The program and the speakers directory also exist as full-screen pages of their own – without the theme, ideal for QR codes, info kiosks and phones. On smartphones and tablets they can show a bottom navigation bar like an app.
The addresses
| Address | Page |
|---|---|
/?ec_plan | Program of the current main event |
/?ec_speakers | Speakers of the current main event (also /?ec_speakers=123) |
&ec_app=1 | App mode on all devices, regardless of the setting; the buttons of the bar keep it. &ec_app=0 forces the classic view. |
&ec_embed=1 | Without header and navigation bar – for embedding in an iframe |
/?ec_ticker | Live ticker of the current main event (also /?ec_ticker=123) |
/?ec_info | Custom info page of the additional button |
The shortcode generator (type “Link to the full-screen page”) builds these addresses including a QR code.
Settings → Full-screen & App
| Section | Settings |
|---|---|
| Full-screen mode | Display on smartphones and tablets: Classic (buttons in the header) or app mode (navigation bar at the bottom: Program, Speakers, Map, Exhibitors; the header keeps only the switch between program and timetable). Computers always show the classic view. Plus Link program and exhibitors and the Speakers button. |
| Header | Logo / image (without an image the site logo or site icon), “The logo links to the home page of the website”, text in the header (empty: name of the event) |
| Colors | Header background, navigation bar background (default: like the header), icons and buttons (default: the plugin’s primary colour). On a dark background the text turns white automatically. |
| Navigation labels | Program, Speakers, Map, Exhibitors – left empty, the default text in the site language is used |
| Additional button | Leads to a website or to a custom info page in the app, optionally as the start page – see below. In app mode an item in the bar, otherwise in the header. |
Live ticker in the navigation
The “Live-Ticker button” switch is on by default and shows a button to the full-screen page /?ec_ticker on the program pages. You change its label in the navigation labels.
Additional button and custom start page
The additional button leads to your website or opens a custom info page right in the app: for directions, Wi-Fi, cloakroom or a welcome.
- 1Turn the button on
Tick the box in the “Additional button” section and enter a text. The icon is optional: the name of a Dashicons class such as
dashicons-infoor an icon from your theme. - 2Choose the type
“Link to external website” with the full address or “Custom info page in full-screen app”.
- 3Write the content
Text, headings, links and images in the editor. For the display you choose between “Box / Frame” and “Clean (borderless)”.
- 4Use as start page
Tick “Use this info page as start page / landing page of the full-screen app”. Guests land on the info page first, and it takes first place in the bar. This does not apply when embedded in an iframe: visitors still see the program there.
- 5Legal links
Privacy Policy, Legal Notice and Contact appear unobtrusively below the info page content and open in a new tab. Contact also accepts an e-mail address. Empty fields hide their link.
The info page is available at /?ec_info, for a specific event with its ID: /?ec_info=123.
With a few files, the full-screen pages can go on the home screen like an app: Set up as a PWA.
Together with the exhibitor plugin
If Event Exhibitor Manager is active, the settings apply to the full-screen pages of both plugins: saving copies them to the exhibitor directory and vice versa. With “Switch between program, hall plan and exhibitor list in full-screen mode”, the buttons or the bar lead to the exhibitor plugin’s hall plan and exhibitor list. Without the exhibitor plugin, these items don’t exist.
If you embed the full-screen pages in an app with its own bottom bar, append &ec_app=0 – the page then stays classic.