community events feature set

[moore media]

Hi, trying to gauge if this product is a good fit.

here are the needs

The goal will be to have many groups put this calendar on their website by adding a link. This Events Calendar will be developed and hosted by one company but various organizations will contribute.

Basic Features:
1. Ability for anyone to enter an event on the calendar (acceptance of events will be moderated)
2. Provide a non-branded or co branded link that any group can put on their website (e.g., the page will not be the ”SCH events calendar”).
l. (Optional) Ability to handle/accept non-typical format events (e.g., webinars, multi-week events, etc.)
5. Ability to highlight some groups in colors (e.g., SCH and TriCSA).
6. Ability to brand to local site. E.g., if Monroe Township links to the page, calendar could have Monroe Township name/picture on top of page.
7. Ability to highlight a group. E.g., if Monroe Township links to the page, Monroe Township can have Monroe Township’s events highlighted.
8. A fixed Banner that will appear on the calendar page (or perhaps on each event page). This banner would have links and we could change banner as desired.

[Caroline]

Hi there,

Thanks so much for your interest in Community Events! I’d be more than glad to see if I can answer these questions for you! 🙂

It sounds like Community Events (and/or a combination of our plugins) should meet most of your listed needs right out of the box, including the following:

• Ability for anyone to enter an event on the calendar (acceptance of events will be moderated) – Community Events
• Ability to handle/accept non-typical format events (e.g., webinars, multi-week events, etc.) – Community Events with Events Calendar PRO for recurring event support
• A fixed Banner that will appear on the calendar page (or perhaps on each event page). This banner would have links and we could change banner as desired. You can customize the default display of your calendar as needed to add banners, links, or any other content you’d like. Our Themer’s Guide provides more information on how to modify our templates in this way!

For the following features, I’ve provided a bit more information on how to achieve each one:

• Provide a non-branded or co branded link that any group can put on their website (e.g., the page will not be the ”SCH events calendar”). By default, there is just one main calendar page, which will display with a default title based on your site’s template. However, you can use the [tribe_events] shortcode included with Events Calendar PRO to create additional pages with unique branding and place calendars on each of these. You can read more about this shortcode on our Knowledgebase here: https://theeventscalendar.com/knowledgebase/embedding-calendar-views-tribe_events-shortcode/
• Ability to highlight some groups in colors (e.g., SCH and TriCSA). This feature is not built in to our plugins, though it can be added with the third-party The Events Calendar Category Colors plugin. https://theeventscalendar.com/knowledgebase/the-events-calendar-category-colors/
• Ability to brand to local site. E.g., if Monroe Township links to the page, calendar could have Monroe Township name/picture on top of page. This could be achieved by using the [tribe_events] shortcode mentioned above and creating separate pages for each group that needs their own calendar.
• Ability to highlight a group. E.g., if Monroe Township links to the page, Monroe Township can have Monroe Township’s events highlighted. When using the [tribe_events] shortcode, you can specify one or more categories or tags to only show events from those categories or tags on the calendar. This could be used to create calendar pages for specific groups and have those calendars only show events from those groups.

I hope that helps to get you started here! Thanks again, and let us know if you should have any other questions!

[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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