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We are happy to announce that we are currently working on a new release for the plugin (version 1.6.0). Which is expected mid to late October (Possibly with a interim minor release of 1.5.8 before the end of the summer).
MDJM Event Management is under new management and as newbies to the plugin it has taken as a while to get our head round it and we are not aware of all of it’s Bugs, issues or problems.
This is where you come in, we would like you to report any Bugs, issues or problems that you have discovered while using the plugin to our new forum under the section of ‘Report a Bug’:
Here at MDJM Event Management we’re getting super excited as we head towards Christmas and getting into the spirit of things early.
Yes that’s right! A whopping 40% off.
Simply enter the discount code BLACKFRIDAY2016 during checkout and your discount will be applied automatically.
If you order our Starter Pack Bundle, shortly after your order is confirmed, we’ll send you another discount code that will give you 60% off all remaining plugins from our store.
Stripe Payments enables you to accept event payments via Credit/Debit cards within the MDJM Client Zone with the client never having to leave your website.
Payments can be collected for an event deposit, balance or a user specified part payment towards the event cost.
Stripe Payments will communicate securely with the Stripe Gateway APIs to process payments and upon confirmation that a payment has been authorised, log the transaction within MDJM and update your event accordingly. We’ll even capture the fees that Stripe charge for processing the payment and log a separate transaction against the event to truly capture your earnings.
MDJM Event Management version 1.3.4 is now available. Download Now.
This release addresses a number of bugs as well as introduces the new Employee Event Payments feature which allows you to track payments to yourself and your employees for their event based work.
For some time you’ve been able to manage incoming and outgoing transactions within MDJM, and see how much you are making from each of your events but the one item that has always been missing was Employee payments.
Not any more…
With the release of version 1.3.4 we have introduced the ability to track the payments you need to make to yourself, and your employees after working an event.
Transactions are created and put into a “Pending” state as soon as you add an employee to an event. If that employee, or their wage for the event, gets updated, the transaction is updated as well. If an event is cancelled for any reason, the transaction’s status is updated to Cancelled.
You decide what status an event needs to be in before a payment to the employees can be finalised and you can then either click the button on the events page to make the payments, or allow MDJM to take care of it all for you during its complete events scheduled task.
Once the payments are made, the associated transactions are updated and their status is set to “Completed”.
Now… if only these payments were actually sent to the employees by way of your chosen payment gateway… Watch This Space!
Checkout the following video for a brief overview of the Employee Event Payments feature…
I’m pleased to announce that the latest update to the MDJM Event Management plugin is now available. Download Now.
This particular release excites me more than any previous releases as we have introduced some major functionality that will help MDJM become the #1 choice in event management solutions on WordPress.
[heading element=”h2″ style=”bordered” remove_margins=”bottom”]Employee Roles & Permissions[/heading] [row] [col size=”8″]Our employee interface now allows for new roles to be created and multiple roles to be assigned to your employees. This enables you to distinguish against perhaps a photographer, a DJ or whatever roles your employees have within your business.
Additionally, multiple employees can be assigned to an event.
On the permissions side we’ve made some significant changes. Each role can now be assigned granular permissions which determine what functionality they have within the MDJM Event Management plugin once they are logged in. Restrict some roles to just view their own event, others to view all, some to be able to create clients, add venues, view finances, and others not. The list is pretty extensive.
Another enhancement here is the ability to restrict WordPress admins from being admins over MDJM and therefore being able to see all your business data. Now, your web developer now longer has access to any of the MDJM modules, unless you specifically say so.
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Another biggie for me is the introduction of templates for front end content delivery. In the past we’ve struggled to ensure that our Client Zone page layouts remain compatible with the thousands of themes available for WordPress. Now that’s all changed with the introduction of templates.
Using WordPress Child Themes combined with the MDJM Content Tags you can now fully customise the look, feel and data displayed on each and every Client Zone page.
By simply copying the default templates to your [child] theme directory, you can make as many changes as needed and the next time your theme or the MDJM plugin is updated, your changes will remain in tact. You can even copy across the default css file. This really does open up a whole new range of possibilities for how you display and present information to your clients.
It also means that theme designers can now write themes specifically for MDJM. If you’re interested in doing just that, I would love to hear from you.
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As well as a bunch of bug fixes, version 1.3 also ships with many more enhancements including…
[row] [col size=”4″]Easily Accessible Statistics
From the moment you login you have important statistics visible to advise you how you are performing Month to Date, Year to Date and in comparison to the previous year.
[/col] [col size=”4″]More Content Tags
Even more content tags added to make displaying dynamic content quick and easy on any page.
[/col] [col size=”4″]Better use of WordPress Taxonomies
Playlist Categories and Enquiry Sources are now custom taxonomies enabling better reporting.
[/col] [/row] [row] [col size=”4″]Developer Friendly Code
Well formatted and documented code with a large number of hooks to enable developer customisations and integrations.
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Settings API
Hook into our settings API to easily add settings for your MDJM extension with just a few lines of code.
[/col] [col size=”4″]Playlist Entries are Posts
We’ve removed the custom database table that stored playlist entries and imported all your entries as WordPress posts for better integration.
[/col] [/row] [row] [col size=”4″]Improved Event Filters
Easily filter your events listings by date, type, client, and employee.
[/col] [/row]When a client completes an action via the Client Zone, more often than not a notice is displayed on the screen to confirm that the action was completed.
To customise these messages, you need to hook into the mdjm_messages filter. Before doing so, you need the name of the messages you wish to customise. You can obtain this via your browsers address bar after completing an action (&mdjm_message=contract_signed for example), or from the file /includes/misc-functions.php. Search for the mdjm_messages function.
Let’s go ahead and customise the contract_signed message that is displayed above.
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/** * Customise client notices within Client Zone. * * @param arr $messages Array of default messages we can filter * @return arr Filtered $messages. */ function mdjm_custom_notices( $messages ) { $messages['contract_signed'] = array( // Adjust the key for the relevant notice you want to change. 'class' => 'success', // Possible values are info, success, warning, error, validation or your own custom css class. 'title' => __( 'Thanks!', 'text-domain' ), 'message' => __( 'Your contract has been successfully signed and your event is now confirmed. An email will arrive in your inbox in the next few minutes to confirm.', 'text-domain' ) ); return $messages; } // mdjm_custom_notices add_filter( 'mdjm_messages', 'mdjm_custom_notices' ); |
Now, when the client sign’s their contract, the notice they see on the screen will be displayed as;
To change the style of the notice, you can adjust the class above to your own custom CSS class.
We’ve recently made some improvements to our add-ons store and our licensing server to which the MDJM Event Management paid add-ons authenticate to validate your plugins license status.
Firstly, our licensing model has changed and we now generally offer three license types for each add-on we sell. You can purchase a license for a single site, a license for 2-5 sites, or a license for an unlimited number of sites on which you can install, activate and receive updates for the add-on. The per site license cost decreases with the more licenses you purchase.
Next, we have introduced upgrade paths. You can upgrade from each of the license options mentioned above. Visit the your account page for details of the upgrade paths available to you.
When your license is nearing its expiry date, we’ll automatically send you an email reminder advising you of the expiry date, and how to renew.
If you renew your license before it expires, to thank you for your continued support you will receive a discount of 20% of the normal purchase price.
[heading element=”h2″ style=”bordered” remove_margins=”bottom”]License Management[/heading]We’ve introduced the your account page where you can view and manage all your licenses, process renewals and upgrades, change URL association for your add-ons, and re-download any add-ons you have previously purchased.
[heading element=”h2″ style=”bordered” remove_margins=”bottom”]Store Improvements[/heading]We’ve re-designed our store to make it easier to browse and more friendly on the eye. With this we have also introduced bundled add-ons which contain multiple add-ons in a single purchase with an associated discount applied.
MDJM Event Management is exactly that, an Event Management tool, however you may choose to use a different term than Event and in doing so, you will want your new term used throughout the admin and front end (Client Zone) pages rather than seeing the term Event.
Let’s assume that rather than using the term Event, your business uses Party and you want Party or Parties to be used throughout your website.
You can accomplish this by adding the following code into your themes functions.php file.
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/** * Replaces the term Event with the selected singular and plural phrases. * * @param array $labels Existing terms. * @return array $labels Filtered terms. */ function mdjm_change_event_name( $labels ) { $labels = array( 'singular' => __( 'Party', 'your-domain' ), // Replace with your preferred singular name 'plural' => __( 'Parties', 'your-domain' ) // Replace with your preferred plural name ); return $labels; } // mdjm_change_event_name add_filter( 'mdjm_default_events_name', 'mdjm_change_event_name' ); |