Installing

Check the requirements first.

Upload the files

1. Download the latest release. Older versions and release notes are on the releases page.

2. Extract it into the forum’s root folder (the one with global.php), merging into the existing folders:

   • events.php
   • event.php
   • manage_event.php
   • rsvp.php
   • troop_report.php
   • ical.php
   • ical_feed.php
   • calendar_feed.php
   • Directoryadmin/modules/events/

     • …
   • Directoryinc/

     • Directoryplugins/

       • events.php
       • Directoryevents/

         • …
     • tasks/events_reminders.php
   • Directoryjscripts/events/

     • …

   If your Admin CP folder isn’t called admin, put admin/modules/events/ in your renamed folder instead.

Activate

1. Go to Admin CP > Configuration > Plugins.

2. Find Event Management and click Install & Activate.

   

Activating creates the database tables, settings, templates, stylesheet and the reminder task.

Configure

1. Create the custom profile fields if you haven’t already.

2. Go to Admin CP > Event Management > Settings.

   

3. Set at least:

   • Event Timezone, for example Australia/Sydney
   • each Profile Field
   • Event Coordinator User Groups
   • Troop Report Forum
   • the Regions, and the forum each region’s events are announced in

   See Settings for everything on the page.

4. Click Save Settings.

Check it works

1. Log in as a member and check Events is in the header.

2. As a coordinator, click Create Event, fill it in and set its status to Live.

3. Check the event’s announcement thread was posted in its region’s forum.

4. Sign up to it as a member.

Tip

Delete the test event afterwards from Admin CP > Event Management > Events.