Events Manager 2.3.8

New Features and Enhancements​

Global Rating Control​

• Added a new admin option: Rating options → Allow event ratings.
• When enabled, users with the appropriate permissions can submit ratings and reviews.
• When disabled, the rating feature is completely turned off, including hiding rating-related options in event create/edit forms and preventing rating submissions globally.
• Note: the global Allow event ratings option works together with user-group permissions — to fully disable ratings and reviews you must also set all rating/review permissions for relevant user groups to No.

Dependent Options Nested Under Rating Options:​

• Require a review when rating events – Users must submit a review when rating an event.
• Prevent ratings before event starts – Users cannot rate or review events before they begin.
• These options are not new but are now nested under the Rating options toggle to simplify configuration.

Event Create/Edit Form Updates:​

• Ratings open and Require RSVP for Rating options now only appear when Allow event ratings is enabled.
• If Allow event ratings is unchecked, these options are removed for a cleaner form and to prevent accidental ratings.

Server-Side Enforcement:​

• The canRate() method now respects the global Allow event ratings setting.
• Users cannot rate events if ratings are disabled, and an appropriate error message is returned: xcu_evm_event_ratings_disabled.

Tabbed Admin Options Interface:​

• Reorganized all admin options into tabbed sections for easier navigation:
  • General options
  • Event options
  • Calendar options
  • Location options
  • RSVP options
  • Reviews options
  • Extra. options

Event Status & Visual Improvements:​

• Improved logic for event status indicators — Active status now only displays if the event is active and not in the past.
• Added a new “Ended” label on event list display mode for completed events.
• Added a “Ended” meta part on event grid display mode (shown alongside attendees count, active, repeating, private, rating, and review info).
• Added a “Ended” folded corner ribbon with overlay effect on the event card grid display mode.
• Added a “Ended” label on event page header area (where Ongoing, Featured, and other labels appear).
• Updated and recolored the default event image for better consistency with the addon’s branding.

Default Event Image Usage:​

• Enhanced default image handling — now automatically used wherever an event image is missing, including:
• Event card grid display mode
• Event list display mode
• Event page header area

Miscellaneous Improvements:​

• Updated controller and templates to reflect the new nested rating option structure.
• Simplified the logic for preventing ratings before event start by checking the dependent option under new Rating options.
• Minor code refactoring for consistency.

XenCustomize Events Manager 2.3.8 Released!​

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