The Recurring Events Manager is almost here. While I have been busy fixing bugs and making updates to Event Espresso. My good friend Abel Sekepyan has been working hard on the “Recurring Events Manager” addon.

All I can say, This thing is amazing! The Recurring Events Manager for Event Espresso is going to change the lives of teachers, gym owners, and event professionals everywhere.

Go see for your self, I have just posted the first screen shots on the Event Espresso Website.

I have been working hard over the last few weeks fixing bugs, updating the calendar, writing tutorials, and adding new features.

I have also opened up a new subscription service for you to get the latest news, expedited support in the forums, and cutting edge updates.

Screenshots:

Calendar Week View

Calendar Week View

List of Attendees

List of Attendees

Movie Listings

Movie Listings (in Custom Files Addon)

I posted a quick example of how to add jQuery enabled expandable/collapsible panels to your event listings over at the Event Espresso forums. Be sure to check it out if you want to learn how to add this cool feature to your event listings.

Closed Panels

Closed Panels

Open Panel

Open Panel

I had the pleasure of meeting John Hawkins of (9Seeds) this weekend at WordCamp Utah. I also got see John give a great presentation on beginning plugin development.

Now he has taken the events of this past weekend and has given us an example (and a plugin) of how to attach images to your WordPress RSS feeds.

Still using Eventbrite to host your events? You could be wasting hundreds of dollars in fees.

In a recent blog post, Event Espresso goes head-to-head with Eventbrite. While Event Espresso boasts no per event registration fees and transaction fees and your customer’s data is stored safely on your server. Event Espresso comes out looking like the best option for a self-hosted event registration and management systems. The Eventbrite hosted event management system continues to hammer you with outrageous fees.

For a limited time, get $10 off the basic license using the discount code EVENTBRITE when checking out.

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I found the following  post from Web design Ledger to be pretty funny. I have often found my self using reflective text or mirrored objects, flourishes, and using a lot of stock images in a few projects. I even found myself wondering how I could add a picture of a cup of coffee or a background of a desk into some of my personal designs. Throw in some reflective coffee cups on a desktop and you’ve got a pretty kickin design. LOL

Read the full article here: Most Used and Abused Web Design Trends of All Time