asap — does Events Calendar pro handle these requirements?

[Jen]

Hi — I’m creating this new website for an upcoming music cooperative which also has a public site (above).

Trying to set up a calendar that has (1) selected calendars visible on the live site, then (2) another “permission” back end/internal calendar view only for those people/businesses that are granted access by the site owner…

Need to know if the Pro version supports all these things: (and if I can purchase the individual version, and if it’s a 1-time payment):

They need to be able to:

– administer new events on location in the calendar by their in-house admin — that publishes to the live calendar featured on their site (also can this be done via their google calendar that updates the event calendar?)

– allow new users (that they permission) access to login to the back-end to create new calendars just for each of themselves (artists, local venues, agents etc)
>>> and, for each of these new group’s calendars, some may be published on the live site and some only on a unique log-in for designated “members” who have been granted access to a particular calendar view only (pass-protected?) to see all venues, artists etc… but different from what the general site vision sees

– from the groups above, I’d like the overall site owner admin to be able to add them to the access — and set up a unique account, login and calendar view just for that artist, venue etc…

– from the groups above, will they have their own unique overview page or calendar view that those who have been “permissioned” by the owner to see (i.e. via prepay and agreement) the full membership calendar view (i.e. a select group that has been permissioned to the internal view , not public-facing)… that can also be sorted by any of those people who have been permission…

– can each of these groups above be grouped by tags of the owner’s choosing (i.e. “artist”, “agent”, “venue”, etc — ) so that visitors can search them on the back end (or front end) by those tags?

– can each of these groups update their calendar externally on their own once permission? i.e. can they go to a page to manually update their calendar? and/or can they update by their editing their google account (if they have it) on their own and it will populate this event calendar?

Any other advice?

thanks sooo much for any info and tips — want to make sure I’m purchasing the calendar that’s the best for all their needs.

[Hunter]

Hi and welcome 🙂

Thank you for considering our plugins for your project! I’d be happy to help answer your questions:

– administer new events on location in the calendar by their in-house admin — that publishes to the live calendar featured on their site (also can this be done via their google calendar that updates the event calendar?)

You could most definitely accomplish this using Event Aggregator or Community Events. Simply put, Event Aggregator allows you to import events from multiple sources, including Google Calendars. Community Events allows for users to add and manage their events on the front end of your website.

– allow new users (that they permission) access to login to the back-end to create new calendars just for each of themselves (artists, local venues, agents etc)

This would require some kind of multisite installation or subdomain. Each site has one main calendar, so to have multiple independent calendars would require entirely separate installations. You could use shortcodes to display calendars with a specific criteria, but you might run into limitations. Please review the following resources relative to shortcodes and it should give you an idea on what the possibilities are:

• PRO Widget Shortcodes
• Embedding Calendar Views with the [tribe_events] Shortcode
• Inserting Calendar Content into Posts or Pages
• Embedding Single Events with the [tribe_event_inline] Shortcode

>>> and, for each of these new group’s calendars, some may be published on the live site and some only on a unique log-in for designated “members” who have been granted access to a particular calendar view only (pass-protected?) to see all venues, artists etc… but different from what the general site vision sees

What you’ve described is possible, but would require the use of additional plugins and possibly custom code depending on what you end up wanting/needing. Our Admin roles and permissions is similar to what you’d need to do and is worth the short read.

– from the groups above, I’d like the overall site owner admin to be able to add them to the access — and set up a unique account, login and calendar view just for that artist, venue etc…

What you’ve described here is similar to what our Community Events and Community Tickets plugins do. Artists and venues have a dedicated section where they can add and manage events, manage their orders/attendees, etc. I’ll provide the most useful resources I can think of below. If you have any specific questions after you’ve read them, respond back and I’ll do my best to answer.

• Configuring Community Tickets
• Community Tickets: Tracking sales & getting paid

– from the groups above, will they have their own unique overview page or calendar view that those who have been “permissioned” by the owner to see (i.e. via prepay and agreement) the full membership calendar view (i.e. a select group that has been permissioned to the internal view , not public-facing)… that can also be sorted by any of those people who have been permission…

This is another scenario where you’ll most likely need to use additional plugins and custom code.

– can each of these groups above be grouped by tags of the owner’s choosing (i.e. “artist”, “agent”, “venue”, etc — ) so that visitors can search them on the back end (or front end) by those tags?

If you’re using the Members plugin for example, you would be able to create whatever roles you need (artist, agent, venue) and assign privileges you deem necessary for each role. So long as that information isn’t private, it should be searchable on the front end.

Our plugin includes venues and organizers which are searchable. Please take a look at this event on our demo site and you’ll notice venue and organizer information, including links to their individual pages which displays all events relative to their particular location or organization. You can use the snippets found on this page to change the word of events, venues, and organizers to anything you’d prefer.

– can each of these groups update their calendar externally on their own once permission? i.e. can they go to a page to manually update their calendar? and/or can they update by their editing their google account (if they have it) on their own and it will populate this event calendar?

You would need Community Events in order for these groups to be able to manage their own events from the front end of your website. The other option is to set up a scheduled import to run regularly which imports events from their Google Calendar into your WordPress website. You would need Event Aggregator for this.

I hope I’ve helped answer your questions. I think the best idea for you in this instance would be to purchase one of our Bundles as you’re going to need many of our plugins to accomplish what you’ve described. You’ll save money by going that route, too.

We have a 30-day money back Refund policy which allows plenty of time to see if you’re able to accomplish the task using our plugins. I really don’t think it’s going to be possible for me to answer all of your questions with 100% accuracy due to the number of different features and functionalities you need, so I encourage you to take the leap and worst comes to worst, we refund your purchase if things don’t work out.

I encourage you to review all the links I’ve shared in my response as they’ll be able to answer your questions in much great detail than I. If you still need assistance, please let me know if you have any additional questions or if anything I’ve said needs further clarification and I’d be happy to help. Have a great night! Cheers 🙂

[Support Droid]

Hey there! This thread has been pretty quiet for the last three weeks, so we’re going to go ahead and close it to avoid confusion with other topics. If you’re still looking for help with this, please do open a new thread, reference this one and we’d be more than happy to continue the conversation over there.

Thanks so much!
The Events Calendar Support Team

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