Hi There,

SUMMARY
I'm having a problem where there is no field to set the 'no of places' for my event when I'm creating the event.

SCREEN SHOT
http://easycaptures.com/fs/uploaded/326/6005879411.jpg

BACKGROUND:
When I go to create a new event I can do that absolutely fine... but it only asks me if I want this event to use sign-up or not.
It doesnt ask me how many attendee's can come to the event.
Here:
/node/add/cpd-event

http://easycaptures.com/fs/uploaded/326/6005879411.jpg

After I've made the event if I view the list of sign-up events in my administrator list
/admin/content/signup

It allows me to click through to change the signup limit on this page:
/node/63/signups/settings#signup-limit

But this is not userfriendly at all. My clients will not be able to go through this process for this reason.

QUESTION
I was wondering if there is a way to change the maximum number of attendee's (or places), in each individual event from the node creation menu here:
/node/add/cpd-event

Comments

ln282’s picture

ln282 commented

After saving your event, and if you click on the signup tab that will appear, you can set the maximum number of attendees there.

To make it more intuitive, what I've done is switched to a multi-step form, so the node is "created" after the first page of the form, and then I have a mandatory checkbox referring them to the signup settings with a link on a later page. It's not perfect, but it's better.

Using views, I've also added an "admin" page with all the user's events (i.e. the events they've authored) and links to the admin section of the node's signup settings in the "signup" part of the user's profile page.

tomlam’s picture

tomlam commented

Hi Thanks for your tip.

I can't expect my clients to understand how to do that. I've seen screen shots of other people who have the controls to change 'no of places available' on the node creation page.

What is your mandatory checkbox all about, sounds interesting.

I can't work out how to subscribe to this thread.

Thanks
Tom

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spidersilk commented

I'm having the same issue. The site I'm using this on allows any user to create a particular type of node that has signups, not just administrators, and there is absolutely no way any ordinary user is going to be willing or able to click through a convoluted series of steps to find where the signup limit is hidden - I need to simplify this process as much as possible.

I'm really hoping this can be changed in a future version, as it makes the module practically unusable as it stands. Or at least, extremely user-unfriendly.

What I've done thus far is added a CCK number field that can be displayed right on the create content form in a prominent place, and now I need to find a way to have the number from that field saved as the signup limit. If anyone has any idea how to do that, I'd be very grateful for any advice.

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Balbo commented

+1

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greggles
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Priority: Critical » Normal

Critical is for bug reports where the module doesn't work in some fundamental way.

If you need a support request answered faster, marking it critical is not a great solution. Instead, gain karma (e.g. via work in the queue or paying for support).

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Balbo commented
Category: support » feature

I think this is more a "feature request".
And I'm one of those requesting the feature :-P

Right now, I'm using a rule. Once the event is created a "warning message" is shown where the system says to change the #ofplaces and give direct link to /node/[just_created_nid]/signups/settings#signup-limit (or whatever correct link is).

But having this field in the creating node form would be awesome!