Conditional shortcode info

My problem is that the following code is not presenting the booking form with ‘you’re going to be on a waiting list’ message, it just shows the same form with the send your booking button even though there are no spaces left.

It does send the pending email rather than the booked email, but I know what people are like reading emails and if they’ve clicked send your booking they might still turn up even if they’re only on the waiting list.

<h1>#_EVENTNAME</h1>
<br />
<b>Date/Time</b>: #_STARTDATE{l}, #_STARTDATE – #_STARTTIME – #_ENDTIME
<br />
<br />
<b>Location</b>: #_LOCATIONNAME
<br />
<br />
<b>Available Spaces</b>: #_AVAILABLESEATS
<br />
<br />
<b>Contact Details</b>: #_AUTHORNAME: #_AUTHOREMAIL
<br />
<br />
<b>Description</b>#_NOTES
#_ADDBOOKINGFORM
#_REMOVEBOOKINGFORM_IF_REGISTERED<br /><br /><br />#_MAP

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Nested if-statements don’t work like you have them. So this is not correct and will not work as expected:

[eme_if tag=’#_IS_REGISTERED’ value=’1′, eme_if2 tag=’#_WAITING_LIST_ACTIVATED’ value=’1′]
<hr>
<b>You are currently on the waiting list for this event. To cancel your place please use the form below.
[/eme_if]

This is the way to use nested conditional tags (but it won’t work, since #_WAITING_LIST_ACTIVATED won’t do what you want) :

[eme_if tag='#_IS_REGISTERED' value='1']
[eme_if2 tag='#_WAITING_LIST_ACTIVATED' value='1']
<hr>
<b>You are currently on the waiting list for this event. To cancel your place please use the form below.
[/eme_if2]
[/eme_if]

But: #_WAITING_LIST_ACTIVATED is to be used to show that new bookings will be on the waiting list, not for a specific booking itself. See https://www.e-dynamics.be/wordpress/waiting-list/
You probaly want #_ON_WAITINGLIST:

[eme_if tag='#_IS_REGISTERED' value='1']
[eme_if2 tag='#_ON_WAITINGLIST' value='1']
<hr>
<b>You are currently on the waiting list for this event. To cancel your place please use the form below.
[/eme_if2]
[/eme_if]

And I think this will work just fine too then:

[eme_if tag='#_ON_WAITINGLIST' value='1']
<hr>
<b>You are currently on the waiting list for this event. To cancel your place please use the form below.
[/eme_if]

Thanks for this Franky.

I’ve changed it up so it looks like

[eme_if tag='#_IS_REGISTERED' value ='0']

<table class='eme-rsvp-form'>
<tr><th scope='row'>First Name*:</th><td>#REQ_FIRSTNAME</td></tr>#_SEATS 
<tr><th scope='row'>Last Name*:</th><td>#_LASTNAME</td></tr>
<tr><th scope='row'>E-Mail*:</th><td>#_EMAIL</td></tr>
</table>

#_SUBMIT

[/eme_if]

[eme_if tag='#_IS_REGISTERED' value ='0']
[eme_if2 tag='#_WAITING_LIST_ACTIVATED' value='1']

<b>There are currently no spaces available on this event. Submitting the form below will add you to the waiting list.</b>

<table class='eme-rsvp-form'>
<tr><th scope='row'>First Name*:</th><td>#REQ_FIRSTNAME</td></tr>#_SEATS 
<tr><th scope='row'>Last Name*:</th><td>#_LASTNAME</td></tr>
<tr><th scope='row'>E-Mail*:</th><td>#_EMAIL</td></tr>
</table>

#_SUBMIT{Request place on waiting list}

[/eme_if2]
[/eme_if]

For page loads with no waiting list it works fine, can book and cancel bookings no problem.

When I load the event with no spaces however it shows both booking forms with the two different submit buttons, which I’d expect from how I’ve used the shortcodes.

I then added the second eme_if2 to the code to hide the first booking form if #_WAITING_LIST_ACTIVATED is 0 / false but it hides the booking form completely even though both conditions are true.

[eme_if tag='#_IS_REGISTERED' value ='0']
[eme_if2 tag='#_WAITING_LIST_ACTIVATED' value ='0']

<table class='eme-rsvp-form'>
<tr><th scope='row'>First Name*:</th><td>#REQ_FIRSTNAME</td></tr>#_SEATS 
<tr><th scope='row'>Last Name*:</th><td>#_LASTNAME</td></tr>
<tr><th scope='row'>E-Mail*:</th><td>#_EMAIL</td></tr>
</table>

#_SUBMIT

[/eme_if2]
[/eme_if]

Ideally the first booking form is hidden when waiting list is active, I’m only doing this so I can have different text in the submit button to make it clear what users are doing.

Link is: https://test.learning.necsu.nhs.uk/events/6-nations-italy-vs-ireland/

Any advice on this one please?

Thanks,
David.

The whole of the 2nd lot of code is:

[eme_if tag='#_IS_REGISTERED' value ='0']
[eme_if2 tag='#_WAITING_LIST_ACTIVATED' value ='0']

<table class='eme-rsvp-form'>
<tr><th scope='row'>First Name*:</th><td>#REQ_FIRSTNAME</td></tr>#_SEATS 
<tr><th scope='row'>Last Name*:</th><td>#_LASTNAME</td></tr>
<tr><th scope='row'>E-Mail*:</th><td>#_EMAIL</td></tr>
</table>

#_SUBMIT

[/eme_if2]
[/eme_if]

[eme_if tag='#_IS_REGISTERED' value ='0']
[eme_if2 tag='#_WAITING_LIST_ACTIVATED' value='1']

<b>There are currently no spaces available on this event. Submitting the form below will add you to the waiting list.</b>

<table class='eme-rsvp-form'>
<tr><th scope='row'>First Name*:</th><td>#REQ_FIRSTNAME</td></tr>#_SEATS 
<tr><th scope='row'>Last Name*:</th><td>#_LASTNAME</td></tr>
<tr><th scope='row'>E-Mail*:</th><td>#_EMAIL</td></tr>
</table>

#_SUBMIT{Request place on waiting list}

[/eme_if2]
[/eme_if]

If you really want to only allow registrations if not already done, why not just use
#_ADDBOOKINGFORM_IF_NOT_REGISTERED in your single event format (that shows the form only if not already registered)
And then just use

[eme_if tag='#_WAITING_LIST_ACTIVATED' value='1']
blahblah
[/eme_if]

to show extra text to tell people their request will be on a waiting list.
But normally EME just tells you “This booking will be put on the waiting list” by default. So I’m a bit unsure of what you want to achieve extra here.

I think that might be the problem, as it doesn’t seem to be showing the message about putting the booking on a waiting list?

People must be registered in order to book onto an event, I’ve got that configured in the settings.

I’m using the following code in the Default single event format

<h1>#_EVENTNAME</h1>
<br />
<b>Date/Time</b>: #_STARTDATE{l}, #_STARTDATE - #_STARTTIME -  #_ENDTIME 
<br />
<br />
<b>Location</b>: <a href="#_LOCATIONPAGEURL">#_LOCATIONNAME</a>
<br />
<br />
<b>Available Spaces</b>: #_AVAILABLESEATS
<br />
<br />
<b>Contact Details</b>: #_AUTHORNAME: <a href="mailto:#_AUTHOREMAIL?Subject=QUERY:%20#_EVENTNAME,%20#_LOCATIONNAME,%20#_STARTDATE">#_AUTHOREMAIL</a>
<br />
<br />
<b>Description</b>#_NOTES
<br />
#_ADDBOOKINGFORM_IF_NOT_REGISTERED
#_REMOVEBOOKINGFORM_IF_REGISTERED<br /><br /><br />#_MAP

The code in the post above is in a template for the booking form.

• This reply was modified 5 years, 5 months ago by blanch80.

That template format is just fine. So normally, if waiting list seats are activated EME should tell you about this in if the regular limit is reached. I’ll test this out at home again to be sure ??

Thanks Franky.

There isn’t an option to enable waiting lists is there?

The way I’ve done it is have 2 Seats on the event then have 1 waitinglist seat, putting 1 in the max number of seats to book and 1 in the min number of seats to book.

There is. See the RSVP options per event, you can/must enter the number of seats in the option “Waitinglist seats”. The min/max number of seats to book are so people are required to book at least x seats and at most y seats per booking.
That number will be deducted from the total number of seats, see https://www.e-dynamics.be/wordpress/waiting-list/

Ah, I’ve done that. I was just wondering if there was an option elsewhere I hadn’t checked to make it work.

I’ll wait to hear from you after your testing tonight.

If everything goes OK I might have to remove the plugin and data and reinstall to see if that works.

Normally, next to the number of seats you can book, you’ll see the warning that the booking will be on the waiting list. Even if you have the minimum and max set to 1, the warning will still show (just tested it here).
Maybe in your case the warning is hidden? Could you put up a demo?

It’s weird…

I’ve created a new event and it works on that one, basic code with no [eme_if] tags and the ‘This booking will be put on the waiting list’ text appears.

The event i was testing on yesterday wasn’t doing this. I’ve deleted that one and tried creating a couple more new events and it works each time.

I guess my question now is how can I edit that text? I’ve looked in the options but it doesn’t seem to be listed (I’m looking on the RSVP tab) as I’d like to add some extra text and make it bold.

My booking form format is:

<table class='eme-rsvp-form'>
    <tr><th scope='row'>First Name*:</th><td>#REQ_FIRSTNAME</td></tr>#_SEATS 
    <tr><th scope='row'>Last Name*:</th><td>#_LASTNAME</td></tr>
    <tr><th scope='row'>E-Mail*:</th><td>#_EMAIL</td></tr>
</table>
#_SUBMIT

I’ve changed this to try to have the SUBMIT button show different text if it’s a waiting list booking rather than a standard one…

<table class='eme-rsvp-form'>
    <tr><th scope='row'>First Name*:</th><td>#REQ_FIRSTNAME</td></tr>#_SEATS 
    <tr><th scope='row'>Last Name*:</th><td>#_LASTNAME</td></tr>
    <tr><th scope='row'>E-Mail*:</th><td>#_EMAIL</td></tr>
</table>
[eme_if tag='#_WAITING_LIST_ACTIVATED' value='0']
#_SUBMIT
[/eme_if]
[eme_if tag='#_WAITING_LIST_ACTIVATED' value='1']
#_SUBMIT{Request to be place on the waiting list}
[/eme_if]

With this code the Submit your booking button can’t be seen when there are spaces available to book.

On the event page: https://test.learning.necsu.nhs.uk/events/test-event-2/

When the event loads with only waiting list seats available the button with the custom text shows OK.

If I remove the eme_if code around

[eme_if tag='#_WAITING_LIST_ACTIVATED' value='0']
#_SUBMIT
[/eme_if]

The the button shows when there are spaces available, but they both show if waiting list places are available.

That’s how it stands now. If you have the time I could send you credentials for the site to take a look if that’s something you could do?

No, there is a bug in eme_events.php: if the waiting list is not activated, the returned value is currently empty (not 0).
It’s a simple change in eme_events.php. Change line 1568 and following to (adding the “else”-part):

	 if ($waitinglist_seats>0 && $avail_seats<=$waitinglist_seats && !eme_is_multi($linked_event['event_seats'])) {
		 $replacement=1;
	 } else {
		 $replacement=0;
	 }

Perfect, that’s worked an absolute treat, thank you!

My last one on this then is are you able to advise where I can change the waiting list text please? Ideally I just want to change the text to bold.

Thanks for this Franky.

The waiting list text is a span with an id, you can use css to change it. Currently the text itself can’t be changed (I haven’t made a text-option for that yet), but using the “[eme_if tag=’#_WAITING_LIST_ACTIVATED'” method, you can show another text where/how you want it (and hide via css the default text then).