MEC- Front End submission

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#1

When entering an event from the dashboard there is a checkbox for UM restrictions. (i.e. be able to make the event for logged in members only)

When entering an event from the frontend this checkbox is not there. Is there a mechanism to get that added to the frontend form.

Thanks

#2

Hello Tom,

Thanks for writing in!

The checkbox for restriction is specifically added and can only be accessed in the dashboard to make sure that only logged in users have this option. This is also one of the exclusive feature when you logged in and create the event. The option is not available if you are adding the event on the front end.

Hope this helps.

#3

I would say that they did not think this out very well. It is easy to restrict the menu item to non members. By restricting the box pretty much prevents members from being able to add events themselves and forcing an admin to do all the work.

I hope they think this through because the logic pretty much makes the frontend very limited at best.

I would think that most sites DO NOT give dashboard access to member users. And would not allow event creation to non members to begin with… So the logic of the frontend seems quite odd to me. Great to include it for so a singe admin does not have to deal with all the events. But almost useless since you can not control who can see the event.

#4

Hello Tom,

I have checked tested to add an event in my local testing server. I do not see such restriction. Did you have any event plugin or addon? I only have this:


Please let us know how it goes.

#5

What is missing is the UM restrictions. TO make the event for members only. That is what I am referring to. How to make a members only event from the front end.

THrough the dashboard there is the checkbox to do this.

#6

Hi Tom,

Can you share your site URL and credentials inside a secure note so we can check your setup? UM content restriction seems not part of MEC by default. Like Ruenel I have checked again all options available on MEC and that seems to be a not a default feature/function. Did you add it via other plugins? We needed to confirm how it has been added first.

#7

site is kcotb.org. UM is ultimate member plugin which is how I have members and groups that can restrict access to parts of the pages. Including events from the dashboard only.

#8

Hi Tom,

Thanks for providing us a login. I want to confirm whether I’m understanding what you’re trying to achieve. Below are bulleted points the way I understand them:

  • You have 3 main user types: Admins, Users and guests (both logged-in guests and visitors).
  • Admins can add a new event on the dashboard and they are the ONLY ones who can do that on the dashboard.
  • Members should be able to add events on the front-end. They will not be able to do it on the dashboard, which is restricted just for admins.
  • And while you can easily remove the Add Event menu item from the admin toolbar to prevent non-members to see it, it would restrict it to members as well, which then gives all the burden of adding an event upon the admins.

Anything I understood incorrectly?

Assuming I that what I’ve written are correct, here’s the ideal solution:

  1. Create a page that will be access by members only - I think you can easily do that using Ultimate Member
  2. Use that page for MEC Front-end Submissions. MEC allows front-end submissions. Here’s the documentation from their site https://webnus.net/dox/modern-events-calendar/frontend-event-submission/

As much as I would want to have personally tried the two steps proposed above, I haven’t. But I’m confident it should do the trick. If it doesn’t reach back to us and we’ll find out why it doesn’t work and which part doesn’t work.

All our best,
Ben

#9

What I am missing is when entering the event through the members section which is ideal. There is the missing checkbox to allow the event to be limited to members only.

If you look above in this thread you will see the screenshot I made that include UM Content Restriction. This is what I need to allow members to create “Members Only Events”

Maybe there is something buried in the UM plugin where I need to allow members to do that??

#10

Hi Tom,

Thanks for clarifying. If that’s the case, I would suggest you do the following:

We’d like to help you as much as we can but this is a third-party plugin that is outside the coverage of our support.

#11

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