Compare time prior to posting an event

[Samantha Johnson]

Is there a way for this plugin to check if an event has already been posted within a timeframe prior to a user being able to post a new event?

I do not want users to be able to post an event if something is already posted on a day/time with each venue. Meaning each venue can only allow one event within a timeframe.

I am trying to write out a statement to compare times before users post the event. Or even if it check after submission that would be okay, it would just need to return a message saying that an event already has been posted within that timeframe.

[Cliff]

Hi, Samantha.

I don’t think there’d be a way to do this “live” (Ajax) but you might be able to reference https://theeventscalendar.com/knowledgebase/required-fields-for-events-submission-form/ to keep an event from being created according to your “check first” rules… not the perfect user experience (if they spent time inputting the event just to find out it’s not allowed and they don’t have a backup date picked at this moment), but technically possible I think.

If you need some coding help, you may want to ask your developer or reference our documentation and list of known customizers.

[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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