Yep you read right, the next version will be called Matukio 3.0 and we are currently working hard to get it out in the next couple of month. In this thread and various
Facebook
posts / tweets (so you should like us now if you haven't already!) we are going to answer your questions, listen to your ideas / feedback and keep you updated with the current development progress.
So why 3.0 and not 2.3 like announced sometime ago?
The first thing off 3.0 you are going to notice is our complete rework of the backend. We updated it to the modern Joomla 3 bootstrap layout and it will fit 100 % into Joomla 3 (and 3.1, 3.2 and 3.5)! With this come many improvements in usability and workflow. You can for example now choose default publishers, set default places and more to make creating events much more easy. In addition we have now a nice JavaScript input validation, helping you never to miss a required inputfield again!
When will Matukio 3.0 released?
We plan to make a rolling release, that means we are going to release as soon as possible and as often as possible (of course after the changes where tested in some development versions). Because of this we don't have a strict planed changelog and can take your feedback into account after every release.
So the changelog below is going to be integrated step by step and not at once. We are going to mark the already integrated changes green, so that you have a overview about the current progress.
List of planed features / changes
- Rewrite of the whole backend to bootstrap
- Set default values for new event creation (like a default publisher, place etc.)
- Optimized workflow and userinterface
- Language file optimizations
- More tooltips / help in the backend
- Option to set in detail when an E-Mail to the participants should be send / not send (on event Cancellation, event unpublish / delete etc.)
- Option to edit all events in the frontend as organizer
- Graduated event fees
- Event fees including taxes
- Reset all settings to default button (complete drop and reinsert)
- E-Mail BCC (Send all mails send by Matukio also to a custom address)
- New bookingfield type Spacer with text - a text span to display in your booking form
- Button to reset all settings, templates and bookingfields to their default values
- List of locations / places
- Locations detail site (like organizer pages)
- Automatic (optional) invoice generations for bookings
- Multiple categories (not all) in the eventlist overview
- Additional export templates
- More plugin events for extending Matukio
- Event Slideshow / preview
- Some new modules (advertising event etc.) - Any wishes?
- More payment methods (Any wishes?!)
- Google calendar integration
- More webinar options (Any wishes?!)
- PDF ticket generation and sending
- Recurring events
- Improved frontend events calendar (including new css!)
- Even more awesome SEO URLs
// Update 16. November 2013: New alpha version released which should work cleanly with Joomla 2.5!
// Update 16. November 2013: Now including german translation of Matukio 3.0
// Update 17. November 2013: First release candidate for Matukio 3.0 is out! Thanks for your feedback!
// Update 21. November 2013: Added the link to the "Matukio 3 - What's new" Video
// Update 22. November 2013: Matukio 3.0.0 is out!!
