This latest release for [RNG](RNG brings two major features: The ability for anonymous users to register for events. And the ability to create, and associate non-users with events.

RNG is an event management module for Drupal 8 created in the spirit of Entity Registration (Drupal 7) and Signup (Drupal 6). Users can create registrations for events, and event managers can manage these registrations.

Note: This post discusses updates to the RNG project which are available in a beta release. See this issue for how to get RNG 1.3 beta.

Registration form

The event registration form has been reworked into a re-usable Drupal element, whilst making heavy use of AJAX. The registrant selector now accepts multiple registrants. Registrants can also be modified after the registration is created.

Anonymous registrants

Access control has been reworked to permit anonymous users to register for events.

RNG requires that all registrants for a registration are a Drupal entity. Since anonymous users do not correspond to a user entity, the RNG Contact project provides a way to create non-user registants in a similar fashion to how contacts work on your phone.

See main RNG Contact article: RNG Contact: Anonymous registrants for RNG.

More features

• Registrant entities now have bundles
• Added registrant type configuration entity
• Added control over which identity types can be referenced or created within each event type.
• Added ability to specify minimum and maximum registrants per registration.
• Added an interface to view and add RNG related fields.
• Event settings pages now use the admin theme.
• And many other behind the scene changes.

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Notice: this article make use of features introduced in RNG 1.3. Upgrade before proceeding.

Last updated: July 12th, 2017

RNG Contact provides a new person type for RNG. It allows you to create and reference a non-user, a task an anonymous user is normally required to do. Users of Event Registration for Drupal 7 know this feature as anonymous registrants.

Technical background

RNG requires that all registrants for a registration are a Drupal entity. Since anonymous users do not correspond to a user entity, this module provides a way to create an entity in similar fashion to how contacts work on your phone.

Installation

RNG Contact can be found on Drupal.org: https://drupal.org/project/rng_contact. Install the module as usual:

Drush

drush dl rng_contact && drush en rng_contact --y

Drupal Console

drupal moi rng_contact

Composer

composer require drupal/rng_contact

Configuration

Enable the entity type for RNG

Enable RNG to use the Contact type provided by RNG Contact in the main RNG settings form (/admin/config/rng/settings)

Enable the entity type for Courier

Enable RNG to use the Contact type provided by RNG Contact in the main RNG settings form (/admin/config/rng/settings)

Create a contact type

Similar to how content types work for nodes; you must create a contact type (/admin/structure/rng_contact/contact_types)

The only field which comes with all contact types is the label field. After you create your contact type, you may want to add fields you want to display on contact creation forms, such as an email address field.

Enable the contact type for your event types

After creating your contact type you need to choose whether you want to allow new registrations to access existing contacts, and/or allow new registrations to create new contact types inline. I recommend enabling only the "Permit inline creation of entities" checkbox.

Permissions

You must grant permissions to roles so users can create new contacts.

Go to the RNG Contact heading on the user permissions page (/admin/people/permissions) and grant the "Create new contact" permissions.

Registration form

This is what you should expect to see on your event registration forms.

The new contact type appears as an option in "Person type", and the form to create your contact appears adjacent.

Enabling emails

For RNG to be able to send emails to contacts, you must add an email field and configure Courier to use this field. See the guide: RNG Contact: Adding an email field

RNG has tagged numerous alpha releases and maintained stability with Drupal core. Because of this stability I will be accellerating to 1.0 by skipping beta and going straight to RC. However RC will not occur until the following requirements are satisfied:

• Drupal 8 must tag its first release candidate. Supposedly in October.
• Current tests must continue to pass.
• DER must commit base field views integration, and tag a new release (beta4).
• Courier must create a new re-usable template selection UI.

Everything should line up for a RNG RC in October or November 2015.

Updated October 20, 2015: All requirements were satisfied, the first RNG release candidate was released on October 14th, 2015.

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After 5 months of development, RNG is ready for its first alpha release. A milestone where there are no major issues, and schema is not anticipated to change leading up until v1.0.

RNG is a Drupal 8 module implementing a core toolset for allowing users to register for events. An event can be a presentation at a conference, a meetup, a class. If you need a way to associate people with a Drupal entity, take a look at RNG.

Core features of RNG:

• Any entity type — designate any bundle (e.g node type) as an event type.
• Self and proxy registration — users can register themselves or other identities to the event.
• Multiple registrants — registrations can associate multiple identities.
• Messaging — messages, such as email, can be sent to registrants. Messages have token support, allowing you to recycle field values from the related event, identity, and registration. Messages can be timed, or sent when a registration is created.
• Additional identities — the Identity module allows you to register non-users. It is modeled like an address book, where contacts are added, and then made available as an option on the registration form.

Theres still a few things that will make it in before 1.0 final. Including improved Views integration, and improved/full test coverage.

I work on RNG in my own time. If you want to help out, don't hesitate in posting in the issue queue or contacting me directly.

Need help getting setup? See Quick Start.

Download the module on drupal.org.

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