Front end date picker error

Hello,

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Thank you Tim for help. I have decided not to use the plugin for now.

The very big concern we have with regard to Events Manager is its very slow response to support request. On average, Events Calendar would respond in about 24-36 hours to any support questions. Events Manager takes way longer. Events Calendar documentation is a lot clearer. Events Manager has not updated its documentation for quite a while, although with regard to design and function, actually Events Manager has a lot of advantages. I would not mind Events Manager raises its price a little just to beef up its support model.

@gujingc If you have the Pro version you can use the Pro Forum where the EM team respons much faster – one of the benefits of upgrading. This is a free forum and therefore a lower response time. ??

Patrick, I did. I am a pro version user. I have posted my questions on the pro forum. The response is slow compared to what other wordpress plugins forums. That is why I am posting everywhere.

Events Manager has a great functional design. Yet, its support model has rooms for improvement.

Aha… ?? Yes, I do agree with that. Also, the Pro forum could really use a technical update, for it’s extremely slow now.

Just to add my two cents: I tested several calendar plugins before I decided to use EM and I think its feature suite is absolutely amazing. I would be happy to pay a one-time fee for what the free version offers (I simply don’t need the pro functions and I am making a website for a small club so regular payments are difficult).

Patrick, to be honest, Events Manager can be much more successful if they raise the price and invest the extra revenue to beef up its support.

The issue we asked about should be something very basic. The searchbox should work out of box. We must have done some setting not correctly. Such an issue should be resolved in 3 hours.

We have been scrambling to post everywhere for advice. The documentation is not clear and confusing. Events Manager is pushing many of its customers to its competitors like Events Calendar. Events Calendar is far more expensive. Although Events Calendar lacks integration with BuddyPress, its support model runs circles around Events Manager.

Stephen, you are absolutely right.

We bought the pro version. We then invested in Events Calendar. We bought 5 premium modules of the Events Calendar. Events Calendar is an amazing product with outstanding support. Yet 4 months after that, we have decided to switch back to EM because EC does not have some of the critical features.

Yet, we now have a very small technical confusion. I am posting like crazy every place I could find. 2 days ago I received some very terse answer from EM saying the feature is not available. I know that. We have developer who can code around it. Then I asked what we could do. Since then, not a single line of reply from EM.

For each EC module, I paid 89 dollars – 147 dollars. It was killing us. Yet the 75 dollar EM should be able to do more than the 5 EC modules combined and the integration should be far superior.

Yet, EM’s support model is not only killing us customers but also itself. It is not only leaving money on the table but pushing money to its competitors.

I do feel the need to correct you a bit… ??
I only find 3 recent topics by you on the Pro Forum.

“Some questions” was replied to 2 days ago, no response from you on that yet.
“Integrate the Search…” was created yesterday.
“Some questions implementing…” your last reply was just 18 hour ago.

Taking time zones into consideration as well as the fact that it’s Saturday, I personally do not agree that it is taking too long. ??

Patrick, points taken.

It does not change the fact that the wait we are experiencing is much longer than we are used to with WordPress premium plugins.

What we need is a short answer to make what should be an out of box feature work. You should also see that the answer did not provide specifics on where and how we can start.

EM is short changing itself. In my opinion, this is a product that has a unique edge over Events Calendar. Its killing feature is out of box integration with BuddyPress and Multisite. A user can do RSVP right at the BuddyPress Group Event Tab. EC design is a lot more clumsy.

One EC module costs more than the entire EM Pro. Yet, that gives EC money to invest in its customer support. We never had to wait long for EC to come back to us with any questions.

Believe me, I do understand your point(s) and really not trying to pick a fight ?? Hehe LOL. Being both EM fans and all.
Yet, they are based in (I think) Spain, so 18 hours ago it was Saturday 3AM there.
I have yet to come across a WordPress Premium Plugin that provides 24/7/365 support. ??

Your request is in your opinion an out-of-the-box feature. I personally and respectfully disagree. What makes EM so great (for me) is the overload on hooks and filters. Making custom coding relatively easy.

What is the (in your opinion) missing out-of-the-box option? Perhaps I could help you along.

Patrick,

Understood.

What we want and love is the same. We love EM being so easy for developers to work with. It has far superior integration with many very popular WordPress modules including BuddyPress and the Newsletter plugin.

And we want EM to become even more successful, which is the best long term insurance policy for our investment.

Thank you for the offer. I take it. That is so kind of you!

The out of box feature we need is simple: how to make the search box work. This is our screenplay:

After adding a search box with the short code, it does not seem to do anything except for redirecting pages. We believe the search box should work out of box. We must have done something wrong with out settings, but we do not know which part:

searchbox confusion

Jing

Could it be as simple as this?
In your Edit Page you are using two shortcodes: [event_search_form] and [events_list], the first echoing the search, the second (completely separate from the first) echoing the entire events list.

So, even if the search echos its results, the second shortcode will also do its work, displaying everything.

Patrick,

I know.

That is exactly what we did.

2 shortcodes

That is why we are so perplexed.

Jing