Advanced Organizer Addon

The Advanced Organizer Addon is a powerful add-on designed to enhance the event organization experience by providing dedicated profile pages for each organizer. It allows you to showcase organizer lists and their associated events through flexible shortcodes, ensuring a professional and seamless integration into your website.

Initial Setup

Before you begin, ensure you have the following:

• MEC Lite or Pro: This add-on is compatible with both the Lite and Pro versions of Modern Events Calendar.
• Plugin Installation: Ensure both MEC and the Advanced Organizer Addon are installed and activated.

Enable Organizer Module: Navigate to MEC Settings > Event Module and ensure the Organizer module is enabled.

Global Configuration

The settings menu allows you to define the default behavior for how organizers and their events are displayed across your website.

Single Page Setup

The addon automatically creates a custom page containing the [advanced-organizer-single-public] shortcode. This page acts as the profile hub for individual organizers, displaying their Name, Address, Website, and Phone Number.

• Manual Page Creation: If the page is not created automatically, create a new WordPress page, paste the [advanced-organizer-single-public] shortcode, and publish it.
• Linking the Page: In the Advanced Organizer Addon Settings, select your custom page from the Single Page dropdown menu.

Organizer Default Settings

These settings control the global behavior of your organizer profiles and event lists.

• Organizer Event Skin: Select the visual layout (skin) for displaying an organizer’s linked events.
• Event Limit: Set the maximum number of events displayed on an organizer’s list.
• Organizer Limit: Define how many organizers appear on the main list page.
• Event Cols: Specify the number of columns for the event grid.
• Load More: Toggle this to “On” to add a Load More Button to event lists.
• Show Event List: Enable or disable the event list on the organizer’s single profile page.
• Only Ongoing Events: Filter the list to show only currently active events.
• Show Only Past Events: Filter the list to show only completed events.
• Start Date: Use the date picker to filter and display events starting from a specific date.
• Exclude Details: Check boxes to hide specific contact info, including Tel, Email, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter(X).
• Redirect the Organizer Title: Enable this checkbox to redirect the organizer’s name to a specific link.
• Details Link (Prioritization): Choose how the title redirect behaves:
  • Website on Input: Redirects to the URL entered in the organizer’s website field.
  • Force Single Page: Always redirects to the organizer’s dedicated profile page.
  • Force Website Link: Ignores the single page and forces a redirect to their external website.
• Redirect Link Target: Choose whether to open links in a New Window or the Current Window.

Pro Tip: Always ensure individual organizers have content in their profiles (phone, social media, etc.) to fully leverage the “Exclude Details” and “Single Page” features.

Using Shortcodes

The Advanced Organizer Addon utilizes three primary shortcode types: Single (one event), List (all items), and Featured (items marked as featured).

[mec-organizer] Attributes

Use this shortcode to display a specific organizer’s details.

• id=”{ORGANIZER_ID}”: The unique ID found in the organizer taxonomy list.
• limit_events=”{NUMBER}”: Limits events shown for this host.
• only_ongoing_events=”{true/false}”: Toggles ongoing event visibility.
• load_more=”{true/false}”: Enables/disables the Load More button.
• events_style=”{list/grid}”: Switches between list or grid layouts.
• exclude_details=”{Exclude-List}”: Comma-separated list to hide details (e.g., Tel, Email).
• cols=”{NUMBER}”: Sets columns for grid layout.
• show_event_list=”{true/false}”: Shows/hides the associated event list.

[organizer-list] Attributes

Use this to create a directory of all your event organizers.

• limit=”{NUMBER}”: Total number of organizers to display.
• display_style=”{list/grid}”: Choose the layout style.
• filter=”{true/false}”: Adds filter options to the list.
• search=”{true/false}”: Enables a search bar for the list.
• random=”{true/false}”: Randomizes the order of organizers.
• order_by=”{name|added_date|all_events|featured}”: Sorts the list by the chosen criteria.
• order=”{DESC|ASC}”: Sets ascending or descending order.

Use Cases (When This Addon is Useful)

• Speaker Directories for Conferences: Create a dedicated page listing all speakers with links to their specific sessions and social media profiles.
• Multi-Venue Management: If you have different organizers for various locations, use the [organizer-list] to allow users to browse events by host.
• Featured Host Spotlights: Use the Featured shortcode on your homepage to highlight top-tier organizers or sponsors.

Situations This Addon May Not Be Ideal

• Concurrent Past and Future Lists: The addon currently cannot display both past and future events simultaneously on a single organizer page.
• Complex External Redirects: While it supports basic URL redirects, it is not designed for complex affiliate tracking or multi-step external funnels.
• Non-WordPress Environments: This addon requires a WordPress installation running Modern Events Calendar.

Troubleshooting for Beginners

• Shortcode Not Working? Ensure you have used double quotation marks (e.g., load_more=”true”) and check for extra spaces that might break the code. Do not use square brackets [] inside the attributes themselves.
• Missing Organizer Menu? Double-check that the Organizer Module is enabled in MEC Settings > Event Module.
• Redirects Not Functioning? Ensure the Redirect the organizer title checkbox is enabled in the settings and that you have selected the correct priority in the Details Link option.
• Single Page Showing 404? Go to WordPress Settings > Permalinks and click Save Changes to refresh your site’s link structure.

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