Administrator's Guide

Dashboard

Overview

Administration dashboard gives you an overview of all the activities you can do using the JomEvents extension. It provides you a view of all the menu items, system configuration checks, license information, and links to the documentation.

Screen 1: Dashboard screen

Menu Items

The following table provides an explanation about different menu items available:

Dashboard

Home or dashboard for the JomEvents extension

Address Shows the Address administration screen

Custom Fields

Shows the Custom Fields administration screen

Categories

Shows the Categories administration screen

Venues Categories Shows the Venues Categories administration screen
Venues Shows the Venues administration screen
Events Shows the Events administration screen

Membership Plans

Shows the Membership Plans administration screen

Messages

Shows the messages received

Documentation

Access the JomEvents documentation.

System Configuration Checks

Any configuration problems or current configuration status is displayed in this area as shown in the following screen:

Screen 3: System configuration checks area

Address

Overview

The Address feature, as the name suggests, lets you provide the country, region and city for the respective product listing. The advantage with the Address field in Extensions is that after you configure a particular address, it is shared across various components in the Comdev extension.

Based on the depth of levels you want, such as the continent as Europe, country as the UK and region as Wales, you can configure the Address tree to have unlimited levels. The Address feature provides multilingual support. This means you can specify different names based on your language preference. For more information, see Languages.

Creating A New Address

The following image shows the Address Feature screen. To add an address, click Components > Comdev > Address. Click New to create a new address. 

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Screen 1: New Address screen

Let us understand each of the buttons seen on the screen using the following table.

New

Creates a new Address entry. You must create separate entries for each level of depth that you need.

Edit

Provides the edit mode to make changes to the existing level or titles created.

Publish

Publishes the created address entry.

Unpublish

Removes the entry from the list of published address entries

Archive

Archives address entries that are not used anymore.

Trash

Deletes the address entry that is not required anymore.

Rebuild

Refreshes to incorporate the changes made to the entries in the Address feature.

Address Structure

The structure of the Address tree is maintained as follows in our example. You can create any structure as per your requirement.

 <Continent>

-- <Country>

-- – <Region>

-- – -- <City> 

Editing address entries

If you want to edit existing entries, you can either click the entry from the Address screen or select the check box next to the entry, and then click Edit.

After you click the required entry that you need to edit, you can change the configurations based on the options as seen in the following table.

Title

Custom Address Field

Alias

URL alias for “SEF/SEO” URL

Parent

Select the parent address entry

Text box

Provide a description about the entry. You can format the text using the formatting options in the text box. You can also insert images or links to URLs for more information.

Category Image

Upload an address image

Publishing tab

After you have provided the above information, you can provide the publishing information in the Publishing tab as seen in the following image.

You can change the values for the given options using the following table.

Status

Based on the status seen here, the visibility changes as follows:

  • Published - Entries are visible on the front-end. 
  • Unpublished – Entries are invisible in the front-end, but can be published later. 
  • Archived – Older entries that are not ready for deletion yet. 
  • Trashed – Older entries that should be removed.

Access

Access level for site users is as follows:

  • Public access grant access to everybody.
  • Registered access grants access only to registered and logged in users.
  • Special access only grants access to users specified as “Special”.

Language

Select the language for the address entry.

ID

Address ID, which can be used in modules, plugins and menus.

Created by

User name who created the entry.

Created Date

Date when the entry was created.

Modified by

User name who modified the entry.

Modified Date

Date when the entry was modified.

Metadata tab

The metadata tab is used to provide metadata information for a particular address entry. The options for this tab can be seen as shown in the following image.

You can change the values for the given options using the following table.

Meta Description

Meta-description for search-engine listings.

Meta Keywords

Meta Keywords for the search-engine

Author

Content author metadata.

Robots

Robots instructions:

  • Use Global
  • Index, Follow
  • No Index, Follow
  • Index, No Follow
  • No Index, No Follow

Categories

Overview

Categories allow the site owner to categorize listings into appropriate sections. Extension categories are independent from the Joomla category system. Nested categories (sub-categories) are supported in Extension. Component comes with a category named "UNCATEGORIZED", which is the default setting. This category holds listing items that are not attached to any category (same function as the default Joomla system).

You can create a categories menu link under Menus using information provided here. Ensure that for creating this link you use the Item menu type as Categories.

Creating A New Category

The following image shows the Category Feature screen. 

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Screen 1: Adding a new category

Let us understand each of the buttons seen on the screen using the following table.

New

Creates a new Category entry. You must create separate entries for each level of depth that you need.

Edit

Provides the edit mode to make changes to the existing level or titles created.

Publish

Publishes the created category entry.

Unpublish

Removes the entry from the list of published category entries

Archive

Archives category entries that are not used anymore.

Trash

Deletes the category entry that is not required anymore.

Rebuild

Refreshes to incorporate the changes made to the entries in the Category feature.

Editing category entries

If you want to edit existing entries, you can either click the entry from the Category screen or select the check box next to the entry, and then click Edit.

New Category tab

The New Category tab is seen as shown in the following image:

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Screen 2: New Category tab

After you click the required entry that you need to edit, you can change the configurations based on the options as seen in the following table.

Title

Custom Category Field

Alias

URL alias for “SEF/SEO” URL

Parent

Select the parent category entry

Text box

Provide a description about the entry. You can format the text using the formatting options in the text box. You can also insert images or links to URLs for more information.

Toggle editor

Toggle between a rich text box with formatting options and plain text box.

Category Image

Upload a category image

Publishing tab

After you have provided the above information, you can provide the publishing information in the Publishing as seen in the following image.

You can change the values for the given options using the following table. 

Status

Based on the status seen here, the visibility changes as follows:

  • Published - Entries are visible on the front-end. 
  • Unpublished – Entries are invisible in the front-end, but can be published later. 
  • Archived – Older entries that are not ready for deletion yet. 
  • Trashed – Older entries that should be removed.

Access

Access level for site users is as follows:

  • Public access grant access to everybody.
  • Registered access grants access only to registered and logged in users.
  • Special access only grants access to users specified as “Special”.

Language

Select the language for the category entry.

ID

Category ID, which can be used in modules, plugins and menus.

Created by

User name who created the entry.

Created Date

Date when the entry was created.

Modified by

User name who modified the entry.

Modified Date

Date when the entry was modified.

Metadata tab

The metadata tab is used to provide metadata information for a particular category entry. The options for this tab can be seen as shown in the following image.

You can change the values for the given options using the following table. 

Meta Description

Meta-description for search-engine listings.

Meta Keywords

Meta Keywords for the search-engine

Author

Content author metadata.

Robots

Robots instructions:

  • Use Global
  • Index, Follow
  • No Index, Follow
  • Index, No Follow
  • No Index, No Follow

Custom Fields

Overview

Custom fields are a powerful tool to build content. We provide a variety of field types with the ability to outline into groups. Each field can be assigned into a single category or all categories.

Creating a Custom Field

Creating a custom field involves setting certain options. To create a custom field, click New as shown in the following image.

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Screen 1: Custom Field screen

The following table explains the different options available on the screen.

New

Creates a new Custom Field.

Edit

Provides the edit mode to make changes to the existing level or titles created.

Publish

Publishes the created custom field.

Unpublish

Removes the entry from the list of published custom fields.

Archive

Archives custom fields that are not used anymore.

Trash

Deletes the custom fields that are not required anymore.

Options

Navigates to the Extension options screen.

Editing Custom Fields

If you want to edit existing entries, you can either click the entry from the Custom Fields screen or select the checkbox next to the entry, and then click Edit.

Custom Field Edit

After you click the required entry that you need to edit, you can change the configurations for the fields as shown in the following image.

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Screen 2: Custom Field Edit tab

The following table explains the different options seen on the screen:

Custom Field Edit

Title

Title for the Custom Field.

 

Alias

URL alias for “SEF/SEO” URL.

 

Order

Provide a value from 1 onwards. The lowest value will appear on the top.

 

Field Required?

Enable whether to make the field required.

 

Category

Category where the Custom Field will be published.

When you select a custom field for a particular category, it is visible only for that category. While creating a listing if you select the said category and save, the custom field is available only then.
 

Field Type

Set the Field Type for the Custom Field. For more information, see the Field Type Table.

 

Field Database Type

Set the field type, needed for database settings.

  • String - Used for text
  • Decimal - Decimal number e.g. 10.060
  • Integer - Number e.g. 1232
 

Field Group

There are 5 custom field groups. Custom fields are grouped into groups. It has many advantages, one of them is display purposes. There are few groups available:

  • Items - group displayed on the listings page under the description
  • Item - group displayed on the left-hand side of the slideshow under detailed view.
  • Tabs - special group to create own Tabs in detailed view.
  • Features - special group for featured listings.
  • Paid Items - Paid group displayed on the listings page under the description.
  • Paid Item - Paid group displayed on the left-hand side of the slideshow under detailed view.

JomEstate, JomEvents only

  • Location - group displayed under the Location Tab in listing details.
Groups are static and cannot be created.
Paid groups are related to the membership plans that are applied to custom fields. Paid Items are displayed in the Items list, while the Paid Item is displayed in an Item (detailed) view.
 

Field Can Be Searched

Enable to make the field values searchable.

This setting applies only for the Search Module -> Layout Filter.
 

Field Search Type

Provide the type of search option to include:

  • Single Input Field Type
  • Range Input Field Type
  • Range Dropdown Field Type
  • Range Slider

Depending on the Field search type you select, the search criteria field will be displayed in the search module – layout side search.

This field is functional when the Field Type is selected as Input and Field can be searched set to Yes
 

Minimum Value

When, as an example, the Range Dropdown option is selected, you can select the range between which the options can be selected. For example, for Price range between X and Y, with incremental steps of 2, you can set x value in this field.

 

 

Maximum Value

Set the Y value for the range in this field.

 

Steps

Define the incremental steps. For example, for increments of x+2, provide the value as 2.

 

Custom Field Template

Custom fields have own templates that can be used and customized. There are 3 templates available:

  • default
  • horizontal
  • horizontal float 
  • horizontal float + icon
  • horizontal no label
  • default no label

If you would like to create and customize your own templates, see the Developer Guide.

 

ID

This field is auto - generated.

Custom fields values area

Add new

If the field type is selected to hold multiple values, this button lets you create the multiple values.

 

Delete

Delete the value.

Custom Field Values

This area lets you create values when the field type requires multiple options to be provided. 

For custom fields that can have values, to add multiple values, navigate to the custom fields listing screen. Click the  icon next to the field where you want to add values as shown in the following image.

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Screen 3: Adding values to custom fields area

Here, the Field Type is selected as Checkbox and the Field Database Type has been stated as String. This means the Custom fields value area should provide options that can be seen when editing listing and displayed on the component front page. Hence, the Sample Values are provided in this area as Street, Garage, Underground. The following screen shows the values added at the back end. Click Delete to delete the entry.

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Screen 4: Values added to custom field area

The following image shows how the field looks on the add listings page.

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Screen 5: Custom Field as seen on new listing page

The custom field is seen on the listings page as shown in the following image:

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Screen 6: Custom Field as seen on published listing page

Field Types

With Extension extension, you get several field types that you can create based on your requirement. The following image shows the available field types.

Screen 7: Field Types

The following table explains the different options seen on the screen.

Type

Multiple select

Multiple Values

Description

Radio button

No

Yes

Standard radio button with multiple values

Checkbox

Yes

Yes

Standard check boxes with multiple values

Dropdown

No

Yes

Dropdown (select) field with multiple values

Multiple Select

Yes

Yes

Select box with multiple values

Input

No

No

Single text box

Web Address

No

No

Single text box for URL, it will display as the link in the front page

Email

No

No

Single text box for email

Text

No

No

Text area

Date Time

No

No

Select a date and time from the Calendar icon on screen.

Date

No

No

Select a date from the Calendar icon on screen.

Editor textarea

No

No

Creates a rich text editor box, it can be combined with Tabs group.

Publishing tab

After you have provided the above information, you can provide the publishing information in the Publishing tab.

You can change the values for the given options using the following table.

Status

Based on the status seen here, the visibility changes as follows:

  • Published - Entries are visible on the front-end. 
  • Unpublished – Entries are invisible in the front-end, but can be published later. 
  • Archived – Older entries that are not ready for deletion yet. 
  • Trashed – Older entries that should be removed.

Language

Select the language for the address entry.

To create a custom field that applies to a particular language, you need to select the appropriate language from the drop down. For each language that you want it to appear for, create a separate entry.

Created Date

Date when the entry was created.

Start Publishing

Date when publishing needs to start in case of limited viewing of the field.

Finish Publishing

Date when publishing needs to stop in case of limited viewing of the field.

Modified Date

Date when the entry was modified.

Events Listings

Overview

Properties are nothing but the product listings that you want to create in the JomEvents. Each listing is attached to a category. They are created in the same manner as Joomla articles, but are not related to Joomla articles in definition.

Creating A New Listing

The following image shows the Listings screen.

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Screen 1: Properties screen

The following table explains the different options seen on the screen.

New

Creates a new Address entry. You must create separate entries for each level of depth that you need.

Edit

Provides the edit mode to make changes to the existing level or titles created.

Publish

Publishes the created address entry.

Unpublish

Removes the entry from the list of published address entries

Archive

Archives address entries that are not used anymore.

Trash

Deletes the address entry that is not required anymore.

Edit Listing

If you want to edit existing entries, you can either click the entry from the Listings screen or select the checkbox next to the entry, and then click Edit.

This tab provides options to add title, description, select category, and other options for the Listing as seen in the following image:

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Screen 2: Edit Listing screen

The following table shows the options available:

Title

Title for the Listing.

Alias

URL alias for “SEF/SEO” URL.

Text Area

Provide a description for the listing.

You can create a short description as well a long description.

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In the above image, the red dotted line appears when you click Read More. Any content above the red line is the short description, while the entire content is the long description. Also, note that if there is no content after the Read More tag, the event description will be blank when users view the listing. Ensure that you have content after the Read More tag.

Article Button

Click to select a relevant article. If an article is provided, it can be seen under the Details tab in the listing.

Image Click to add an image for the listing.
Read More Click to separate the short description from the long description.

Toggle editor Button

Toggle between plain text and rich text editor

Category Select the category for the listing.
Venue Select the venue for the listing.
Event Start Date Provide the start date for the listing.
Event Finish Date Provide the finish date for the listing.

EventBrite Event ID

Provide the EventBrite event id for integration with the event listing.

Featured

Enable to make the listing appear as featured listing.

Approved

Enable to approve the listing. Listing will not be published.

Language

Select the language for which the listing needs to appear for. For multiple languages, you must create separate entries for each language.

Status

Select the required status.

  • Published
  • Unpublished
  • Trashed
  • Archived
Published By Select the user who published the listing.

Access

Provide the access level for the listing.

  • Guest
  • Public
  • Registered
  • Special

Date created

Select the date when the listing was created. You can select a future date for publishing the listing as well.

Publish Up

Select a date when you want to publish the listing. Here too, you can schedule to post the listing at a future date.

Publish down

Select a date when the listing should stop being published.

Modified Date

Select a date when the listing was modified.

ID

This is an auto-generated field.

Custom Fields tab

This tab includes all the custom fields created for a particular category. If the custom field is not applied to a specific category, it can be seen for all categories when creating a listing. The following image shows the Custom Fields tab screen.

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Screen 5: Custom Fields tab

For more information about creating custom fields, see Custom Fields.

Images tab

This tab includes information about images and videos attached to the listing. Before you can add images to the listing, you must save your listing at least once. This ensure that all the other data you have filled for the listing does not disappear after the images are added

 To set the the Order of the images, which one displayed first, drag and drop images to switch positions.
The first image in the gallery is used as the image thumbnail for the listing.

Provide the options as shown in the following table.

Images

Add file area

Upload Into

Select which category the image falls under:

  • Slideshow - detailed view main gallery
  • Gallery - in gallery tab
  • Logo - displayed in sidebar under custom fields and over the image with transparency in listings page.
 

Add available images & attachments

Click to add images and attachments to this listing.

Images area

Editing an Image

 

Click the  Edit icon to edit the image details. The options are as seen in the following image:

 

Click the Delete icon to delete the image.

Attachments area

 

Click the Edit icon to edit an attachment that is linked to the listing. The screen is as shown here:

 

Click the Delete icon to delete the attachment.


Attachments are detected automatically based on file extension that’s are allowed in Configuration .

Video
YouTube

Provide the YouTube video URL in this field as shown in the following image.

Vimeo Provide the Vimeo video URL in this field.

Metadata tab

This tab includes the Meta title and Meta description for the listing as shown in the following image:

Screen 8: Metadata tab

Venues Categories

Overview

Venues categories are different types of venues that each venue will be associated with. These include arenas, symphony halls, conference halls, and so on. 

Creating A New Venue category

The following image shows the Venue Category screen. To add a category, click Components > JomEvents > Venues Categories. Click New to create a new category. 

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Screen 1: New venue category screen

Let us understand each of the buttons seen on the screen using the following table.

New

Creates a new catgory entry. You must create separate entries for each level of depth that you need.

Edit

Provides the edit mode to make changes to the existing level or titles created.

Publish

Publishes the created category entry.

Unpublish

Removes the entry from the list of published category entries

Archive

Archives category entries that are not used anymore.

Trash

Deletes the category entry that is not required anymore.

Rebuild

Refreshes to incorporate the changes made to the entries.

Editing venue category entries

If you want to edit existing entries, you can either click the entry from the category screen or select the check box next to the entry, and then click Edit.

New Category tab

The New Category tab is seen as shown in the following image:

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Screen 2: New Category tab screen

After you click the required entry that you need to edit, you can change the configurations based on the options as seen in the following table.

Title

Venue category title

Alias

URL alias for “SEF/SEO” URL

Parent

Select the parent category entry

Text box

Provide a description about the entry. You can format the text using the formatting options in the text box. You can also insert images or links to URLs for more information.

Toggle editor

Toggle between a rich text box with formatting options and plain text box.

Image Click to add an image related to the category.

Category Image

Upload an category image

Publishing tab

After you have provided the above information, you can provide the publishing information in the Publishing tab as seen in the following image.

You can change the values for the given options using the following table.

Status

Based on the status seen here, the visibility changes as follows:

  • Published - Entries are visible on the front-end. 
  • Unpublished – Entries are invisible in the front-end, but can be published later. 
  • Archived – Older entries that are not ready for deletion yet. 
  • Trashed – Older entries that should be removed.

Access

Access level for site users is as follows:

  • Public access grant access to everybody.
  • Registered access grants access only to registered and logged in users.
  • Special access only grants access to users specified as “Special”.

Language

Select the language for the category entry.

ID

Category ID, which can be used in modules, plugins and menus.

Created by

User name who created the entry.

Created Date

Date when the entry was created.

Metadata tab

The metadata tab is used to provide metadata information for a particular category entry. The options for this tab can be seen as shown in the following image.

You can change the values for the given options using the following table.

Meta Description

Meta-description for search-engine listings.

Meta Keywords

Meta Keywords for the search-engine

Author

Content author metadata.

Robots

Robots instructions:

  • Use Global
  • Index, Follow
  • No Index, Follow
  • Index, No Follow
  • No Index, No Follow

Venue

Overview

Venues are locations where the event is to be held. You can add arenas, concert halls, or more based on your requirements. Before you create Venues, ensure that you have created Venue Categories.

Creating A New Venue

To create a new Venue, click New. The following image shows the venues listing in the venues administration screen.

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Screen 1: Venues listing

Edit Venue tab

To edit a venue, either click the venue or select the check box next to the venue and click Edit. 

Provide the options as shown in the following table.

Name

Name for the membership plan.

Alias URL alias for “SEF/SEO” URL.

Category

Category where the listing will be published.

Address

Choose the address of the venue.

Street, Number

Enter the street address of the venue.

User

Select the JomEvents user for the venue.

Status

“Published” Items will be visible in the front-end.
“Unpublished” Items will be invisible in the front-end but intended to be published.
“Archived” Items are old items which are not ready for deletion yet.
“Trashed” Items are old items that should be removed.

Approved

Choose if the Venue is approved or not (Y/N)

Language

Choose the language for the venue.

ID This field is auto-populated.
Description Type your description here, the functionality is the same as main Joomla articles.

Article

Click to select Joomla articles that are related to the venue.

Image Click to select the images related to the venue.
Toggle editor Click to toggle between rich text and plain text editors.
Latitude

It utilizes the GEO-location based on Google Maps.

Provide the latitude information for the location mapping.

Longitude

The information provided in this field is used to map the exact location. It utilizes the GEO-location based on Google Maps.

Provide the longitude information for the location mapping.

Map Search Search for a specific location. Type in the location and press Enter to go to the exact location.

Understanding the Location area in Edit listing tab

Let us understand how to provide the address and Street/House No for providing the exact locations on the map. When you provide the address, street and House No. in the backend when creating venues, the location position automatically. If the House No. is not provided, additional location fields needs to be used.

Mapping using longitudes and latitudes

If you provide the latitudes and longitudes, and the Maps Search setting is left blank, the location mapping is done based on these parameters as shown in the following image.

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Screen 3: Map using longitudes and latitudes values

Mapping with Map Search values 

If the Map Search field has a value provided to it, it takes precedence as shown in the following image. If the Map Search field value is given as “New York”, the location will map to this location.

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Images tab

This tab includes information about images and videos attached to the listing. Before you can add images to the listing, you must save your listing at least once. This ensure that all the other data you have filled for the listing does not disappear after the images are added.

The Images tab can be seen as shown in the following image:

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Screen 7: Images tab

To set the the Order of the images, which one displayed first, drag and drop images to switch positions.
The first image in the gallery is used as the image thumbnail for the listing.

Provide the options as shown in the following table.

Images

Add file area

Add Files

Click to select the image that needs to be uploaded.

 

Drag & Drop Files Here

Drag a bunch of images to this area to upload multiple images.

 

Add available images & attachments

Click to add already uploaded images and attachments to this listing.

Images area

Editing an Image

 

Click the  Edit icon to edit the image details. The options are as seen in the following image:

 

Click the Delete icon to delete the image.

Attachments area

 

Click the Edit icon to edit an attachment that is linked to the listing. The screen is as shown here:

 

Click the Delete icon to delete the attachment.


Attachments are detected automatically based on file extension that’s are allowed in Configuration .


Publishing tab

After you have provided the above information, you can provide the publishing information in the Publishing tab

You can change the values for the given options using the following table.

Created Date

Date when the entry was created.

Start Publishing

Date when publishing needs to start in case of limited viewing of the field.

Finish Publishing

Date when publishing needs to stop in case of limited viewing of the field.

Modified Date

Date when the entry was modified.

Metadata tab

This tab includes the Meta title and Meta description for the listing.

Membership

Overview

Memberships in Extension are required to set user group level based on the monthly/Yearly pay plan the user selects. Using membership plans, you can decide how much to charge a user and how many listings a user can make for a particular membership plan.

Membership are well integrated with Joomla groups and have a dependency on each other. Ensure that you have created Joomla groups before creating membership plans. By doing this, you can select groups when creating membership. 

Create a new Membership Plan

Click Components > Extension > Membership Plans > New to create a new membership plan as shown in the following image:

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Screen 1: Create new membership plan

First membership plan should be a Free (basic plan). When user logs into the Front Admin, he will be assigned to that plan. From that point, User can upgrade his membership to paid plans.

Edit Membership Plan

If you want to edit existing entries, you can either click the entry from the Membership screen or select the check box next to the entry, and then click Edit. 

The following image shows the Edit Plan screen.

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Screen 2: Edit Plan screen

The following table explains the different options seen.

Name

Provide a name for the membership plan.

Number of Listings

Provide the number of listings the users in the plan can create.

Group ID

Select the Joomla user group ID for the plan.

It is recommended that you create your membership under the Registered group.

Number of Images

Provide the number of images the users in the plan can add.

Price Monthly

Provide the monthly charge for the plan.

Price Annually

Provide the annual charge for the plan.

Best Value

Best value badge, that shows in Front Admin (informative)

No of Premium Listings

Provide the number of premium listings the users in the plan can create.

Attachments

Enable to allow users to add attachments to listings.

Video

Enable to allow users to add Video link to the listings.

Custom Fields

Enable custom fields for particular plan.

Custom field needs to be assign into Paid Groups to be shown here.

ID

This field is auto generated.

Adding paid custom fields to the Membership plans

For adding a custom field to the membership plan, the field group needs to be set to Paid item. Click Extension > Custom Fields. Click the field you want to add to the membership plan as a paid item. Change the Field Group to Paid item for the Item view and Paid items for the Items view as shown in the following image:

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Screen 4: Adding a paid custom field

This field needs to be enabled in the membership plan as shown in the following image.

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Screen 5: Enabling the paid custom field

This field can be seen in the front admin under the membership plan as follows:

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Screen 6: Viewing the paid custom field

Membership expiry email configurations

Before the membership expires, an email can be sent to a user that informs them about his membership nearing expiration. The setting can be seen in the following image:

Screen 3: Configure expiry email field

Cron Setting for Membership expiry check

Under your hosting panel a link needs to be added that launches a script. This script checks all users’ membership and sends an email if membership is about to expire:

curl -sS 'http://yourdomain.com?option=com_jomdirectory&task=expiry.send'

or

wget -q -O /dev/null 'http://yourdomain.com?option=com_jomdirectory&task=expiry.send'

If you are unaware about where the cron setting needs to configured in the hosting panel, contact your hosting support center.

Ensure that the script is launched every day at a particular time consistently.

Set Single User expiry date and group

To set plan expiry and attach a group for each user, do the following:

  1. Click Users > User Manager.
  2. Click the user for whom you want to set the membership expiry.
  3. Click the Additional Options tab.
  4. Provide the expiration date in the Plan expiry field.
  5. Click the Assigned User Groups tab.
  6. Select the check box next to the group you want to attach the user to for a particular membership plan as shown in the following image.
  7. Click Save.

For more information about membership expiration setting, see Configuration documentation.

Creating a new Group for Membership Plans

In order to add users to groups for membership plans, you must create a super group named JomEvents. Then, under it you must create groups for each of your membership plan. These groups are used to provide Group ID when creating a membership plan. Users created using User Manager can be linked to each of these membership plan groups.

To create the JomEvents group and other groups, do the following:

  1. Click Users > Groups > Add New Group.
  2. Provide a name for the group. We need to create JomEvents group before creating other groups. So, provide the name as JomEvents.
  3. Repeat steps 1 and 2, but select the parent as JomEvents.
  4. Click Save.

Name JomEvents for the main group is mandatory, however groups for membership under that group can have any names e.g. Lite, Pro or Free, Basic etc...

User Permissions based on groups

For the users to access Front Admin certain user permissions need to be granted. These settings need to be done in the JomEvents and Comdev Options.

To provide user permissions for JomEvents, do the following:

  1. Click Components > JomEvents
  2. Click Options from the right-hand side of the screen.
  3. Click Permissions.
  4. Provide the permissions as shown in the following image.
  5. Click Save.

User permissions also need to be set for Comdev extension as explained here.

  1. Click Components > Comdev.
  2. Click Options from the right-hand side of the screen.
  3. Click Comdev.
  4. Provide the permissions as shown in the following image.
  5. Click Save.

Users, which belongs to Joomla group JomEvents, will now have access to Front Admin.

If Permissions for the Comdev component are not set, users would not be able to upload images. A 500 error would show that permissions are denied. 

Messages

Overview

Additional send email copy to admin can be set under Configuration

The messages are always sent to the owner of the listing. The user email address is taken from the User Account settings.

The Contact area on the listing page is as seen in the following image. The options are provided as given here:

Screen 1: Sending a message on the site

Viewing messages

Once the user accepts the Terms and Conditions and the Privacy Policy, he clicks Send Email. The email is now available for the owner of the listing to view as seen in the following image:

All the messages that are sent through the site from the Extension listings can be seen on backend Messages section.

To view a message, hover the mouse pointer over the message as shown in the following image.

Screen 2: View the message

If you want to archive older messages or any message, select the checkbox next to the message and click Archive

Messages sent using the contact form are available on the Messages tab for the owner of the listings. You can view the message or delete it based on your requirement.

Front Admin Messages

To view messages, from Front Admin, click the Messages tab to see the following screen.

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Configuration

Overview

The JomEvents extension can be configured using the options provided with it. You can control multiple factors such as SEO, Printing, Security, Image widths, and more using the options provided.

General tab

This tab controls the elements for Layout, SEO, Security, Contact, and Print options. The following image shows the options available on the General tab.

Screen 1: General tab

The following table explains the different options seen on the screen.

 Layout

Default Listings Sort

Select the Listings from the following options:

  • Latest
  • Updated
  • Alphabetically
  • Rated DESC
  • Rated ASC
  • Most Viewed
 

Listings Per Page

Select 15, 30, or 60 listings per page.

 

Featured Listings on Top

Enable to see featured listings on top.

Layout Elements

Enable Print

Enable the “Print” button on listing pages.

 

Enable Tell a Friend

Enable the “Tell a Friend” button on listing pages.

 

Enable Save Listings

Enable the “Save” button on listing pages.

 

Enable Social Networking

Enable social networking buttons on listing pages.

 

Enable Youtube

Enable YouTube video embedded on listing pages.

 

Item Map

Enable google map in the detailed view - location tab

 

Listings Map

Enable Google map on the listings (items menu link)

Contact

Email Send To

Enable Send Email button on listing pages.

 

Contact Enable

Enable the contact function on listing pages.

 

Enable Terms & Privacy

Activate a check-button for TOS and Privacy statements on contact requests.

 

Terms & Condition

Provide Terms & Condition statement by category.

 

Privacy Policy

Choose Privacy Policy by category.

Security

Enable Captcha

Enable Captcha for non-registered/logged-in users.

Captcha needs to be configured in Plugins -> ReCaptcha and enabled under Joomla Global Configuration
 

Enable Captcha for Registered Users

Enable Captcha for registered users as well.

SEO

Maximum Characters for Meta Title

The maximum amount of characters used in the meta title.

 

Maximum Characters for Meta Description

The maximum amount of characters used in the meta-description.

Print

Print Location

Print the map on print requests.

Print Reviews Print the reviews for a listing.
Other

Enable Powered By Link

Enable the “powered by” link on listing pages.

Media tab

This tab provides options to control display of media such as images or videos on the listing pages.

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Screen 2: Media tab

The following table explains the options seen on the screen.

Default Image Library

Select the default image library for the listings component between “GD” and “iMagick”. 
For more information see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GD_Graphics_Library

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagick

Max Image Size Provide the maximum image size.

Max Attachment Size

The component wide settings for maximum Attachment size in kilo-byte. (1024 KB = 1 MB)

Video Width

Embedded Video width in pixels. 
(size of the grey-box video player) 
Default Youtube.com size is either 480×385 for a 4:3 video, or 640×385 for a 16:9 video.

Video Height

Embedded Video height in pixels. 
(size of the grey-box video player) 
Default Youtube.com size is either 480×385 for a 4:3 video, or 640×385 for a 16:9 video.

Allowed Files Extensions

Comma separated list of allowed attachment file-extensions.

Slideshow Width Image width in pixels for the slideshow display area width.
Slideshow Format The format for the main listing image. 
1:1 = Image will be unchanged. 
4:3 = image will be resized to 4:3 format. 
10:9 = Image will be resized to 10:9 format.

Items Logo Width

Image width in pixels for Items Logo on the listing page.

Item Logo Image Width

Image width in pixels for Item Logo on the listing page.

Main Gallery Image Width

Image width in pixels for main gallery image. Ensure that the width value given here is as wide as or more than the slideshow width (generally 800-1200 pixels). If this is not done, the slideshow images will be blurred.

Main Gallery Image Height

Image height in pixels for main gallery image.

Main Gallery Image Format

The format for the main gallery image. 
1:1 = Image will be unchanged. 
4:3 = image will be resized to 4:3 format. 
10:9 = Image will be resized to 10:9 format.

After the images width or format are changed in the Media tab, ensure that you clear the cache for JomEvents extension. Click System > Clear Cache -> check com_jomcomdev to clear the Joomla cache for our extension.
If possible, image format should be constant for both component and modules. Otherwise, cache issues may appear. 

Currency & Price tab

This tab provides options to control display of currency formats for listings.

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Screen 3: Currency & Price tab

The following table explains options seen on the screen.

Currency

Select the currency to use.

Additional currencies can be added by editing a config file administrator/components/com_jomevents/config.xml

Vat

The current vat rate for events in the operating country.

Decimal Digits

Select the number of decimal digits required.

Number Format

Select the number format most suitable for your currency.

Display Digits

Select the format for the digits.

Currency Position

Select if your currency sign will appear before or after the price.

Integrations tab

This tab provides options to control map integration for listings.

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Screen 4: Integrations tab

The following table explains the options seen on the screen.

Map Type

Select the map type from Google maps.

  • Satellite
  • Hybrid
  • Terrain

Default Zoom

Select the default zoom factor for the listing map.

Listings (Items) map zoom is calculated automatically based on all listings and can't be adjusted, same apply for the ajax map search module.

Map Starting Location

Default location or starting point for map search.

EventBrite API Key Provide the event brite key for the event.

Front Admin

This tab controls how the menu links are seen on the front admin for JomEvents. It also provides other options related to front admin.

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Screen 5: Front Admin tab

The following table explains the options seen on the screen.

Default New User Group Set default group (membership) for users which are not assigned into any component group. Usually, it is the first free group.

Welcome Article-ID

Set the component's welcome article from Joomla articles.

Help Article-ID

Set the component's help article from Joomla articles.

Profile Menu Link

Set the page for the Profile Menu Link.

Login Menu Link

Set the page for the Login Menu Link.

View Profile Menu Link

Set the page for the View Profile Menu Link.

Send email copy to admin Send a copy of any email received for the site to the admin along with the owner of the listing.

Approve User's Listings

When listings are added from the Front Admin, they will not be published unless the site admin approves it.

Enable Paypal

Enable the Paypal facility for user subscriptions.

Paypal Email Address

Provide the Paypal email that will receive the payments.

PDT token

Provide your Paypal PDT token for secure payments.

Use Paypal Sandbox

Enable for testing your configuration with the Paypal sandbox facility.

Paypal Sandbox Merchant Email

Enable to set your merchant sandbox email address for receiving payments.

Paymens success article ID

Provide the article from Joomla articles that points to the page that the user will go to after payment is made.

Membership expiration reminder

Provide the number of days after which a notice will be sent about membership expiry. For this configuration, you need to set the Cron job. See Cron Job Settings for more information.

Monthly plan

Enable to set monthly payment in membership plans.

Permissions

This tab provides options to control permissions for different group.

For more information about how to configure permissions, see the Joomla documentation.