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Title: Testing event registration feature...
Post by: Kindred on December 28, 2011, 10:52:33 AM
This is a new feature that we're testing...    in theory, the event is scheduled for January 28, 2012.
It should allow any user to sign-up for the event.
20 days before the event, a "confirm" button should become visible, if you have previously signed up.
the first 10 users who sign up and confirm should be listed as "attending" while the rest should be listed as "waitlist"
5 days before the event, registration closes.

No guests are allowed to sign up
users should be able to leave comments on the signup.


let's see if this works.... :)
Title: Re: Testing event registration feature...
Post by: Lonewolf on December 28, 2011, 11:58:49 AM
I am going to beat up Kindreds toy soldiers YAY!   :D



Title: Re: Testing event registration feature...
Post by: Zilverscale on December 28, 2011, 11:20:00 PM
Tested sign up.

I mean this is a test right and not for a real event?
Title: Re: Testing event registration feature...
Post by: faitherun (Fay-ith-er-run) on December 28, 2011, 11:25:22 PM
Do we just respond to this in order to sign up then?
Title: Re: Testing event registration feature...
Post by: Lord of Winter and War on December 29, 2011, 02:44:44 AM
What have I signed myself up for...
Title: Re: Testing event registration feature...
Post by: WisdomLS on December 29, 2011, 04:24:14 AM
Just like always I've agreed to some terms and conditions without having a clue what they are.

Let's hope the event comes with a plane ticket and we don't need any dirty square based miniatures :D
Title: Re: Testing event registration feature...
Post by: Kindred on December 29, 2011, 07:42:18 AM
Do we just respond to this in order to sign up then?

nope.... you have to sign up as "attending" at the top....

Tested sign up.

I mean this is a test right and not for a real event?

and yes... this is just a test. There is no actual event going on on Jan 28.

I am testing the new feature so that we can decide it we want to use it for actual events.


As for actual events, TempleCon is running Feb 3,4,5 in Rhode Island.... 40k gaming going on there.
Title: Re: Testing event registration feature...
Post by: small_furry_spider on December 29, 2011, 08:53:52 AM
Just like always I've agreed to some terms and conditions without having a clue what they are.

makes it a near perfect i-whatever type experience. A week after my last iTunes upgrade a shadowy figure knocked at my front door asking for my firstborn. I'm sure there was no connection....
Title: Re: Testing event registration feature...
Post by: faitherun (Fay-ith-er-run) on December 29, 2011, 09:02:32 AM
I am not seeing the attending button....

Am I missing something here? (Obviously)
Title: Re: Testing event registration feature...
Post by: Kindred on December 29, 2011, 10:05:20 AM
Hmmm.... there should be a section at the top of the thread (above the first post) which has a field for your username, a comment and a "sign up" button
Title: Re: Testing event registration feature...
Post by: faitherun (Fay-ith-er-run) on December 29, 2011, 10:26:16 AM
I am not sure how to upload pics, or I would post a screen shot...

I am told above the first post that there is a liked event, but then I can't click on it...


Edit:
I just opened it in IE (I typically run Chrome) and it made no difference.
Title: Re: Testing event registration feature...
Post by: Sgt. Backhand on December 29, 2011, 10:45:51 AM
I signed up, but my comment did not appear. Is that intentional?
Title: Re: Testing event registration feature...
Post by: Kindred on December 29, 2011, 10:58:17 AM
I'm not sure...   I am checking with the author, because I haven't see my own comment appear either.


F...   which theme are you using?
Title: Re: Testing event registration feature...
Post by: faitherun (Fay-ith-er-run) on December 29, 2011, 12:11:51 PM
I'm using the Grey smf
Title: Re: Testing event registration feature...
Post by: Kindred on December 29, 2011, 01:19:30 PM
ah... that's the problem... looks like some edits didn't make it into that theme's templates.

should be fixed now
Title: Re: Testing event registration feature...
Post by: faitherun (Fay-ith-er-run) on December 29, 2011, 11:20:57 PM
And I'm in!

Waitlisted though >:(

Loved the terms and conditions. I think I can agree to those
Title: Re: Testing event registration feature...
Post by: Zilverscale on December 30, 2011, 12:14:07 AM
And I'm in!

Waitlisted though >:(

Loved the terms and conditions. I think I can agree to those

lol well next time sign up sooner  :P

As to terms and conditions...which I just got a blank there and Agree or Disagree button  ::)
Title: Re: Testing event registration feature...
Post by: small_furry_spider on December 30, 2011, 05:57:12 AM
ah... that's the problem... looks like some edits didn't make it into that theme's templates.

should be fixed now

My comment still has not appeared, is this something that will only work from now on?
Title: Re: Testing event registration feature...
Post by: Kindred on December 31, 2011, 02:12:12 AM
no... I'm still trying to figure out why comments don't appear...
Title: Re: Testing event registration feature...
Post by: Kindred on January 25, 2012, 01:22:38 PM
ok... I've turned comments off, since, even if they did appear, it seems that there is a security hole in the form.

Also...   did anyone on the attendee list get an email or PM announcing that your should confirm your attendance?
Title: Re: Testing event registration feature...
Post by: faitherun (Fay-ith-er-run) on January 25, 2012, 01:26:57 PM
No such email or pm has arrived... perhaps it got lost by the mail man?
Title: Re: Testing event registration feature...
Post by: Zilverscale on January 25, 2012, 05:43:44 PM
Nope no email what so ever.
Title: Re: Testing event registration feature...
Post by: Benis on January 25, 2012, 05:50:01 PM
Nope, no message.
Title: Re: Testing event registration feature...
Post by: Shas'Oink on January 25, 2012, 05:58:42 PM
Signed up without a hitch. I use Firefox btw.
Title: Re: Testing event registration feature...
Post by: WisdomLS on January 25, 2012, 06:48:32 PM
No email for me, I only noticed the thread on my unread replies list and then confirmed.
Title: Re: Testing event registration feature...
Post by: small_furry_spider on January 25, 2012, 07:08:51 PM
No email for me, I only noticed the thread on my unread replies list and then confirmed.

...same for me.
Title: Re: Testing event registration feature...
Post by: Spectral Arbor on January 25, 2012, 07:18:36 PM
Ha! I just bumped people off the list, and now I'm confirmed! Talk about showing up late to the party though... I'm pretty sure I should have been waitlisted.
Title: Re: Testing event registration feature...
Post by: faitherun (Fay-ith-er-run) on January 25, 2012, 10:24:30 PM
Yeah - I was first one waitlisted, and now I am second registered....
Title: Re: Testing event registration feature...
Post by: Kindred on January 26, 2012, 02:30:17 AM
Yup...  Apparently, that's how the confirmation works...   You sign up, unconfirmed and then get to confirm to lock in the spot... If the date is close, then wait lists can slide others out of eir spot by conforming.
Title: Re: Testing event registration feature...
Post by: Shas'Oink on January 26, 2012, 04:21:03 AM
That's pretty clever really.

Now, is there a way that you can have (automatic) mulitple columns so that you are not left with a HUGE swathe of names to scroll down at the top of the page?? maybe it already does this, but it might kick in at a certain number??
Title: Re: Testing event registration feature...
Post by: Spectral Arbor on January 26, 2012, 09:04:45 AM
Ok, because I was put into the first available non-confirmed spot on the attendee list. I was put there before I confirmed, so it looks like if 4 other people registered after me, that I may have been pushed to the first wait list spot, instead of the bottom.

Maybe? I'm not very techno-savy, I could be way off.