Registration

[markus1281]

Hi everybody,

i have done all the settings like it is discribed in "OCS in an hour". But there is no possbility to register to the conference ("Registration" is not shown in the menu bar)!

First i like to know is what i maybe have done wrong?

And the second questions is if it´s possible to register for the conference as an unregistered user?

You have to know that i have never worked with web publishing tools! Many thanks for help.

Kind regards

Markus

[jamief]

i have done all the settings like it is discribed in "OCS in an hour". But there is no possbility to register to the conference ("Registration" is not shown in the menu bar)!

Check the publication date for registration is active for now.
Check that you have configured the registration options.
Sometimes to see the changes you have to empty the system cache / template cache

And the second questions is if it´s possible to register for the conference as an unregistered user?

The only way to register a presenter would be for the admins to do it from within the admin section. There is no way that I have seen whereby a visitor can register for a conference if he/she isn't already a registered user.

[Kavius]

I am experiencing a similar problem and the solutions are not working for me (I think I go through this every time). Registration is visible in the "Conference Information", but when I click on it, I am redirected to the Scheduled Conference index page.

1. Check the publication date for registration is active for now.

Today is "2011-12-01".

Opens for Registration: 2011-11-29
Closes for Registration: 2012-11-30

2. Check that you have configured the registration options.

Name: Option1
Opens: 2011-11-29
Closes: 2012-11-30

Name: Option2
Opens: 2011-11-29
Closes: 2012-11-30

3. Sometimes to see the changes you have to empty the system cache / template cache

Have done this.

[jmacgreg]

Hi Kavius,

Which version of OCS are you using?

Cheers,
James

[Kavius]

2.3.3.1

[vlilloh]

Exactly same problem that Kavius for me

OCS 2.3.4

Cheers.

[Kavius]

I'm still having it too. I've been trying to trace the code, but not with a whole lot of success.

[Kavius]

I got it to work. Things I had to set:

- dates for registration type (scheduled conf -> registration -> registration type)
- dates for optional items (scheduled conf -> registration -> registration options)
- payment was misconfigured (setting to manual *will* work, you can set it back to something else after confirming everything is working)
- there must be presentations and they must be set to a reasonable date

I do think this is one area that some better messages could be put in place. If someone has the ability to click on "register", but cannot register for some reason, there should be some message as to why they cannot register. This would give feedback to the administrator as to what needs to be changed.

[marina]

i've checked these, but doesn't
I'm still having it... can't register a new or existing user to a sched conference
help!!!!

[jmacgreg]

Hi all,

Kavius, thank you for your detailed report. I agree that this is a problem, and have submitted a bug report here. Please feel free to CC yourself to that report for future updates, and thank you again for your detailed follow-up.

Marina, Vicente -- can you double-check that you have fully configured your system according to Kavius' list? Please note that you must put in at least one character of text into the Manual Payments field if you are using manual payments. Can you tell me which version of OCS you are using?

Cheers,
James

[mihociuli]

Hi,

I had the same problem described here, and I managed to resolve it as soon as I followed the details of Kavius, especially the introduction of some characters of text into the Manual Payments field.

Cheers,