Alex, On the WP front, I've used this plugin on small personal projects with success: https://wordpress.org/plugins/spider-event-calendar/ Are you selling tickets to these? This looks like it could possibly be a good fit as well: https://wordpress.org/plugins/event-registration/ Hope that helps! .m On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 9:06 AM, Alex Armstrong <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Thanks for pitching in. COD looks good. > > On their site (http://usecod.com) I found the obligatory table of unfair > feature comparisons. One of these is to an out-of-date WordPress plugin. > > Any WP suggestions? > > ('m not partial, but as of earlier today it looks like I might be using it > for other, but affiliated reasons.) > > Alex > > > > On 10/15/2014 05:34 PM, Clapp, Sharon B. (Library) wrote: > >> Someone has mentioned Drupal's Conference Organizing Distribution, right? >> https://www.drupal.org/project/cod >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of >> Alex Armstrong >> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2014 5:36 AM >> To:[log in to unmask] >> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Conference site backend >> >> Let me try and ask this again, with less ambiguity: >> >> What built-in CMS functionality or plugin have you used to assist you in >> managing a conference schedule and registration? >> >> Among other things, I'm in the market for a new CMS. So rather than the >> specialized tool that Francis suggested, I'm looking for a multi-purpose >> platform or a platform I can wrangle to serve multiple purposes. >> >> P.S. Confusingly, I switched my CODE4LIB subscription to a different >> email. >> >> Alex >> >> >> >> On October 10, 2014 4:23:57 PM EEST, Francis Kayiwa<[log in to unmask]> >> wrote: >> >>> On 10/10/2014 09:13 AM, Alex Armstrong wrote: >>> >>> Hi list, >>>> >>>> Not exactly related to libraries, but: >>>> >>>> I'm putting together a site for the annual conference of a library >>>> consortium. Last year we had paired a static site with an event >>>> service >>>> (Sched) to manage the schedule and provide workshop sign ups. This >>>> time we'd like to move everything under one umbrella. >>>> >>>> Any recommendations for a conference backend? >>>> >>>> I'm looking for an open source solution I can deploy on a shared >>>> hosting plan. I'm not picky about the CMS. The current iteration is >>>> put together locally using a static site generator, so I can switch to >>>> whatever. >>>> >>>> Give Open Conference a looksie >>> >>> https://pkp.sfu.ca/ocs/ >>> >>> Cheers, >>> ./fxk >>> >>> >>> > -- > Alex >