Conference Websites – The Conference & Event Website builder

Category: Feature Highlight

  • We now have API integration – write once, publish to your Event APP!

    We now have API integration – write once, publish to your Event APP!

    API: a set of functions and procedures that allow the creation of applications which access the features or data of an operating system, application, or other service.

    What does this mean to you?

    In short: Your Event App can pull the content from your website.

    We’ll for sometime now, we have been selling third-party apps and more often being asked to integrate with event apps. It seemed crazy (and time-consuming) to you (and therefore us), that you would have to enter content into the website and an APP.

    So we have been working with Double Dutch to create the API.

    What content can you send to the APP?

    Seminars, Speakers, Sponsors.

    What is the price?

    £350 for the year. Please get in-touch if you are interested in using, buying or integrating.

    Example APP

    We have successfully linked into the DoubleDutch APP For National League of Cities conference in Austin.

    To view a demo of the app…

    The API data is refreshed every 4 hours.

     

     

  • New Image thumbnail editor, allows better refinement specifically for speaker images

    New Image thumbnail editor, allows better refinement specifically for speaker images

    One of the key features of our system is the ability to display speakers photos in a number of different formats:

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    Many clients have requested that we edit their speakers photos – selecting different photos for the thumbnails to the featured images.

    The different photo sizes are created by selecting the central part of the photo – see my blog post on Article on selecting a perfect speaker photo.

    We have added a feature to edit just a specific version of a photo – e.g. the larger thumbnail.

    How to do this:

    Speakers > Pick a speaker > Click on the speaker photo or click to add a speaker photo.

    Screenshot - Using the thumbnail image editor

    Click on “Post Thumbnail Editor”

     

    Drag the mouse over the image to select a crop region. The select the image size you want to edit.

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    And the results:

    Screenshot - edited thumbnail images.

  • New Functionality : Call to Action (CTA) Buttons

    New Functionality : Call to Action (CTA) Buttons

    The new CTA Call to Action button system inserts fancy looking buttons into the page content of your site.

    What do they look like:

    They Look Like this

    And then can also look like this:

    An example with an icon

    How to Use:

    Click on the “Insert Button” button within the page editor:

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    Then complete the form – selecting from the many different options defining style and colour:

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  • Polls: You asked and we delivered

    Polls: You asked and we delivered

    Polls are an important tool to get quick feedback from your users. We have launched an easy to use, feature rich Polls system.

    Here is a demo:

    http://demo.conference-websites.co.uk/

    And here’s how to do it:

    Support article.

    Features:

    • Seamless Integration.
    • Public or Private Poll Results: Poll results are only displayed to the user when using the Poll Widget or Shortcodes. This makes it easy to poll users on any type of form, including order forms!
    • Gravity Forms Powered: Conditional logic, limiting after a certain date or number of votes… it’s no different than creating any form in Gravity Forms!

     

  • Conference Websites now have a payment system for Ticket registration

    Conference Websites now have a payment system for Ticket registration

    We have partnered with Credit Card processing company Stripe.com and Gravity Forms – the leading WordPress Form builder (packaged with Conference-Websites).

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    The price for this is £350 setup with the following Stripe processing fees – 20p + 2.4%. For further information on pricing, please visit:

    https://stripe.com/pricing 

    Please contact us for more information – [email protected].

     

  • New Functionality :: Pop-out Adverts

    New Functionality :: Pop-out Adverts

    The Advert / Teaser pop-outs is now available to use on the Conference-Website.co.uk Platform.

    Here is a demo on https://demo.conference-websites.co.uk/

    Conference Websites pop up advert
    Example: pop up advert

    Features:

    1. Displays / edits:
      – Images – 100px x 100px
      – Title
      – Teaser text
      – Link text & link
    2. Only displays to new visitors not returning
    3. Mobile optimised for phone or tablet

    Administration / how to use it

    Administration > Settings > Popout Settings

    pop-out administration screens.
    Pop-out administration screens.

     

     

  • Miramedia Now Offer Print Design & Branding services.

    Miramedia Now Offer Print Design & Branding services.

    Miramedia can now offer full design and branding services.

    The package is £500 and includes everything you need in order to build a great looking professional website using the conference-websites.co.uk platform:

    Deliverables include:

    • Logo design
    • Logo treatment – web and print versions
    • Web header
    • Web background design (might be blank)
    • Full page advert

    TOTAL COST: £500.00

    *Added revisions and requirements over and above approved design are costed at our standard rate.

    Notes & Terms:

    Based on my understanding of the brief and client requirements at initial phase, the pricing will include one design route submitted with a maximum of 2 sets of revisions* pre-implementation across variable deliverables as listed.

    We would aim to develop listed deliverables inline with agreed final Logo treatment within a 2 – 3 day
    time frame dependent on the speed at which we get feedback and the speed of which we get responses to all communications along the way.

    Conditions

    Pricing does not include use of purchased imagery/photography – the purchase of stock imagery will be priced and costed on final approved visuals prior to development / launch.

    Additional services, eg. commissioned photoshoot, illustration, copywriting, strategic planning, are subject to additional pricing and will be priced and costed accordingly.

    Updates

    Future updates and additional deliverables will be charged at our standard rate. Longer projects can be undertaken on a negotiated fixed-fee basis.

    Billing

    50% of the total project cost will be invoiced on approved visuals. The remaining 50% will be invoiced on handover of the project and paid prior to release.

    * Prices and details correct as at preparation date, errors and omissions excepted, subject to contract.

    Please contact our print designer Tracy for more info: Tracy[at]miramedia.co.uk.

     

  • Looking for a new App version of your Conference Website

    Looking for a new App version of your Conference Website

    We have built a new demo app version of one of our conference websites. To test this you need to download the app “Attendify Studio By KitApps, Inc.”

    for iPhone:

    Download Here

    for Android:

    Download Here

    GUIDE APP: Then you need to enter the app ID which is “wfosd7“.

    SOCIAL APP: Use the app ID “t6zygy”

    It’s just a test so with limited content. The fee for the whole site is £500 for the Guide App and £750 for the social app.

    Details of the social app:

    Details Here

     

  • How do I integrate Twitter Timelines with My Conference Website

    How do I integrate Twitter Timelines with My Conference Website

    I am often asked by Event Organisers how to embed their twitter home page into their website. What they want to do is to not only display Tweets for their own accounts, they want to display tweets from their customers OR a general buzz about the event:

    Here are some ideas of how you can use Twitter Timelines for your Event Website:

    1. Handpick tweets about your event or area of interest
    2. Display all the tweets with the hashtag from the show – e.g. #THE_ESTAS
    3. Bring in all the tweets from your speakers / exhibitors / sponsors

    Examples:

     

     

  • Your Conference Website as an Web-App

    Your Conference Website as an Web-App

    Conference-websites.co.uk is already optimised for mobile. It uses a responsive design to ensure that the site always fits perfectly on any screen size. To try this out for yourself, either look at your site using your mobile phone OR drag in the corners of your Desk-Top based browser.

    Definition of a web app

    Is any application that uses a web browser as a client. The term may also mean a computer software application that is coded in a browser-supported programming language and reliant on a common web browser to render the application executable. …

    Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web-app

    To convert your Conference Website INTO a web app,

    …all you need to is:

    1. Ensure you have loaded a FAVICON for your site. A Favicon is a small logo or image displayed alongside the title of your website in the browser. This is done:
      Dashboard > Event Settings > Misc > FavIcon
    2. Copy and paste the instructions below into a page called Web App and promote this page.

    View Our Conference Website as a Web App on your mobile phone:

    Adding a Shortcut Web Application to your iPhone

    1. View your Conference Website on your iphone OR iPad.
    2. From the bottom of the screen click on the small Square with arrow

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    Adding a Shortcut Web Application to your Android device (assuming you are using the default Android Browser):

    1. View your Conference Website on your android phone or tablet.
    2. From the right hand corner, click on the 3 squares and then click on the big PLUS sign +
    3. Select “Add to Home Screens”
    4. Take a screenshot of your handset so you can upload this to your webpage instructions –
      http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/google-android/3446798/how-take-screenshot-on-android-phones/
    5. Then you need to shout about it – copy and paste the code from this article onto a page on your website. Add a link “DOWNLOAD App version of this website” and you are ready to go.

    Example Screenshot of your Web App from my Android Phone

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