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Hello!
My client arranges course events for junior doctors. One particular event spans two days. A simple example is below:
Day 1: 9:00am – 17:00
Day 2: 9:00am – 17:00The problem is that if I enter 1 event with the start/end times and dates as above, it looks like a 30-odd hour event on the calendar, especially on the Week View.
I cannot enter the times and dates as 2 separate events because a doctor might see Day 2 event and purchase that, not realising they will miss Day 1.
… as I’m typing away, I’m trying to think of possible ways around this and Day 2 could possibly be identical to Day 1 but without the option to purchase a ticket, in effect forcing the doctor to purchase Day 1? Sorry, just thinking out loud there! Back to the question…
Other than the work-around above, is it possible to configure Events Calendar & Event Tickets to make 1 event which spans 2 days less ambiguous?
Kind regards,
Paul.
Hey Paul,
Thanks for reaching out and for the interesting question. There are a few likes I’d like to mention.
For starters, and just to be clear and frank, what you mention here is currently the only viable solution for your predicament:
Day 2 could possibly be identical to Day 1 but without the option to purchase a ticket, in effect forcing the doctor to purchase Day 1?
Now, aside from this answer, I would like to mention that we agree with about the limitations that arise from the way events currently work. We actually get questions like this often–it’s a harder problem to solve than it seems, though, and so at this time we don’t have any specific workarounds other than what you describe above.
Recurring tickets, and a way to link events together in a “series” of events for which tickets can be bought for the whole series, are things we are hoping to really nail down in the coming year and beyond.
I’m sorry that, at this time, such features do not exist! But I hope the current workaround is sufficient, at least, and that the information I’ve shared here is helpful.
Let me know what you think and if I can help with anything else!
Cheers,
GeorgeHi George,
Many thanks for the reply.
I understand you need to avoid rushing new ideas before releasing them but hopefully we will see this feature some time later this year.
Kind regards,
Paul.
I hope we see this soon, too, Paul! Stay tuned to “Changelogs” in plugin updates or to http://theeventscalendar.com/blog for release notes – if this feature arrives, it’ll be noted in both locations.
I’ll close this thread for now, but feel free to open a new thread any time if other issues arise.
Cheers!
George
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