"Save the Date" option

I was trying to create an event in the future that I want our members to know about and "Save the Date" for, but we haven't finalized all of the details yet (time, place, prices, etc...). All we know is the event and date at this point; I don't see a way to create such an event without the extra information listed...? The time defaults to 12pm and choosing disable registration forces the default "we are no longer accepting registration for this event" in the details, both of which are obviously problematic. While I can change the translation text, I assume that would affect all events, including past events that seem to use the same phrase. Most importantly, as we will be requiring registration and payment, I'd rather that line not be visible at all until we've finalized the details.

I know "Save the Date" is a very popular method of drumming up interest for an event, even while the particular details are still being finalized. In an ideal world, we could pick and choose which components of the event are viewable (as we finalize those details), but even a simple option (radio button ala Published vs Unpublished) to choose yes or no for Save the Date (to include Title, Date and Descriptions only) would be very beneficial.

If there is a way to do this that I'm missing, I would be greatly appreciated to know; otherwise I would like to suggest this feature for consideration for future implementation.

~Allen

Hi Allen

I think in this case , we can have it done by :

1. Disable Registration For the event .

2. Hide the message by changing a config option in Event Booking. Go to Event Booking -> Configuration, in Themes tab, look for the config option "Display message for full or expired event" and set it to "No" .

Does that help ?

Tuan

Thanks for the quick reply.

In part, yes - that takes care of this line.

What about the time? The only way I was able to remove the time was by adjusting the Event Date Time box in Configuration>General, but that's a global change and any events between now and then will not have any times associated with it.

Lastly, the title of the event is a little long... so much so that it extends onto two lines. Unfortunately, the second line spacing is skewed and overlaps the first line. I looked in the styles.css file to see if there was anything specific that might account for this behavior, but nothing jumps out at me. Is there a way to prevent the overlap?

Gator Gathering with Head Coach Muschamp is an example...

Lastly, the title of the event is a little long... so much so that it extends onto two lines. Unfortunately, the second line spacing is skewed and overlaps the first line. I looked in the styles.css file to see if there was anything specific that might account for this behavior, but nothing jumps out at me. Is there a way to prevent the overlap?

=> I think you can make the font-size smaller to make it fit the width of page. Open the file components/com_eventbooking/assets/css/style.css, looks at the css code around line 67 :

Change it to :

.eb_cat h1.eb_title {
font-size : 18px ;
margin: 0 0 10px 0 !important;
}

After that, It should looks Ok !

Regards,

Tuan

I think you should try to use Firebug add -on for firefox. It is very usefull add-on for checking and modifing css for website !

Regards,

Tuan

Thanks for the code... I actually do use firebug, but I had blinders on and got tunnel vision on the concept of "what was causing the overlap" instead of an alternative solution... ala changing the font size. Doh! Thanks again!

hehe, Great It works now !