When you configure your payment button in PayPal, one of the things you can do is set up a control where the user can choose an “option” when making a payment. The value of this option can be carried back to the user’s record by using a Last Value Field. As you probably know from… (read)
This tutorial is for a setup where, when a record is displayed, certain terms will have a link placed on them that will show all the records that have the same value. For the purpose of this tutorial, I’m calling such a field a “category field” because the value defines a category that the record… (read)
Participants Database (PDB) provides a completely independent database on your WordPress site. The means that normally, the rest of the site will have limited ways in which can interact with PDB records. This also means that Participants Database records have have limited visibility to the world of search engines and social media. Proxy Posts are… (read)
Let’s say you want to import a bunch of records to Participants Database, but there are already records in the database, some of which may match records you’re importing, which you want to update. No problem, just match the ID of the incoming record with the record IDs in the database. But what if you… (read)
Sometimes it is necessary to place a shortcode where the attributes of the shortcode are set according to the current context. For example, if you need to show a logged-in user the list of records that belong to them, you need to use a dynamic shortcode something like this: echo do_shortcode(‘ First NameLast NameClub RoleCityStateMain… (read)
It’s common to set up web forms so that the user is required to fill in one or more form fields. On the technical side of things, there are various approaches to take with this, but they all come down to being one of three ways the validation can occur: Server-Side, Client-Side, and a blend… (read)
I occasionally get requests for a way to have an email sent automatically when a certain condition is met. For example, when it’s someone’s birthday, an email would be sent to them with a birthday greeting. This kind of thing is possible using the WordPress cron, which can launch functions in the background. This is… (read)
The add-ons we offer here are connected to an automated update system so that updates are available on the Plugin page in your site admin. Normally, you only need to click update to get the latest version. I does happen on occasion that the update system fails and these updates are not available directly. In… (read)
