=== Plugin Name === Contributors: ParotKefalonia Donate link: http://www.parotkefalonia.com/ Tags: plugin, sidebar, admin, widget, time, date, calendar, event, event calendar, event scheduling, event management, ticketing, concerts, sports Requires at least: 2.7.0 Tested up to: 2.8.4 Stable tag: 4.3 Event calendar with registration form & payment options if required to promote & track events. Widget ready - easy to add the calendar to sidebar. == Description == A few notes about this plugin: IMPORTANT:PK Aether requires PHP 5.0.0 or greater. PHP 4 was retired on Dec 31, 2007 and it won't be supported. IMPORTANT: PK Aether is intended for standalone WordPress installations. Note: You can view screenshots here NOTE If having activated PK Aether you feel that our Plugin is not quiet for you and that you need it to do a bit more then please contact us. We are happy to customise your plugin to meet your needs. If we feel these changes are a benefit to other users we will not make any charge, otherwise we would make a nominal (which we would agree in advance) charge. Do not hesitate to contact us we are here to help, we want you to use PK Aether and for you to have a tool that truely meets your requirements. PK Aether is an events calendar with registration form and payment options if required. Events can be created/attatched to any post - now or edited. You create a new event at the time you create a new post using the "make me an event" administration form that is located in the New or Edit post menu below the main text editing area. When creating an event you are given a number of options: 1. Event name 2 .Type of event (you select from a list) Announcement, Audition. Banquet, Campus Activity, Candidate Seminarm, Ceremony, Colloquium, Concert, Conference, Deadline, Enrichment, Exam, Exhibition, Festival, Forum, Fundraising, Gathering, Lecture, Meeting, Outreach, Performance, Product launch, Reading, Reception, Recreation, Regional Activity, Screening, Seminar, Sport, Trade show, Training, Podcast, Webinar and Not defined 3. Registration if registration for an event is required tick the check box 4. Event Date and time and the event End date and time 5. Cost p.p - enter a figure if there is a cost attached to the event. Having created your event press the "make me an event button" and your event will be created. How the front end works - what the user sees Visitors to your site will see a monthly calendar (they can move forward and backwards month on month). If an event is scheduled for a specific date then the calendar displays a coloured key over the date with a hyperlink. Hover over the hyperlink and visitors will be given snapshot of the event (items 1 to 5 above) together with the excerpt (if you use it in your posts). Click on the date and they are taken to the events post page. If your event requires registration visitors will be requested to "click to show the registration form" this for montaing the following fields: First Name (*), Last Name (*), Company name (if applic.), Address 1 (*), Address 2, City (*), Region, Zip/Postcode (*), E-mail (*), No attendees After completing the form - (*) mandatory fields - the visitor will receive an e-mail confirming registration. You will receive a copy. If your event has a cost then the form differs with the addition of the cost field. Visitors are then able to make payment via PayPal - if you have set this as an option in the settings panel. Our Plugins are named after Greek Gods. This plugin is named after Aether, one of the Protogenoi, the first-born elemental gods. Aether is the personification of the upper sky, space, and heaven, and is the elemental god of the "Bright, Glowing, Upper Air." He is the pure upper air that the gods breathe, as opposed to the normal air mortals breathe == Installation == This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working. PK Aether is distributed in zip compression format. EITHER 1. Unpack the PK Aether.zip file. A folder called PK Aether should be created. 2. Move the PK Aether folder into your Wordpress plugins directory, located at wp-content/plugins. When you have done this, you should have a the folder wp-content/plugins/PK Aether 3. Log into WordPress as an administrator or as a user that can activate Wordpress plugins. Go to the Plugins menu and activate the PK Aether plugin. OR 1. Log onto WordPress and go to the plugins menu. 2. Click on Add New and then upload. 3. Upload PK Aether 4. Then activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress 5. Go to the appearance menu and activate the PK Aether widget - this displays your event calendar in the side bar. A new menu item called Events will be created in the settings menu. == Set Up == With the exception of adding an e-mail address (to accept any on-line registrations) - there is "virtually nothing" to set up before you use PK Aether. Just start adding the event details to posts. REMEMBER TO ADD THE SHORTCODE [pkinfo] TO ANY EVENT POST If events have 'cost' element (and you accept payment via PayPal then you will need to set your PayPal information. = What version of PHP will this plugin work with? = PHP 5.0.0 and later is supported. == Screenshots == Note: You can view screenshots here screenshot1.png The standard home and feed page for posts showing the event calendar screenshot2.png Hovering over the an event highlighted on the calendar screenshot3.png An event post page with no registration or cost required screenshot4.png An event post page with registration required, note the "show registration form" link screenshot5.png Standard registration form with PayPal payments not activated screenshot6.png Standard registration form with PayPal payment activated == Future updates == 1. Integration with WordPress MU allowing PK Aether to be used in all WordPress environments == Changelog == 1.0.0 06.09.2009 The first version of PK Aether == Frequently Asked Questions == Who is PK Aether for? At present there are no FAQ == License == PK Aether is released under Version 3 of the GNU General Public License. For more information please read http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html