interact with each other through comments.

Therefore, having a comment system for your Joomla! event based website is not something that should be overlooked.

An easy way to achieve this is to use RSEvents!, as a Joomla! event extension together with RSComments!, as a Joomla! comment extension.

How to use RSEvents! with RSComments! ?

We will show you below how to configure RSEvents! in order to use RSComments! as a comment system for events.

Step 1:

In the Joomla! administrator panel, head to Components >> RSEvents! >> Settings >> Events and select RSComments! as the default Joomla! comment extension.

Suppose you have a Joomla! based community website where users can organize local events from concerts to meetings and fundraisings.

One of the project requirements is to be able to sell the priveligies to add events. For example, one would be able to pay in order to add an event.

Users that want to manage their own events (create new events or even sell tickets via PayPal) will periodically be charged.

We've updated the source code of our RSEvents! 2Checkout Plugin, due to several changes that the payment processor has made lately regarding the "Instant Notification Service".

The update doesn't affect the plugin configuration (the 2Checkout Id, secret word, routine and mode are still required in the Joomla! backend panel, "Plugin Manager" area) and it only addresses to the 2Checkout vendor account.

What's new?

Additionally, 2Checkout requires to enter an "Instant Notification URL" in your 2Checkout account, similar to the above example:

http://www.your_site_here.com/index.php?rse2co=1

For example, if your website domain is http://www.sell-clothes.com, you will need to enter the following URL:

http://www.sell-clothes.com/index.php?rse2co=1

More information about the 2Checkout "Instant notification URL" can be found here.

We’re happy to announce the release of a new RSEvents! revision with
exciting new features and design improvements: a brand new dashboard, new designs, customizable themes and an integration with the Google Calendar and Facebook events.

1. New event designs

RSEvents! rev. 23 comes with major design improvements: new designs, customizable event themes and new calendar themes.

We've replaced the old event templates with a set of 4 new professional designs (blue, dark, green and pink) along with 2 classic styles, specially designed to fit into any site layout.