My client needed to accept event registrations for and wanted to accept both credit card payments and mail in payments. I investigated the options and decided on RegPro because of the fact that it didn't require joomla registrations and I liked the look of it. The install was quite simple - and I am not technical at all. When setting up payment options I ran into a snag (my error) and received a quick response to my support tickets. I have since used RegPro on two additional sites. I've been pleased with the ease of upgrading and the new features added like discounted admissions and the attractive calendar. I highly recommend this product.

This is just a few open source scripts glued together, and they make you pay $120!! It would be nice that since you paid a good amount of money they could at least provide support but support is terrible!!! They don't help and features are limited. For example, you have only one calendar.... so if you have multiple category's or events its all stuffed into one little box which looks bad and hard to use. If you maybe only have one event, then it may work but for multiple events stay away!!!

After using both Reg Pro and DT Register I'm afraid I can't recommend Reg Pro.

The site I was building required a large amount events (nearly 1200 a year) and I tried Registration Pro first since the first few reviews I read indicated it was an effective extension with good support(the lesson here is to read all the reviews!!). Before I could input half the events Registration Pro had crashed the site due to excessive memory requirements. Apparently it is a resource intensive extension.
I contacted support looking for an explanation or help in resolving the issue only to be told (24 hrs later) that the problem "wasn't their component"...and nothing else.

I continued to try and get some effective support for a few days only to receive the same type of replies. They continually blamed the server and not their component and offered little or no help resolving the issue. While it is true that the site is hosted on a shared server with limited resources...the same can be said of over 90% of the sites out there. I have literally dozens of sites using Joomla and a variety of extensions and have never encountered the errors Reg Pro caused.

When it became apparent that Reg Pro would not work for me I contacted them about a refund. Not suprisingly, I received the same reply I had before..."it's not our component"

In the end, I turned to Nathan and the DT Register component. It worked great and the support was immediate and very helpful. The site is up an running. Personally, I've had my last dealings with Joomla Showroom and their products.

One fact is true, this is one of the best event event registration components available for Joomla but that is not saying much because there is not much else out there of any quality. I felt like I had to use this component as I had no other choice in selection. Their support was responsive not confrontational and not helpful.

They did look at my system but the issue I had was I was using their configuration tools to manage custom fields and removed first and last name as community builder already had this but they said that since I changed it they would not support the application. I was cut off...

I had to do a full re-install from scratch to get any support.

The multi-user registration as part of a single registration works but barely, in the back end you can't see from each registration who paid and who didn't because of this clunky design.

My client was constantly comparing the registration pro and their paypal to see who paid. It made them very frustrated.

The out of the box reports end up being useless because of the multi-user registration issue.

Bottom line is I have a customer who is not going to use this component again and neither will I.

Please someone out there build a decent registration component!

With this extension, you also buy fast and professional support, and a product that is constantly improving.

I had a few issues and some questions, and had an answer on all of them within half a day.

The success of an extension not only lies in the working of it, but also in support. They win on both sides.

Look no further for your Event Registration needs!

I'm a developer myself and I assure you I thoroughly researched our options to present 3 options (1) a custom solution, (2) website subscription services and (3) one of the event registration solutions in Joomla! I won the client and they decided to go with Joomla for their member based organization. I selected Event Registration Pro over the others based on its features, ratings, the level of professionalism of the developers, and from what I read in the forums. I now have a really happy client, need I say more?

The support I received from joomlashowroom.com is over and above any expectations I could have had... they will even login to your site to help you out so you don’t need to be a developer or a technical wizard to get this working for you. It’s super easy to install and update. Customizing your setting and events is intuitive and there are helpful tips where you need them, they also have a good user manual on-line here http://joomlashowroom.com/images/user_manuals/registration_pro/Web_Help

Definitely worth more than the money I invested in this – these guys deserve their kudos, they more than earned it.

I've used DTR and RegPro. In fact, I started with RegPro, but went to DTR because, in my estimation, DTR's presentation is sexier and the registration model was one with which I am wholly familiar. In addition, DTR looks and feels like a traditional registration management program, as opposed to the look RegPro's shopping cart. (I never equated registering for a seminar with tickets and a shopping cart experience....)

However, shopping cart be damnned; I've returned to RegPro and I'm probably staying!

In my experience, DTR and RegPro are both good programs. They both provide registration management for my website. I found the developers of these packages, and their staff, to be professional, helpful, and responsive to my needs. If everything were equal, one would be left to decide between the two programs based on sheer personal preference of registration display, process, and modelling...if everything were equal.

To be sure, DTR is a mega-feature-rich package. RegPro has an abundance of features, as well.

HOWEVER, RegPro has the following features that I have come to appreciate as particularly satisfying:

> Effortless installation,
> Easily configurable native paypal and offline payment options,
> Affordable OSDSC Authorize.net payment plugin that is both an easy installation and quick configuration (with a responsive and instructive support staff),
> Clean, intuitive, and straight-forward database schema,
> Concise, crisp code,
> A complete user's manual,

and most importantly, to me:

>>>>> REGPRO WORKS CONSISTENTLY WELL -- EVERYDAY, ALL THE TIME, BETWEEN RELEASES, RAIN OR SHINE!!!!

I am blown away. I was using a far inferior combination of two far inferior components. No more. I can't go back. Thanks for saving me from that nightmare.

I have used DT Register extensively for the past year or so, and it has not been fun...only for lack of other options in a calendar/registration system. I lost almost a whole day when DTR released a bad update, and I was overly trusting.
There are inherent problems with using two fragile components together anyway.

I was just read with care the JCalPro site, regarding their new I'll Be There, and there are only the vaguest plans for the two to be integrated.

JHRSVP seems to be in perpetual beta.

So, I would tend to give RegPro a "very good". But because nobody else, as far as I can tell based on substantial experience, delivers the breadth of functionality with high quality implementation, I have to consider it "Excellent".

Yeah, wouldn't it be great if everything were free? I don't have any problem with the price, because I bought a bunch of licenses when Joomla Showroom was having a sale. I find the Support to be very responsive. I love the couponing, the multiple pricing options, and the add-on options. I am going to be sticking with RegPro. In fact if someone is selling event tickets, and can't afford $100 or so, I am going to take a pass on the project...so RegPro is helping me select better clients. Gotta love it!

Clunky front-end interface, extremely limited styling options. Very limited configuration options. A very basic extension that would be an all right purchase if the price was around $20. As it stands, $120 is *ridiculously* overpriced. Only purchased this because a client needed something that would work with PayPal Pro (which this does for an additional $20) and had the ability to use discount coupons. If DT Register had a PayPal Pro plugin, I would have gone with DT Register. As it stands, this extension is not good value for money.

I have a 1.0.15 joomla installation running Event Registration Pro 2,8.3. I asked JoomlaShowroom ticket center a specific question:

"Many of our customers need to register and buy multiple events at one time (checking out many events with one checkout process)."

The answered very briefly with a "yes". So I upgraded to 1.5.10 and bought the new Event Reg Pro for Joom 1.5.

I spent many hours upgrading joomla to 1.5.10 and installed the Event Reg Pro component only to find out that it didn't support multiple event checkout in the same process.

I don't have a problem with the component as far as reliability. It's ok with a few bugs and modifications. I HAVE A BIG PROBLEM WITH THEIR SUPPORT. I guess I'm out the money for the upgrade.

I'll find a different solution for multiple event checkout.

I have been looking for a comprehensive event management system to handle registrations for a conference. I needed event registration that would tie in with paypal, the ability to register more than one person at a time, and some sort of registered user management on the back end.

After an extensive test run at the developer's demo site, I decided this component was worth a shot. I would strongly recommend that anyone considering this component do the same, especially before paying.

I purposefully chose to use this component ONLY for the registration features. I am VERY happy with EventList and simply added a link to the Event RegistrationPro registration form in my EventList details page. So while it might cost some money, I know it will save my client TONS of time when managing their conference.

The customer service has been outstanding. The lack of a forum is disappointing, but they responded to tickets within 24 hrs, most of the time within just a few hours. There are still some bugs (like not compatible with JCE, which they claim is a bug with JCE), but I can only see this component improving.

Based on some of the very low ratings here, I was a little skeptical. But the demo site really helped me figure out how I could use this component. Plus, based on the component's most recent version (as of now, 1.5.3), obviously the developer was listening to some of the feedback. I was especially concerned about being limited to 7 fields on the registration form and not being able to edit/manage users on the back end, but that has been changed, as I quickly found out on the demo site.

There are some limitations that I hope to see changed in the future:

- Better handling of registering more than 1 person. If you register 10 people, and are asking for name, company, address, city, state, zip, email, phone, etc. for all 10, it's a cumbersome form to fill out. The ability to copy fields (like the address field) across all would be nice. There is community builder integration and certain fields can be prepopulated with information from the user's profile.

- The ability to add some custom text for each event above and/or below the registration form to provide some instruction/details for the user.

- The ability to show the registrant's payment method in the exportable excel spreadsheet of registered users on the back end. I'd like to know if they chose PayPal or offline without having to look at each individual transaction detail.

- The ability to add more information to the automatically generated response emails, ie. to let the user know they purchased 2 Premium-level tickets (as opposed to, let's say, Standard-level tickets) with 1 parking ticket and 2 t-shirts. If I have multiple tickets and additional options for one event, I can't include those specific details in the email.

I didn't even consider DT Register because I don't want to run Legacy mode. redEvent seems to have potential and I'll be keeping my eye on it, and if Eventlist comes out with payment integration, wow, that would be great. But for now, Event Registration Pro has been able to do everything I needed it to do and I have been VERY happy with it.

I looked at this product and DT Register for a project I needed an Event registration tool for. Ultimately I'd decided on Registration Pro for a couple of reasons. Long story short, I ended up buying DT Register in addition. Registration Pro has a lack of ability to be customized in appearance, which wouldn't be such a big deal but the product does not look professional. Support is okay, but definitely not worth the money to purchase. Remember, there is no refunds! Study, check, compare to make sure this is the right choice for you.

This product lacks some crucial functionality which some of its competitor’s whom provide free software (of course you should donate) provide. Yes, Registration Pro is the most comprehensive registration Joomla software available and does the job fairly well. However, the software lacks in the following areas which keep it from being great. Here are some of my findings;
1. There is no way to add repeating events. If you have events which repeat – say once a week for 8 weeks you must add each event separately.
2. There is absolutely no sorting capability on the grid views. You get nice search features with color coded categories but absolutely no way to sort the data on event, date/time, price or anything. So if you have large amounts of events - the end users will need to comb through that information.
3. Because of the previous 2 points using this system as an “Events” listing is out of the question, at least for me. What I mean is turning off the registration component and only using the registration capability as needed. Though this can be done its wise not to if you have more than 50 events because it will becomes difficult to manage. I was hoping to use this system to manage 600 – 1200 events yearly but only using the registration component for maybe 5 % and most of the events I wanted to use this system for were repeating. Maybe the system was not intended to be used this way?
4. Where’s the Calendar? Need I say more……. I know it’s coming but your competitors have it as a plug-in for free.
5. The documentation lacked troubleshooting information – like what to do when the Search and Reset buttons just don’t appear on the search page? Hmm!
6. How do you change that (YYYY-MM-DD) for the date search – maybe (DD-MM-YY or YYYY)?
7. No forum on the Joomla Show Website – at least I could not find the forum. I found this interesting but only after I purchased the software.
8. It would be nice if there were some solid reporting system that could be used to generate news letters to registered users of a web site. I don’t mean registered users of an event but through Community Builder. I would be nice to send listings of events that can distributed using email.
I did try to contact the folks at Joomla Showroom several times for questions but never got any response about some of these issues – not all of them. I would not give them high marks for customer support and when charging $119.00 for a product I expect much, much more. One of the competing products to Registration Pro is EventList1.0 and with the plug-ins available is a very solid product. Make sure that before you buy Registration Pro you thoroughly do your homework and evaluate several products, especially if you are being asked to spend $$.
I think if the developer enhances this product to include some of these suggestions this product will be well worth the money. By allowing your product to be more easily used like a basic events listing will go along way. And a forum would be nice.
For all the development that has gone into this system – it is on the verge of being unstoppable and though I have heavily criticized this software it meant only to help make the product better.

TRY IT BEFORE YOU BUY IT!

As I did some research (but not enough) on which Registration component to use I chose this one as it appeared to have the most functionality and the most customization. In the beginning I was not disappointed! There are quite a few features and good customization but when I got to creating an event registration form I ran into problems.

1. No separators, intro text, etc. The forms are limited to 7 fields and if you're not putting in an input field you're not putting in anything. This is a HUGE lack in functional presentation as on some registration forms I would like to separate the fields into sections (i.e. t-shirt, event lodging, event products). Thus we are limited to descriptions on the input fields (at least you've got that) to categorize and present the fields.

2. No if than options for the fields. It would be EXTREMELY helpful if you could have some fields the were dependent on a previous field. For example: Do you want a t-shirt? (radio buttons for yes or no, of course with this component you couldn't use radio buttons because you would have to put "I want a T-shirt" () and then on the next row down "I do not want a T-shirt" () so you would have to use a selection drop down which is very sloppy) then when somebody clicks yes you would have options come up for what size and how many. While this option is not necessary it should be for what is being charged.

My advise is that before you even consider purchasing this product that you go to their excellent demo site, log into the back-end and try to create your form. It may work the way it is for you but for me this was a MAJOR disappointment.

I needed a component to present courses on a customer's website. I had a deadline to meet and I did not have much time. I browsed the extension library and found Registration Pro and DTRegister. I actually went for DTRegister, because it seemed simple and it seemed it had the features that I needed to meet the customer's requirements. However, after installing and configuring DTRegister a blank webpage was shown, when I accessed the component from a menuitem... :-( I never experienced that before with ANY component...! Really strange... :-( Because I had a deadline to meet I then bought Registion Pro and it just worked right out of the box! :-) I am really satisfied.

Only objection would be that some configuration options in the backend don't seem to have any effect in the frontend, e.g.:

General Layout Settings in the Configuration menu. Here you should be able to:

Show header: (yes/no)
Show intro text on the event listing page: (yes/no)

However, these options have no effect in the frontend...?!? :-(

The features I was looking for were automatic acknowledgement of registration and the ability to download a spreadsheet with delegate details. It does both of these but it required support and an upgrade to deal with multi line addresses which were being parsed into separate cells. The styling of the registration form apparently requires register_globals setting to be off, otherwise when you try to edit a previously entered style, it does not appear in the form, although the initial styling is still applied. Changing the register_globals setting isn't an option for me.

All support enquiries include a request for admin access to your site, which is not entirely satisfactory and I had to set up a mirror site for them to play with. Support responses were fast but on one occasion bordering on rude.

This has done the job I needed but for next year's event I'll be looking at DT Register, as the experience of using this rather expensive module was overall unsatisfactory.

A great product. Great service via email.

Moved the entire website from Mambo to Joomla only to allow me to use Registration Pro.

Needed CB1.2 integration and Mike came back and sorted out the latest version in a few minutes.

Can do with more features in the upcoming releases like:

1. Mapping firstname/lastname straight from CB rather than having to re-type the names in.

2. Differential pricing for non-members and members. Allowing non-members of the site to register for events and collecting payment for that. For the same event, allowing members to register for free.

3. Automatically informing a registered attendee that they have already registered and do not have to do so again.

And more.

But, the tool is great and management of our events is a breeze.

Well i bought the RegistrationPro component a week or so ago and i am disappointed with it.For $119 i would have thought i was getting a slick looking product and interface, but instead it was clunky looking and I have found it to be limited in functionality. And for things i think should be working out of the box (radio buttons, checkboxes, section breaks in forms) they wanted to charge me more money to fix them. I couldnt even create a form that worked. I believe that the information they have on their website is misleading and so you can understand the frustration of spending all this money to find that in my opinion it is far from the description.

I bought this extension and love it!

I needed it to allow people to register for classes at my training center. After doing a lot of research I thought this one would work best. Turns out that It did. I looked at DT Register as well. It also seemed pretty good, but the fact that you had to have jevents installed didn't fit my business/website model.

I also found that this extension had a better ADMIN demo than DT Register. Which fit my business better. Although I have to say, even this extension's demo was a little confusing compared to other extension demo's that I have seen. Maybe because it doesn't look like the default joomla template. Not sure.

As far as installing, it worked like a charm. It comes with the offline payment option and paypal extension.

However if you want to use AUTHORIZE.NET you have to purchase it separately for $19.00 from a separate company and it requires ioncube loader to install. Because I utilize godaddy hosting installing ioncube was a bit of a challenge, but once i figured it our the install worked perfect. Just make sure you follow the directions that come with the plugin.

Although I was a little disappointed that there wasn't a forum for questions and such, this extension's support was unmatched by any other extension that I have ever bought and I have been using Joomla for over 2 years. The response time is extremely short. One ticket was answered within 15 minutes of submitting it. Not to mention it was on a weekend.

My only negatives about this extension is that the Authorize.net plugin is a 3rd party plugin from osdcs.com. I ran into a few small snags and osdcs.com has still not responded to my ticket. It has been 2 days. I wish that Event Registration pro would produce their own Authorize.net plugin.

The other negative is that even though the manual is quite extensive on configuration, it is a little light on basic usage. Things like payment plugins. "make sure you have your paypal info filled in the plugin or it will not show up on the front end." & "Sorting events on the backend so that you do not get duplicate categories on the front end."

I have never tried it with community builder yet. that is next. I will let everyone know if any problems arise.

Overall this extension is a 9 out of 10, and is totally worth the money. I had been screwing around with some free registration systems before finding this one. None of them work right out of the box. So basically I wasted a lot of time and energy when i could have just bought this one and had it up and running in no time.

Anyway that is my 2 cents. Hope it is helpful.

This software integrated well with my Joomla 1.5 site. Most of the features advertised work. However, it is very limited in the ability to make a more robust registration form. I was limited to a simple how many people are going and then it list that many people for a registration. I have difficult time getting any other payment options to works besides PayPal. I am really sorry I purchased this software, because I went and purchased DT Register and it works so much more better than Registration Pro. Really disappointed with this program. Be absolutely sure this is what you want because there is NO REFUND once you purchase it. As far as emails are concerned he does reply quickly to emails, so if you want this software good chance he will respond.