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 One of these is to an out-of-date WordPress plugin.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