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Hello, I am new to CiviCRM and I am really impressed with what I have seen so far. I work for a member-based non-profit organization that supports libraries and cultural organizations in the US. We are looking at CiviCRM to possibly replace our aging registration system for our continuing education program.

There are a couple of things I would like to ask about – whether they are currently being developed for future releases and/or would be possible with funded development. I have seen some of these features mentioned in various posts, so I apologize for any duplication. Some of the posts are somewhat old.

1 - Conference/nested events – we not only have classes and workshops, we also have a handful of conference type events and would really like to be able to have a form to that would allow the participants to select sessions (individual breakout sessions). I found mentions of a CiviConference module, but it seems to have been abandoned.

2 - Define which custom data is available for the public (those registering) and have some custom data only available for administrators. I have been able to add the custom data fields to the form for participants, but when I add custom fields intended for internal use (we have various things we need to track for our events), they show up on the form. I have tried to set up ACL rules for this set of fields, but they still show up on the form. Any ideas?


Also, I have run into a little problem – I have added some custom fields that are attached to each registration (related to payment method). When I view the registration in the system and open it up in edit mode it duplicates the field. On top of that, only one occurrence works. Looking at the table for these fields I only see the data once. This maybe more appropriate for a different thread.

Although we are still in the investigation phase, we really like CiviCRM and would really consider helping fund efforts to bring these features (and maybe others) to the community. Since I have seen some posts talking about these features I thought I would ask to see if there are plans in the works for these or if others would be interested in helping to  fund them (I have no idea how much these might end up costing).

Thanks!


Chris Brown

if i had to estimate, changing the event/contribution pages to handle more than 2 profiles is probably a 30-50 hour project. If your org is willing to help sponsor this feature ping us on IRC / email

regarding 1, you should check out price sets. You can do multiple session tracks with that relatively easily

you should also skim thru the book for the sections on profiles and custom data:

http://en.flossmanuals.net/CiviCRM/

and read up on profiles. profiles are exposed to the event registration to the user, custom data is exposed on the backend

lobo

Our consulting service agreement and rates are here

http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRM/Consulting+Services+Agreement

we currently dont have a good solution for hour long breakouts on day long conferences.

lobo