Problem/Motivation

This module doesn't have much documentation.

Proposed resolution

Write some documentation.

Remaining tasks

Write more documentation.

User interface changes

API changes

Original report by @upperholme

I'm looking for something to give me solid integration with eventbrite, and I assume this module is it. Is there any documentation available that gives any detail about what this module actually does, and does not do. Also there doesn't seem to be a stable release as yet. Is the current beta solid enough for production use?

Comments

Zorga Lina’s picture

upperholme - I think your issue is key insofar as actually integrating the Eventbrite API into Drupal seems only partially done. Issues such as the id values > integer and assigning a default for a text field (which is a problem in MySQL 5) make it difficult to do the install but once installed, if you set up an organizer, and events, you'd want to see the events as well as venues and subusers you set up in the configuration page. No hint as to how to import/set up your Eventbrite event as a CCK field, why not import them upon install? There are many 'to do' comments in the code as well, no telling which ones are meant to be carried out.
I see no one seems to have addressed this issue of documentation so perhaps you just gave up on using the module.

olyerickson’s picture

Is there a some kind of "Getting Started" guide to the Eventbrite module?

We have it installed, we THINK we have it properly configured --- I have obtained and entered an API and user key, etc --- but we have NO CLUE how to make it do anything. What we EXPECT is to create an event and see some interaction with the Eventbrite mothership.

I've added a field to my "Event" content type (using the Eventbrite default widget, whatever that is!) but don't see anything. What are we supposed to see?

Thanks!

Zorga Lina’s picture

I am working on porting this to D7 (after fetching a sandbox version from Github, which hadn't progressed very far it seemed!). Documentation is lacking, alright.
To get started you need to register with Eventbrite itself, get hold of an API key and user ID after you register, and then go to admin/settings/eventbrite/api and enter those values. They are used in XML gets/posts to import
event data (organizers, venues, events) into your Drupal Eventbrite instance.
You need to enable OG, and create 2 new content types, a Group, and a group-content type, call it Event. When you go to content types, make that Event node a 'group content type', and *add* the event CCK field to it. In Drupal 7 that will become a Field, as CCK is deprecated.
You can then put those nodes into a view or whatever else you wished to use it for in Drupal.

IamOnStage’s picture

Issue summary: View changes

Documentation would be very helpful to for users install and use the module.

Are you able to tell me how I could display in Drupal the event listings. No added functionality, just to display event listings and their details with a link to the Eventbrite page to book there. This would be VERY helpful!

Thank you v much

socialnicheguru’s picture

I added an Eventbrite field. Now what?

mile23’s picture

Title: What does this module do? » Expand module documentation
Version: 6.x-2.0-beta2 » 7.x-2.x-dev
Category: Support request » Task
Issue summary: View changes
Status: Active » Needs review
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This patch adds a USEAGE.txt documentation page.

mile23’s picture

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Same patch, to trigger the testbot.

  • Mile23 committed de30105 on 7.x-2.x
    Issue #1413552 by Mile23 | upperholme: Expand module documentation.
    
mile23’s picture

Issue tags: +needs backport to 6.x, +Novice

Committed. Needs backport, and also just more, better, supernifty-er documentation.

mile23’s picture

Status: Needs review » Needs work
mile23’s picture

Version: 7.x-2.x-dev » 6.x-2.x-dev
lucienchalom’s picture

Status: Needs work » Needs review
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I redo the README file to fit on Drupal README template and added license and usage files that were missing on 6.x version.
Was that the backport needed?

Thank you

dandeleon03’s picture

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Hi @lucienchalom,

I checked your patch and the added license and usage files were the ones missing on 6.x version. For me, that is the correct backport that was needed.

I've attached a screenshot.

This is now good to go.

dandeleon03’s picture

Status: Needs review » Reviewed & tested by the community