This question has been asked quite a few times, so I have decided to post a tutorial in the new Event Espresso forums. If this question has been plaguing you as well, be sure to check it out.
We have just reached 5,000 downloads of Advanced Events Registration, the premiere event registration and management plugin for WordPress.
To celebrate, we offering $10 off the purchase price of premium version of the plugin, to the first 50 people! Use the discount code AER5000 to claim your discount at the time of purchase. Order now and you will also get a first look at version 3* of the new Event Espresso plugin.
*Everyone who has purchased the Advanced Events Registration plugin will also get a free upgrade to the new version shortly after release.
In preparation for the release of Event Espresso (the new name of Advanced Events Registration,) we have just opened up our new forums.
Many of you have been using the WordPress forums to ask your questions about the Advanced Events Registration plugin. The only problem with that is that I don’t know anyone has posted anything there. I try to login and check every once in a while, but that is very inefficient and some questions go unanswered. I am hoping to change this with our new forums.
So please head on over and say hello, leave us some feedback in the “Suggestion Box” or show off your site in the new “Website Showcase.”
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Check out the new WP E-Junkie Shopping Cart, view screen shots, or see the plugin in action.
Beware of “pirated” premium plugins and themes that may add malicious scripts and open back doors into your server and/or your WordPress installations.
Apparently several people have had the misfortune of downloading a pirated version of my Advanced Events Registration plugin from some file sharing websites. One person’s site was entirely overwritten with spam posts and links pirated software. While another persons entire website was completely wiped out.
The website owner (whom I wont mention here) actually threatened to sue me because five years worth of content was completely removed from their blog. When I asked for a copy of their receipt from the purchase of the premium plugin. The person stated they had downloaded it from a free file hosting website. Can you believe it! So I stated the obvious, “You didn’t purchase the plugin from my website, so you will need to contact whomever you received the files from. I am not responsible for code that may be distributed by outside sources.”
Moral of the story:
Premium plugins and themes may be GPL licensed (or not in some cases.) Unless you get them from a trusted source, you may be taking a major risk using them.
Related information:
How Downloading a Premium Theme/Plugin From the Wrong Place Can Ruin Your Site
Downloading a Premium Theme from the Wrong Site can be Expensive
Download Free Premium WordPress theme :What’s the Catch?
WordPress Premium Developer and Author Piracy My Thoughts
The Ethics of WordPress Themes at a Premium
Update alert! I have been in the process of renaming, re-branding, and redesigning the Advanced Events Registration plugin for WordPress. The new name for the all-in-one event manager has just been renamed to “Event Espresso“. We are currently shooting for an end of July release.
I have just finished uploading the very first screen shots of version 3 of the Advanced Events Registration (now “Event Espresso“) plugin for WordPress.
