NeonCRM Events Widget

Display a list of upcoming events in a widget, retrieved from your NeonCRM system. Limit your list of events to a specific campaign
or category.

Requires PHP 5.2.

1. Obtain a NeonCRM account. Learn about NeonCRM
2. Ensure the API is enabled for your NeonCRM system. This guide can help you determine whether the API is enabled for your system:
   API Keys
3. Generate an API key to be used with this plugin. The guide in the previous step demonstrates this.
4. Extract all files in the ‘neon-events’ plugin to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory,
5. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
6. Navigate to the Widgets configuration to add the NeonCRM Events Widget.
7. Enter a valid API key and organization ID into the widget configuration.

Installation Instructions

1. Obtain a NeonCRM account. Learn about NeonCRM
2. Ensure the API is enabled for your NeonCRM system. This guide can help you determine whether the API is enabled for your system:
   API Keys
3. Generate an API key to be used with this plugin. The guide in the previous step demonstrates this.
4. Extract all files in the ‘neon-events’ plugin to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory,
5. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
6. Navigate to the Widgets configuration to add the NeonCRM Events Widget.
7. Enter a valid API key and organization ID into the widget configuration.

What is NeonCRM?

NeonCRM is a web-based fundraising and membership system that provides nonprofit organizations with all the tools
required to increase donations and memberships while automating common processes and streamlining staff’s day-to-day tasks.

Where do I get an API Key/ Org ID?

This guide explains how to generate an API key: API Keys

1. 

   Display a list of upcoming events in a widget

2. 

   Configure each widget's settings

0.1

• Original release

0.11

• Fixed an issue that caused multiple cached widget instances to overwrite each other.

0.12

• Fixed an issue that prevented the cache from being cleared when a widget is updated.

0.13

• Updated the references to NeonCRM’s field names. This maintains compatibility after NeonCRM’s API upgrade on 1/17/2015. The plugin may not work properly without this update.
• Added two new filter options to hide events that are not web-published or have web registration disabled.
• Refactored the logic for the number of events to display, due to the new filters

0.14

• Fixed an issue that prevented Category filtering from working

0.15

• Removed PHP4-style class constructors

0.16

• Fixed an issue where dates used the server’s time zone instead of WordPress’s user-defined time zone.
• Added a check to see if the class Neon already exists to prevent conflicts with other plugins using the Neon PHP library.
• Added a check to the Neon PHP library to see if a session has already been started.

0.17

• Refactored API calls to use wp_remote_post instead of cURL.
• Fixed a bug with Campaign searching so that it now works.

0.18

• Refactored session checker to be compatible with PHP 5.2
• Refactored output code to improve security

0.19

• Events with Registration disabled no longer display a registration link
• Events that are displayed in the widget but not Published in NeonCRM will no longer display a details link

0.20

• Fixed a bug related to using PHP Sessions that caused the plugin to fail health checks.