So I had a friend who was looking for a simple to use RSVP system. I spent half today looking into ways to use custom fields as a way to track names and emails. Thats a good way if you don’t need to count plusses. But I needed a way to count plusses and assosiate the name with an email address. So using custom fields is out of the question.
So then I decided that instead of using custom fields, why not just use the comment system and edit the comment box to be a pull down menu.
So how it works as of now, is everytime there is a new post in the event category. The comment field is changed to a drop down list of plusses one to three. And we don’t want the rsvp’s to be shown to regular users and to only the admin, so I added this line to view comments, so only comments are shown to the admin:
<?php if ($current_user->ID == 1){ ?>
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<?php } ?>
I am making a backend that will show the name and rsvp’s in alphabetical order.
Just an idea.
About Weston Deboer
I like to use wordpress for any and every website that I work on. No matter how big or how small the website is.
Idea; Use WordPress as RSVP System
So I had a friend who was looking for a simple to use RSVP system. I spent half today looking into ways to use custom fields as a way to track names and emails. Thats a good way if you don’t need to count plusses. But I needed a way to count plusses and assosiate the name with an email address. So using custom fields is out of the question.
So then I decided that instead of using custom fields, why not just use the comment system and edit the comment box to be a pull down menu.
So how it works as of now, is everytime there is a new post in the event category. The comment field is changed to a drop down list of plusses one to three. And we don’t want the rsvp’s to be shown to regular users and to only the admin, so I added this line to view comments, so only comments are shown to the admin:
I am making a backend that will show the name and rsvp’s in alphabetical order.
Just an idea.
About Weston Deboer
I like to use wordpress for any and every website that I work on. No matter how big or how small the website is.