Conference Module Instructions

The Conference Module uses Instructions added to Events, Program Codes, and Sub Event MasterCodes to configure how and what is shown during the registration process.

Event

On the setup of an Event, there are override Instructions that can be added to change the default display behavior of an event in the Conference Module. NOTE: The following Instructions can be added in the setup of an optional or sub Event to change its default display behavior in the Conference Module; add these instructions to sub events only and not to the main registration.

CTRL defines the control to use when displaying these events for selection.  The options are

• CBL- Check Box List (affects all events with the same subtype)
• RBL- Radio Button List

TIME allows and event's time to be hidden when the option is set to HIDE.

DATE allows the event's date to be shown (default is to hide) when the option is set to SHOW.

DFMT defines what the date format should be when shown. The options are

• DEFAULT- Same as LONGDATE
• SHORTDATE- (month day) September 14
• LONGDATE- (weekday, month day) Wednesday, September 14
• DAY1- (single digit day) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 …
• DAY or DAY2-  (two digit day) 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 …
• DAYOFWEEKSHORT - (3 character day of week) Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
• DAYOFWEEKLONG or DAYOFWEEK-  (day of week) Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
• MONTH1-  (single digit month) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
• MONTH-  (two digit month) 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12
• MONTHSHORT-  (3 character month) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Nov Dec
• MONTHLONG or MONTHONLY-  (month) January February March April May June July …

SREG defines how sub events, or additional events, are displayed.  The options are

• INITIAL- apply rules on INITIAL Registration
• AFTER-  apply rules AFTER Initial Registration
• SOLO- will show as a solo register sub-event if the user decides to bypass the registration option
• PAID- will only show after the registration has been paid for
• CART- will only show after the registration has been submitted to the cart
• MEMBER- apply rules only for Member type of Registrant

Program Code

On the setup of Program Codes, or HotKeys, Instructions can be added to control their display in the Conference Module.

INPT allows and input text to show.  Options are

• TRUE- Allow Text Input
• FALSE or NULL- DO NOT Allow Text Input

QTTL defines the Quantity Title override if you want different text from the default; underscores are used for spaces so an example would be

QTTL=Quantity_of_Item

GHDR is the Group Header override;  underscores are used for spaces so an example would be

GHDR=Header_Name

HSST is used to show only sub types in optional events that you define in the program code; separated by pipes (|) so an example would be

HSST=Guest|Workshops

NOTE: HSST must be enabled if your organization wants to use it.

TITL is the Text entry Title override; underscores are used for spaces so an example would be

TITL=Guest_Name(s)

TYPE  defines the TYPE of INPT (Input Item).  Options are

• GUEST-  Guest Badges
• SINGLE- SINGLE Items In Shopping Cart

SAVE  allows sub events to be saved differently.  The options are

• SEP-  Saved separated without a Parent ID

Sub Event MasterCodes

MasterCodes under Event Types can have these instructions added to determine how their events are displayed in the Conference Module.

DESC pulls in a description for the subevent from System Messages. The value would be the Message you want use, CONFMSG1 - CONFMSG10. 

NOTE: all 10 CONFMSGs are loaded on the page even if not used, so an HTML error in one can break your conference page; be careful of HTML tags that aren't ended or characters like brackets, braces, apostrophes, etc. in your text that might be interpreted as code.  If there is an error, you might just see {CONFMSG1} on the page instead of the text associated with it.

HSST  hide this sub-type until 1 of the options in any of the declared subtypes is selected.  For example

HSST=MAIN

would hide this sub event until one of the MAIN sub types has been selected.

HSTT hides the sub-type title if no options are available (Default to TRUE) NOT THE ACCORDION SECTION

MINR sets the minimum number of selected program codes to pass validation.  This is an integer value, for example

MINR=1

to require at least one to be selected.

BHAV set the section to be collapsed on load (default is expanded and does not require instruction).