Chatty RSVP page

This is a small PHP and JavaScript application that provides event organizers with a nifty little RSVP page with a chat-style interface. The idea is to make the guests feel welcome and give a personal touch to an otherwise rather boring process.

Features

• GoogleDocs integration – saves RSVPs to a spreadsheet.
• Can deal with and update existing guest records as well as adding new guests.
• Has a friendly, interactive, chat-like interface.
• Intelligently asks the right questions and talks to the user based on existing information.

Unfeatures

• Does not send emails.
• Does not limit the guest list to invited guests (existing email addresses).

Requirements

• PHP (probably 5.2 minimum).
• A Google Spreadsheet.
• A Google Developer Project.
• php-google-spreadsheet-client and google-api-php-client.

Getting started

• Download the project files.
• Install Composer.
• Install the dependencies with composer install.
• Create a GoogleDocs spreadsheet. Choose a good, unique name for the spreadsheet, and don't change it! Then add the following columns:
  • Email
  • FirstName
  • LastName
  • Coming
  • Friend
  • Message
• Create a Google Developer Project in the Developers Console.
  • In the Credentials section, create a Client ID with the Service Account type. Choose the P12 key type.
  • Download the P12 key file. Keep it secret. Keep it safe. In a location where your PHP app can read it.
• Copy the Email address of your Google Project's Client ID and share the spreadsheet with this email address (give it read/write access).
• Create a subdirectory called custom.
• Make a copy of default/config.php in the custom directory. Fill in the required options.

Customization

• Make a copy of default/style.css at custom/style.css. Go crazy.
• Make a copy of default/texts.json in the custom directory and add your personal language to it.
• Make a copy of default/template.php in the custom directory if you want to tweak the markup.