Add your Event Form

[Great Taste]

Hi there: I’m looking to switch over my all-in-one-event-calendar plugin and I’m considering The Events Calendar. Before going forward, I have many questions that I will try to group appropriately. Please respond at your earliest convenience. Hopefully, this will help other potential users as well. I apologize if the info is on your site already.

1. Can un-registered users add an event utilizing the Add your Event Form?

2. Can the form be edited?

3. Can the changed form capture the name and email address of said un-registered user?

4. Can certain fields on the form be mandatory?

5. When someone posts an event, do I get an event posted notification email?

6. If number 3 can be done, can the captured information be sent to me in the event posted notification sent to me when someone posts?

7. Can the add your event form and/or link be added to other spots on the site?

8. Can you give log-in credentials so I can have a look at the form at http://wpshindig.com/events/community/add

Thank you,
Teri

[Great Taste]

9. Are the choices of venues on the Add an Event form?

[Geoff B.]

Good evening and welcome to the Events Calendar forum!

Thank you for your interest in our products.
We’ll be glad to answer your questions.

1. Can un-registered users add an event utilizing the Add your Event Form?

Yes, but only if you set it up like that (via the “Allow anonymous event submission” option).
This option is available through our Community Events premium add-on.

2. Can the form be edited?

I am not sure exactly what you are trying to do, but the short answer is yes for the most part.

Via settings, template overrides / customizations or even third party plugins, you can:

• Decide what field is mandatory
• Customize what web visitors view. You might want to read our Themer’s guide to get a sense of how that works.
• Add extra fields (with the Events Calendar Pro)
• Add extra custom fields with Advanced custom field
• Hide fields you don’t want to see

3. Can the changed form capture the name and email address of said un-registered user?

Yes, you can as long as these are mandatory fields.

4. Can certain fields on the form be mandatory?

Yes. https://theeventscalendar.com/knowledgebase/required-fields-for-events-submission-form/

5. When someone posts an event, do I get an event posted notification email?

It depends on your settings, but yes. You can even tweak the notifications further (to different people for example) via the use of a third party plugin such as better WordPress notifications.

6. If number 3 can be done, can the captured information be sent to me in the event posted notification sent to me when someone posts?

This might require some customization via the Themer’s guide, but it is totally achievable.

7. Can the add your event form and/or link be added to other spots on the site?

You can choose the URL for the Community Events add your event form. But that’s pretty much it out of the box.
At best you could provide a link to the correct URL on other pages.

8. Can you give log-in credentials so I can have a look at the form at http://wpshindig.com/events/community/add

That’s a great question. Not to my knowledge, but let me double-check on Monday.

As an alternative, you could use our awesome 30 day refund warranty to check it out on your own install.

Another alternative is to take a look at the screenshots and videos here: https://theeventscalendar.com/product/wordpress-community-events/

9. Are the choices of venues on the Add an Event form?

Yes, as you can see here: https://theeventscalendar.com/product/wordpress-community-events

Let me know if that helps.

Have a great day!

Geoff B.

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