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Hi,  I am very new to civiCRM.  I have been reading and working on a test install for 3 days now and I am overwhelmed with the awesome functionality of this module.  I am running civiCRM 3.0.3 on drupal 6.15.  I have been using drupal for a couple of years so I am pretty familiar with that end of it, although I am still not quite sure of all the interaction and syncing possibilities.  To the point:

*Can I create events without dates? 

I would like to have event types that clients could sign up for pay for and schedule the date/time themselves.  Is this possible?  Where would I set "permissions" for this?

I am a dog trainer and I work with rescue groups doing training, seminars and workshops.  I would like to set up these event types without set dates.  Any help is greatly appreciated.

*Can I use coupon/discount codes?  If not is there another option besides the sign up by date discount?

Thanks,

Chris

Thak you for your fast response.  That goes for for everyone on this forum.  This is probably the most responsive forum (of this type) I have ever seen.

I was not able to save an event without at least a start date.  Not the end of the world, but once I signed up (with a test account) I could not edit the start date or add an end date.

I've also realized another problem that may require me to look elsewhere for my needs(which would be terrible because this module/application is amazing).  I want to use the same event type for multiple participants with different dates/times for each participant.  I can only have one participant per event as the date/time is specific for the participant.  So I think I would need to create a new event for each Session which is sometimes 5 in a week.

Is there a way to use civievent to schedule "events" that are actually individual sessions with one participant without creating a new event eveytime. This would cause me to have to create a new event (with template and type it is pretty quick) and then register the participant.  This method  basically rules out onlineregistratioin by the participants as it will likely be too difficult for them.  Would your method for using hooks with custom data (start and end date) work for this?  Is there any way to edit the date of an event after registration?

Thank you for you input and I hope I can get this to work for me.