# MDJM Event Management

**Contributors:** mdjm  
**Tags:** Event Planner, DJ Booking System, Event Booking System, CRM, DJ Manager  
**Requires at least:** WordPress 6.0  
**Tested up to:** WordPress 6.9  
**Requires PHP:** 8.0  
**Stable tag:** 1.7.8 
**License:** GPLv2 or later  
**License URI:** http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

MDJM Event Management automates event processes, streamlining from enquiries to completion. Add employees, clients, and create events seamlessly.

## Description

MDJM Event Management is the solution for Event based businesses who wish to automate their processes and enable clients to manage events.

It is an event planning solution built specifically for websites running on WordPress ensuring the users are familiar with the Administration settings and look and feel.

MDJM Event Management allows you to manage your events from enquiry stage through to completion. Add your employees, your clients and then create an event.

### Key Features

- No event or employee restrictions
- Multi employee aware
- Record all transactions
- Detailed reporting
- Granular permissions for employee roles
- Showcase your business products
- Auto calculate and apply travel costs to your events
- A front-end client portal (Client Zone) where your clients can manage their events
- Client playlists with guest access
- Digital Contract Signing
- Automated emails
- Track whether or not client emails have been opened
- Create event packages for simplistic price assignment
- Track the most successful marketing strategies for your business
- Automate daily and weekly tasks
- Create an unlimited number of custom email and contract templates
- Developer friendly
- A number of [plugin extensions](https://mdjm.co.uk/extensions/) are available to further enhance the automation including Contact Forms, Payment Gateways and Calendar Sync

### Communication with MDJM Event Management Servers

This plugin will only communicate with MDJM Event Management servers when paid MDJM extensions are installed for the purpose of license checks and providing updates to the paid extensions only. This communication does not happen when there are no paid MDJM extensions installed.

## Installation

### Automated Installation

1. Login to your WordPress administration screen and select "Plugins" → "Add New" from the menu
2. Enter "MDJM Event Management" into the Search Plugins text box and hit Enter
3. Click "Install Now" within the MDJM Event Management plugin box
4. Activate the plugin once installation is completed

### Manual Installation

Once you have downloaded the plugin zip file, follow these simple instructions to get going:

1. Login to your WordPress administration screen and select the "Plugins" → "Add New" from the menu
2. Select "Upload Plugin" from the top of the main page
3. Click "Choose File" and select the mobile-dj-manager.zip file you downloaded
4. Click "Install Now"
5. Once installation has finished, select "Activate Plugin"
6. Once activation has completed, click the "Settings" link under the MDJM Event Management plugin
7. Installation has now completed. Next you need to [configure MDJM](https://mdjm.co.uk/docs/installation/).

## Frequently Asked Questions

### Is any support provided?

Support can be obtained via our online [Support Pages](https://mdjm.co.uk/support/).  
Support is provided on a best-endeavours basis.

### Is there a Pro version with additional features?

Extensions are available to enhance the plugin via our [Extension Store](https://mdjm.co.uk/extensions/).

## Screenshots

1. An overview of the MDJM Event Management Dashboard screen as seen by an Administrator when they are logged into the WordPress Admin UI
2. The Dashboard as seen by an employee when they are logged in
3. A view of the settings page (not seen by non-admins)
4. Permissions can be set to determine what an employee can see/do within the application
5. Event listing within the Admin UI
6. The client's homepage on the website front end
7. The playlist feature as utilised by clients

## Changelog

### 1.7.8

- **Fix:** Download as .txt now working as expected.
- **Fix:** Removed the unnecessary '-' from the front of the currency symbol.
- **Enhancement:** Pricing for Extensions now pulls from MDJM website.
- **Enhancement:** Dashboard now shows next 5 events.

### 1.7.7

- **New:** Wedding Timeline - Must have Dynamic Contact Forms 2.3.6 installed.

### 1.7.6.3

- **Fix:** Password Resets from MDJM Portal
- **Fix:** Disable Email Switch
- **Enhancement:** Changed Tick Box to I/O Switch
- **Enhancement:** More PHP8.3 Enhancements

### 1.7.6.2

- **Fix:** PHP 8.3 fixes
- **Enhancement:** Press the Availability button and it tells you who is available for that event

### 1.7.6.1

- PHP 8.3 Fixes
- Cosmetic Changes

### 1.7.6

- **Enhancement:** Playlist Artist & Song art pulled from Discogs (Needs an API)
- **Enhancement:** If you have Spotify Playlist Converter, it'll show you what URI is used in the Job Sheet
- **Enhancement:** More permissions tweaked
- **Enhancement:** New Logic that playlist is only shown once the event is marked as "confirmed"
- **Fix:** Security XSS Fix

### 1.7.5.6

- **Fix:** Security Fixes
- **Enhancement:** More friendly Extensions Page layout

### 1.7.5.5

- **Enhancement:** Reference Prefix for Bank Transfer payments
- **Fix:** Fix for client notes not going on new line
- **Fix:** Fix for DJ Wage showing all the time
- **Fix:** Security Issues

### 1.7.5.3

Security Fixes - Important Update

### 1.7.5.2

- **Enhancement:** Added Artist notes to the job sheet
- **Enhancement:** Added full venue details to the job sheet
- **Enhancement:** Added the ability to download the playlist as text or CSV file.

### 1.7.5.1

- **Fix:** Fixed the Playlist content sending in emails

### 1.7.5

- **Enhancement:** Added a "Back to Event List" button
- **Enhancement:** Added "Employee Wage" shortcode.
- **Enhancement:** Code change to allow Spotify Playlist Converter

### 1.7.4.2

- **Fix:** Emails not sending on status change

### 1.7.4.1

Lots of bug fixes and enhancements

### 1.7.4

- **Enhancement:** Added customizable page excerpts for Client Portal pages.

### 1.7.3

- **Fix:** Travel cost now working as expected.

### 1.7.1

- **Enhancement:** Changed the Event Status colours - can be customized too.
- **Enhancement:** Changed the Settings Layout
- **Enhancement:** Added "Remaining Balance due date" as a {custom_tag}
- **Enhancement:** Added QR Code Generator (Optional in Settings) to display a QR Code for Guest Playlist access.
- **Fix:** Fixed the travel pricing, distance and timing - users need to use their own API for this.
- **Fix:** Fixed the Playlist Global Setting for new events.
- **Fix:** Compliance Documents now get the Save As dialog when downloading.

### 1.7

PHP 8 Ready

**Features:**
- Email Client button now hides if the event status is set to "unattended enquiry"
- Finances Overview now in a separate Metabox.

**Fixes:**
- Event Details link from Event Summary screen now showing for everyone
- Various _mdjm_** tags now displaying correctly

### 1.6.5

**Features:**
- Added the Balance Remaining amount to the deposit/balance paid metabox.
- Got ready for Mailchimp release

**Fixes:**
- Display "Make Payment" button if BACS option is only selected.

### 1.6.4

**Features:**
- Added functionality of clients being able to download PLI and/or PAT Certificates from the Client Area.
- Changed the Client Portal button colour to Hex value

**Fixes:**
- Position of the login form now showing in correct place

### 1.6.3

**Enhancements:**
- CSS Change on settings page to make it easier to read
- Easier to determine the email and online quote templates

**Fixes:**
- File upload sending via email
- Time in Event settings

### 1.6.2

Few tweaks to code and few more security fixes.

### 1.6

**Enhancements:**
- Added End Time and Guest Playlist URL to the Event Details page
- Added the option of inputting BACS details and displaying them front end on the payments page.
- Show an error if end time is set before the start time.
- Changed the CSS for the Print/Email Event button
- Made Event Status a sortable column.
- Add Venue name to the main events listing page.
- Added 7 new colours to the Action Button in the client zone - Black, White, Purple, Pink, Yellow, Light Grey and Dark Grey.
- Added client phone number to the event details printout.
- Changed the playlist page to print full event details to hand out to staff
- Allow the support of the new Stripe and Reporting
- Added a "next year" filter option.
- Added a 5 year buffer to the current year on filtering.
- Changed past date to -7 years.

**Fixes:**
- Deleting clients in bulk was throwing a fatal error. Fix applied.
- Force jQuery Datepicker to override Bootstrap Datepicker
- Employee Availability Calendar on the back end.
- jQuery for the front-end Availability Checker.
- Option to unload Font Awesome from plugin settings, if needed.
- Fixed bug in playlist manager which caused playlists to close.
- Fixed missed icons
- Fixed addons calculation

**For Full Changelog, please visit [www.mdjm.co.uk/full-changelog](https://www.mdjm.co.uk/full-changelog)**

## Paid Extensions Installation, Licensing and Updates

All paid extensions for MDJM Event Management must be installed manually, see [Installing Extensions](https://mdjm.co.uk/articles/installing-add-ons/) for more info.

License and update checks for paid extensions are only run when there are paid extensions for MDJM Event Management installed.

## Links

- [Website](https://mdjm.co.uk/)
- [Documentation](https://mdjm.co.uk/docs/)
- [Support](https://mdjm.co.uk/support/)
- [Extensions](https://mdjm.co.uk/extensions/)