=== Events Manager ===  
Contributors: nutsmuggler, netweblogic    
Donate link: http://wp-events-plugin.com
Tags: attendance, attendee, buddypress, calendar, registration, event, event calendar, event management, event registration, events, events calendar, gigs, payment, payments, paypal, registration, sports, ticket, tickets, ticketing, tickets, theme, widget, locations, maps, booking
Requires at least: 3.0
Tested up to: 3.1.2
Stable tag: 4.0.5

Fully featured event registration management including recurring events, locations management, calendar, Google map integration, booking management

== Upgrade Notice ==

For those upgrading from version 3 to 4, you must upgrade to version 3.0.98 manually and then to the latest version as usual. Please [see this screencast](http://wp-events-plugin.com/news/upgrade-issues-screencast-walkthrough/) for a walkthrough.
           
== Description ==

Events Manager 4.0 is a full-featured event registration management solution for Wordpress based on the principles of flexibility, reliability and powerful features!

For documentation, tutorials and support please visit the [plugin website](http://wp-events-plugin.com/).

Main Features

* Easy event registration (single day with start/end times)
* Recurring and long (multi-day) event registration
* Bookings Management (including approval/rejections, export CVS, and more!)
* Multiple Tickets
* Multisite Support
* BuddyPress Support
** Group Events
** Personal Events
** Activity Stream
** more on the way!
* SEO Permalinks
* Assign event locations and view events by location
* Event categories
* Easily create custom event attributes (e.g. dress code)
* Google Map integration straight out the box!
* Advanced permissions - restrict user management of events and locations.
* Sidebars to display your events and locations
* Calendaring widgets show your events in an AJAX calendar format
* Fine grained control of how every aspect of your events are shown on your site, easily modify templates from the settings pages and template files
* iCal Feed
* RSS Feeds
* Plenty of template tags and shortcodes for use in your posts and pages
* Actively maintained and supported
* Lots of documentation and tutorials
* And much more!

We have just released a [pro add-on](http://wp-events-plugin.com/) which adds PayPal and priority support, as well as many more powerful upcoming features for those with serious eventing needs!

Events Manager was rewritten in 3.0 from the ground up with flexibility in mind. Through use of object oriented programming and exposing hooks and filters throughout the site, you can modify Events Manager just like you would Wordpress!

== Installation ==

Events Manager works like any standard Wordpress plugin, and requires little configuration to start managing events. If you get stuck, visit the our documentation and support forums.

Whenever installing or upgrading any plugin, or even Wordpress itself, it is always recommended you back up your database first!

= Installing =
 
1. If installing, go to Plugins > Add New in the admin area, and search for events manager.
2. Click install, once installed, activate and you're done!

Once installed, you can start adding events straight away, although you may want to visit the plugin site documentation and learn how to unleash the full power of Events Manager.

= Upgrading =

1. When upgrading, visit the plugins page in your admin area, scroll down to events manager and click upgrade.
2. Wordpress will help you upgrade automatically.

= Upgrading from 3.x to 4.x =

Please view [this page](http://wp-events-plugin.com/news/events-manager-4-0-released/) for information on upgrading events manager.
 
== Frequently Asked Questions ==

See our [FAQ](http://wp-events-plugin.com/documentation/faq/) page, which is updated regularly.

= How do I resize the map? =

Insert some code similar to this in your css:

`.em-location-map, .em-locations-map { width: 300px !important; height: 200px !important; }`    

Do not leave out the `!important` directive; it is, needless to say, important.

= Can I further customise the event page? =

Sure, there are a few ways to do this:

*   If you want to simply change what event info is displayed, you can do this in the settings page by providing a combination of html and placeholders (see plugin settings page).
*   Add to your theme's CSS files to further style the page.
*   Edit the wordpress event page (via Pages in the admin area) and changing its [template](http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages#Page_Templates).
*   For heavy customisation, you can use the some of the plugins own conditional tags, described in the template tags section of our documentation.

= How does Events Manager work? =

When installed, events Manager creates a special â€œEventsâ€ page. This page is used for the dynamic content of the events. All the events link actually link to this page, which gets rendered differently for each event.

= Are events posts? =

Events aren't posts. They are stored in a different table and have no relationship whatsoever with posts.

= Why aren't events posts? =

We wanted our users to have a simple, straightforward way of inserting the events, without confusing them with posts. EM was also created before custom posts were available. If you need to treat events like posts, there may be other events plugins that do this.

= Is Events Manager available in my language? =

At this stage, Events Manager is available in German, Spanish, Czech, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese and Swedish. Yet, the plugin is fully localisable; I will welcome any translator willing to add a translation of Events Manager into their mother tongue for this plugin.

== Screenshots ==

1. Event registration and user submitted events pending approval
2. Event ticketing and bookings forms, easily styleable.
3. Multiple tickets with constraints and prices
4. Locations with google map integration
5. Event registration page
6. Manage attendees with various booking reports

== Changelog ==

= 4.0.5 =
* removed various php warnings
* added explanation for incorrect recurrences 
* fixed RSS title/desc not using html entities
* fixed event widget scope problem
* MultiSite superadmins can manage all

= 4.0.4 =
* Fixed the 404 problem
* added Peru to countries, fixed broken accented characters in country lists
* added ticket description to booking form.
* reordered the search form to make more sense

= 4.0.3 =
* Fixed the update method for good now
* fixed booking pending email discrepency
* other minor booking bugs
* ics file formatting fix
* buddypress group events working as expected again
* booking form and rsvps showing fixed
* fixes to search form

= 4.0.2 =
* updated default formats and event options on install
* fixed title meta location problem
* added town/country/state/region search attributes for locations
* added extra linking formatting for calendars (minor tweak for bug report)
* datepicker locale now matches WPLANG setting (if applicable)
* fixed recurrence and category issues
* changed version update mechanism 

= 4.0.1 =
* fixed recurrence slug and creation issue
* fixed created/modified dates which weren't always updating
* added bvi and greenland to countries list
* got rid of known warnings to date
* fixed various issues with the search form ajax and loaded values
* added extra location info to columns
* location placeholders fixed
* attribute now working properly as intended

= 4.0 =
* see http://wp-events-plugin.com/news/events-manager-4-0-released/

= 3.0.97 =
* Restoring stable version

= 3.0.96 =
* fixed js hook bug, you must now bind your function to the document's custom em_maps_locations_hook and em_maps_location_hook event triggers using jquery
* fixed tinymce bug with linking which cropped up in 3.1 due to new WP linking window.
* event_date_modified now properly updated

= 3.0.95 =
* removed some php warnings
* fixed blank widget defaults (resave current widgets to replace blanks with defaults)
* fixed calendar bug, where old events aren't being shown
* fixed calendar css for events on the current day
* unapproval is now reject if pre-approvals are turned off
* delete bookings working again
* booking emails working as expected without pre-approvals
* added js hook for maps
* fixed qtranslate conflict, delayed mo file loading for better compatability with wpml

= 3.0.94 =
* Fixed missing events, locations etc. due to permissions
* Fixed location widget bug
* fixed broken global map js

= 3.0.93 =
* Fixed bug with ownership and widgets
* Resolved 2.9 incompatibility
* Fixed rss ownership bug
* Fixed calendar bug where pre/post dates don't show events
* Fixed calendar, now showing today correctly
* Categories blank page fix
* fixed page nav conflicts with role scoper
* added shortcut to manage bookings on event list


= 3.0.92 =
* Fixed permission issue
* Fixed category not saving
* Fixed location saving issue


= 3.0.91 =
* Documentation finally up to date now!
* widget bug fixed
* added event permissions, so users can manage their own events/locations/categories
* improved event booking UI and management tools
* export CSV of bookings
* booking approvals added
* bookings can have individual notes
* calendar widget shows selected month if clicked on 
* custom attributes field, for atts that don't need to be in a template (e.g. pdf file url)
* time limit for main events list and events widget (e.g. show events that occur within x months)
* default location
* default category
* added extra validation so event start date/times can't be after end date/time
* calendar navigation will pass on all arguments for following month (e.g. category, etc)
* small map balloon fix for some rare js conflicts
* fixed location gui editor

= 3.0.9 =
* Fixed small calendar discrepancies
* added event and location single shortcodes
* shortcodes now accept html within format attribute or within the shortcode tags [like]<p>this</p>[/like]
* fixed pagination functionality (or lack thereof) in shortcodes
* improved user experience when navigating/editing events in admin area
* added #_CONTACTAVATAR placeholder - avatar for contact person
* ajax loading spinner graphic added to calendars
* internal wp_mail support added
* added "all events" link to events widget
* fixed date translations
* cleaned up the settings page documentation and added placeholder docs on help page.
* fixed "enable notification emails" option in settings
* added admin email option that would be send every event booking to admin 

= 3.0.81 =
* Fixed pagination bugs
* Global locations map won't show locations with 0-0 coords
* Fixed bug in recurrence description
* Removed most (if not all) php warnings
* Fixed booked seats calculation errors
* Removed dependence on php calendar

= 3.0.8 =
* Event lists now have pagination links for both admin and public areas!
* Fixed time zone issue with calendars, now taking time from WP settings, not server
* Added option to show long events if showing a calendar of events page.
* Multiple maps on one page will now show up.
* Modified styling of map balloons to not use #content (if you modded your theme, look at the CSS to override).
* Media uploads in GUI now working as expected
* Orderby ordering in events widget

= 3.0.7 =
* Renaming a few functions/shortcodes for consistency
* Fixing #_LOCATIONPAGEURL issue
* Fixed ordering issue again
* New template tags
* First filter

= 3.0.6 =
* Added revised German translation
* Fixed ordering issue
* Fixed old template tag attributes not being read
* Changed map balloon wrapper id to class

= 3.0.5 =
* Fixed 12pm bug
* Re-added #_LOCATIONPAGEURL (although officially it's depreciated)
* Added default order by settings in options page
* Added default event list limits in options page
* Added orderby attribute for shortcode
* scope attribute now also allows searching between dates, e.g. "2010-01-01,2010-01-31"
* Fixed booking email reporting bug

= 3.0.4 =
* Title rewriting workaround for themes where main menus are broken on events pages
* Added option to show lists on calendar days regardless of whether there is only one event on that day.
* added Spanish translation
* fixed rsvp deletion issue
* fixed potential phpmailer conflicts
* CSS issue with maps fixed
* optimized placeholders, adding new standard placeholders

= 3.0.3 =
* RSS Showing up again
* Fixed some reported fatal errors
* Added locations widget
* Adding location widget
* optimizing EM_Locations and removing redundant code across objects
* fixed locations_map shortcode attributes
* harmonized search attributes for locations and events
* rewrote recurrence code from scratch
* got rid of most php notices

= 3.0.2 =
* Recruccence bugfix

= 3.0.1 =
* Fixed spelling typos
* Fixed warnings for bad location image uploads (e.g. too big etc.)
* Fixed error for #_EXCERPT not showing

= 3.0 =
* Refactored all the underlying architecture, to make it object oriented. Now classes and templates are separate.    
* Merged the events and recurrences tables                                                   
* Tables migration from dbem to em (to provide a fallback in case the previous merge goes wrong)
* Bugfix: 127 limit increased (got rid of tinyint types)
* Bugfix: fixed all major php bugs preventing the use with Wordpress 3.0
* Bugfix: fixed all major js bugs preventing the use with Wordpress 3.0
* Restyling of the Settings page    
* Added a setting to revert to 2.2
* optimizing EM_Locations and removing redundant code across objects

For changelog of 2.x and lower, see the readme.txt file of version 2.2.2