Export events to iCal by category

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  • #153698
    mikejd
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    I would like to be able to export our events to another website and they have tried this using the iCal export function. But the output does not include categories and I understand this is not possible using iCal. I have searched the forum and found some references to filtering the calendar by category and then exporting but I am not sure how to do this. Is there a button or something to filter the events?
    Is there any other method to achieve this?
    Any advice appreciated.

    regards,
    Mike

    #154434
    Casey
    Participant

    Mike,
    Thanks for reaching out! The simplest way to achieve this would be to do the following:

    1. In the WordPress Dashboard, go to ‘Events->Settings->Display’ and select ‘List’ for your Default view.
    2. Then go to ‘Events->Event Categories’ in the Dashboard, and click ‘View’ underneath the name of the event that you’d like to Export to iCal (screenshot).
    3. Scroll all the way down and you’ll see the iCal button at the bottom of the page (screenshot)
    4. Repeat for other Event Categories

    That should do the trick for you, but let me know if I’m misunderstanding something, or if you have further questions. Thanks! 🙂

    -Casey-

    #154646
    mikejd
    Participant

    Hi Casey,
    Thanks for this advice but it doesn’t quite work as I would like. I need for a third party, who does not have log-in access, to be able to download an iCal file of events by category.
    I found, that if I left the display as ‘month’ and clicked on the category in ‘Events categories’ as you suggest, gave me a month calendar filtered for that category and I could download the iCal file. But my user would not have admin access to select the category. Does that make sense?

    Mike

    #154792
    Casey
    Participant

    Mike,
    It looks like your best bet would be to install a third-party widget that will allow you to list the Events Category taxonomy. A quick search brought up this one: http://wordpress.org/plugins/list-custom-taxonomy-widget/

    After installing that, I configured it in one of my sidebars (screenshot) and it now displays all of my Event Categories on the front-end of my site (screenshot).

    Hopefully that will do the trick for you. Thanks! 🙂

    -Casey-

    #155150
    mikejd
    Participant

    Hi Casey, I can make this work, although it is not the most user friendly. I have no sidebars on the calendar page but the category list does appear on all other pages of the site. So the filtered calendar can be opened from there.

    Just another question: You have another plug-in called Filter Bar. Would this do the same thing at the top of the calendar? Obviously this is a premium plug-in which I would have to buy.

    Thanks for your help.

    regards,
    Mike

    #155398
    Casey
    Participant

    Mike,
    Good point! The Filter Bar add-on would definitely allow you to do that (screenshot). Feel free to give that a shot and let me know if you have further questions. Thanks! 🙂

    -Casey-

    #157851
    Casey
    Participant

    Thanks for confirming that this got you sorted. Since it looks like you’re all set, I’m going to mark this thread “Answered” and close it out.

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    Thanks in advance. 🙂

    Cheers,
    Casey

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