It's definitely not what I expected for 39 euros. The component works as it is stock.....and that's it, you really can't personalize it at all for the exception of the single event event display template. And by that i mean just the colors not the arrangement. Once you have more than a dozen or so events It becomes extremely clustered and impossible to navigate. The same with the venues, if you have more than a handful of locations they just get put into a "sometimes alphabetical" order making your page a long single line list with no sorting or any useful filter options. It has all the functions of Eventlist but for whatever reason they have all been made more user unfriendly. You have a whole bunch of options on the front end that you might...or might not want to use however it's impossible to give them default values or disable them.



Event will be: Private Public

Enable registration: no yes

Allow overbooking: no yes

Show guests that registered: no yes

Automatically approve users: no yes

Allow users to comment:

I don't need any of these, they just clump the page and make it more complicated for a user to add the event AND the comment option is always disabled by default...really annoying as I have to go check all the events on daily basis and manually switch it on, since users don't pay attention to endless, useless radio check boxes. On top of that repeating events are only accessible from the back end, once again another daily task for me to check if there event is repeating or not so i can set it right. If you don't use an editor by default when you add a description for an event the text goes over the side menu of the event and makes an eye sore, the same with an image if it's original size is too big it will cover the entire page including all the event options like "edit event" So you have to go in the back end use whatever editor you have to place it in a table so it fits the template. It wouldn't be so bad if there was actually support available. Those should be fairly easy fixes but the forum they have set up is useless, all you get is an automated message that the forum is not monitored and to use their support system. Ok so they probably want to answer the same question over and over again instead of just making it public for everyone to see on the forum. If that's the case then do it, I've been waiting for 3 days to get a reply on the issue of images and text overlapping the event menu. Finally received an answer to put it all in a table....yes I KNOW that...I told you in my question that this is my solution. Another thing....when adding an event you HAVE to select a location...from a drop down filtered by whatever you type in a little search box. No sorting option or the ability to just enter an address, That is just stupid, considering you don't even have a good option of displaying all the venues. Users are creating multiple entries for the same venue over and over with the same name and information just spamming the database even more with repeating venues. The latest events module has only one option...latest event added to the database, so you can't have it show latest events by date, WHICH I think would be the most useful. If you need an event component for more than a handful of events RSEvents will make your head hurt with a clustered interface. If you only need something for a couple of events then you should save your self the 39 euros and use something else.

I bought this component based ont he large amount of great reviews it received and true the support is really swift which is refreshing. The component itself installs no problem, themes are a doddle to format and alter with simple CSS and no weird hard coding going on which is also nice. I needed the paypal plugin which without a doubt is where it seriously falters. the paypal plugin is really only half baked at this point and has a lon way to go before being thought of as a must have Joomla extension.

Good Points:



Installation is a breeze

Component is really solid and not buggy

Support is really top notch

Looks good front-end

Very easy to change the look of the templates



Bad Points:





You have little or no control over how events are displayed

You can't set recurring payments

You can't buy tickets to multiple events - you have to go through the paypal process for each individual ticket

Ticket management is not very user friendly and bit Goinky to be honest



Overall it's ok, it's not amazing, it needs a lot of work and is definitely the poorest of the RSJoomla products i've tried.

Extremely good component.

Fast to setup, easy to use.

I wanted UK address system and not US, sent a support ticket, 10 minutes later i had the solution and that was on a Saturday !!!

Support is the best

Highly recommend this.

RS Joomla are AweSome !!!

Well done guys :)

I am a software reviewer as well as a web site designer. This Joomla component is over heels the best events component available. I am not sure if I am happiest with the component, or the support - both are outstanding. I first tried a competitor component (which I am probably not allowed to mention, so I won't), because the reviews were good and for the price, you would expect it to be good. That component did not even to the most basic task of displaying events by category, and THEY wanted $250 MORE to add that function. AT RsJoomla I asked a question about customization and within 24 hours the team there supplied me answers, and helped me to achieve my goals and create a happy customer. and at HALF THE PRICE. Don't let price fool you. These guys are top notch, and their product shows it. Highly recommended. 5 stars. They have my loyalty and respect.

I had this component installed at my site it didn't work because I am not computer guy.

Then, Alexandru offered 10-Star Support Service to me, just asked for (user hname/password) and got everything fixed to me; Thanks!

I like this component. It is very useful to create events and display, then sign people up for them.



I have used it for a month, developing a site, but found an issue with the data design that causes a limit. You cannot search for events based on geographic locations. You can search for events based on the name of the venue or date or category of event. This leads me to think the developers intended its use for a smaller scale, local environment. As is, if you get a 1000 events with distinct locations over the course of time, you will have a 1000 location drop down box to choose from when setting up new events. (Locations of events are global and put in a separate table, not tied to the event in the same table.)



When this issue is addressed, the component will be very valuable. You can integrate (somewhat, not all aspects of) RSForms Pro to get more data when people sign up. This is nice.



The component allows you to sell "tickets" to events (via paypal or 'wire transfer' - no one uses that in the USA) but the integration doesn't allow subscriptions or recurring payments.



This is a very affordable add-in if your site wants to have event listings and an events calendar. I recommend it. I think the improvements it needs will come over the course of time.

This great extension is well worth the investment. Not only does RSEvents offer a wide range of possiblities, it's also being updated frequently. The makers clearly invest a lot of time in improving RSEvents, though it still could use some more features that are frequently standard in comparable (free) extensions, such as events with more than one date (such as eveningcourses), more flexibility in the way events are shown, the use custom fields, etc.

the support is great. Not always consistent in their respons and sometimes a bit (too) short, but they will get you where you want to go!

We're a non profit that trains child care providers who desperately wanted to register and pay online for our training workshops. Through this awesome extension and impeccable support, we delivered. Our child care providers love it. We're not developers and needed help with customizing a few things. Their support team was always there with a solution. Thanks!

Finally in the form of RSEvents comes a great booking / event system for Joomla that is easy to configure, style, adapt and customise to suit. Combined with RS Form Pro you can build something no other component is yet capable of.



The best feature though is the amazing support from RSJoomla. You can be safe in the knowledge that if you buy this component pro help is at hand. They went above and beyond the call of duty in order to help me out and even implemented some changes for me!



Very impressed and looking forward to future developments from them...

I was looking for an event registration solution with the possibility of individual registration forms.I tested many components. They were either too complicated or too simple. RSEvents! and RSFormsPro! is the perfect combination. It is easy to install and integrate in the existing design. I wanted a custom display of a specific page and got very fast support.