TOPIC: How to replicate some features of Demo Form?

I felt sure this component would solve my problems, but I'm not sure how to implement it...

I like features of a Registration Event the Demo site - I need almost exactly the same behaviour as your Demo Site's "All County Basketball Weekend (07-15-2011 08:00 AM - 07-16-2011 )" example.

I’ve seen DT’s YouTube vids but wonder if it is possible to download the Events on your demo site as working examples or is this development and something for which I would have to pay? It would so useful to see how you've configured the Event Parameters.

I run a Tour company and through my site I want to take a deposit payment and sometime later take a final payment (or take a full payment up front, if the tour date is less than 2 months away). I will place the Register button in a module position called Book a Tour Place here: http://www.freespiritadventure.com/india-on-an-enfield/unmapped-uttarakhand.html ...hope I'm allowed to post a URL...

I would like the Deposit Payment Event (or Full Payment) to Register them as a Joomla User, the final payment will be SPECIAL Group event, available to Authors only. I will upgrade all users manually to the Author group.

In your Demo site example at what stage does the user become a registered Joomla User? Is it ONLY after the Payment is received? I went through the process but short of paying I’m not quite sure.

Am I right also in thinking, that a Deposit Payment and a Final Payment could be set-up as two different events?

Confused and in need of help, (paid or otherwise).

Thanks
Peter

You can setup each event to accept partial payments or not on the discounts/fees tab. Enable partial payments, then you can choose optional or required. To give the user the ability to enter an amount (you give a minimum) or be able to pay the full amount, set it for "Optional". Choosing Required will give a fixed deposit amount only.

To have user accounts created, you need to enable the auto user creation feature PER EVENT (also with an optional / required setting). For this to work, you must also have User Registration enabled in the joomla global configuration area. The users will be created as "Registered" users. The user account is created after the registration is successfully completed. Even if you take only a partial payment, the login account will be created. So DT Register record = Joomla user record created.

Yes, you could setup a deposit payment event and final event... but probably isn't necessary. You can use our User Panel, and users can login and see their registration history. When a balance remains, it will have a "Pay Now" link so they can pay the balance. You can also enable/disable partial payments to be accepted in the user panel (per event).

Hopefully this clears everything up for you

I understood your advice. And I'm now making headway with DT Register. Thanks for your help. More questions coming!