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Convention Master Documentation

Welcome to the Convention Master documentation wiki.

Convention Master is a self-hosted convention management platform developed by Civet Solutions. It supports convention operations including registration, memberships, products, payments, badge printing, kiosks, dealer/vendor workflows, event scheduling, staff tools, reporting, and related administrative processes.

This wiki collects installation notes, upgrade procedures, administrator guides, module documentation, troubleshooting information, and reference material for Convention Master. Some pages are actively maintained while others may reflect older versions or incomplete notes. If a page is missing information, appears outdated, or does not match your installation, please contact a development team member or Civet Solutions support before making production changes.

Getting Started

• Installation Guide
• Upgrading Convention Master
• Upgrading from MySQL 5.7 to MySQL 8.0
• Moving a Database Between Installations
• Database Upgrade Errors

Core Administration

• Products
• Global Settings
• Automated Tasks
• CSV Export
• X-Forwarded-For Headers
• Implementing Captcha / hCaptcha

Email Configuration

• Microsoft 365
• Google Workspace / Google Suite
• Tag Replacements

Payments and Commerce

• Payment Gateway System
• Voucher System
• Cash Register V2

Registration, Badges, and Kiosks

• Kiosks
• Printing
• Badge Display Code Documentation
• Sending parsed DL-ID data to CM

Event Operations Modules

• EventGrid
• Coat Check Module
• Dealer Den / Vendor Hall Subsystem

Planning & Development Notes

• Potential New Feature Descriptions

Release Notes

• Convention Master Release Notes

Release notes contain version history, notable changes, fixes, and upgrade-related information for Convention Master.

Support

For support, contact Civet Solutions by email:

support[at]civetsolutions[dot]com