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RNG Progress Report

dpi — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 09:51:09 GMT

RNG has tagged numerous alpha releases and maintained stability with Drupal core. Because of this stability I will be accellerating to 1.0 by skipping beta and going straight to RC. However RC will not occur until the following requirements are satisfied:

Drupal 8 must tag its first release candidate. Supposedly in October.
Current tests must continue to pass.
DER must commit base field views integration, and tag a new release (beta4).
Courier must create a new re-usable template selection UI.

Everything should line up for a RNG RC in October or November 2015.

Updated October 20, 2015: All requirements were satisfied, the first RNG release candidate was released on October 14th, 2015.

Cover photo (unmodified): Running gear of steam locomotive by Petar Milošević. License CC BY-SA 3.0

An Alpha Spotted In The Wild

dpi — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 19:46:30 GMT

After 5 months of development, RNG is ready for its first alpha release. A milestone where there are no major issues, and schema is not anticipated to change leading up until v1.0.

RNG is a Drupal 8 module implementing a core toolset for allowing users to register for events. An event can be a presentation at a conference, a meetup, a class. If you need a way to associate people with a Drupal entity, take a look at RNG.

Core features of RNG:

Any entity type — designate any bundle (e.g node type) as an event type.
Self and proxy registration — users can register themselves or other identities to the event.
Multiple registrants — registrations can associate multiple identities.
Messaging — messages, such as email, can be sent to registrants. Messages have token support, allowing you to recycle field values from the related event, identity, and registration. Messages can be timed, or sent when a registration is created.
Additional identities — the Identity module allows you to register non-users. It is modeled like an address book, where contacts are added, and then made available as an option on the registration form.

Theres still a few things that will make it in before 1.0 final. Including improved Views integration, and improved/full test coverage.

I work on RNG in my own time. If you want to help out, don't hesitate in posting in the issue queue or contacting me directly.

Need help getting setup? See Quick Start.

Download the module on drupal.org.

Cover photo: Seedling by sjg. License CC BY-NC 2.0

RNG Quick Start

dpi — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 17:07:24 GMT

RNG is an event management module for Drupal 8 created in the spirit of Entity Registration (Drupal 7) and Signup (Drupal 6). Users can create registrations for events, and event managers can manage these registrations.

Updated April 6th, 2016

This is a quick guide to getting RNG set up.

RNG requires Drupal 8.0.x. Download RNG and its dependencies: Dynamic Entity Reference, Unlimited Number, and Courier.

Configuration

Add Event Type

Once installed and enabled, an Event Type must be created. Go to the event type configuration page at Admin » Structure » Event types.

Click Add event type button.
Select Create a new content type. The Node module must be enabled for this option to appear. It can be enabled at Admin » Extend.
Save the form

Add Registration Type

A registration type is a template for the form the user will fill when registering for an event. You need at least one registration type to enable new registrations. Go to the registration type configuration page at Admin » Structure » Registration types.

Click Add registration type button.
Assign a label, you can change this later.
Save the form

Enable Identity Types

Enable at least one identity type from the registrant settings page at Admin » Configuration » RNG » Registrant settings.

RNG comes with support for allowing Drupal users to register for events. A contact identity type is provided by Identity which allows a user to register people who are not Drupal users. Download and enable Identity to expose the type in the registrant settings form.

Create an Event

To test everything is working, create a new event. If your event type is a Node, navigate to Create content and add a new node. An Event tab will appear after saving your event.

Minimum configuration for allowing new registrations on an event:

☑ Accepting new registrations
Registration type to a value other than "- None -".

After saving these options, a Register tab will on the event page.