Facebook events import over existing events?

[Elizabeth]

Hello,
I am currently using the Events Calendar plugin and considering adding Facebook Events. If I already have an event in the Events Calendar and import the same event from Facebook, will it update the info or create a new event? Right now I import all of our events from our internal calendar software and the church staff post Facebook events with more details that I’d like to import.
Elizabeth

[Brook]

Howdy Elizabeth,

Good question!

If you chose to import the events that are already in your calendar then the plugin would create duplicates. In order to recognize an event as already existing on your site, and thus update its info rather than creating a new event, that event must have been created with the Facebook Importer. Your old events would have been created without the Importer though, and thus won’t be recognized.

However, when importing events from Facebook you can selectivaely choose which ones to import by unchecking them from the Import screen. So you could prevent them from being reimported.

Does that all make sense? Will that work for you? Please let me know.

Cheers!

– Brook

[Elizabeth]

Thanks, that answers my question.

[Brook]

You are very welcome! Definitely let us know if you ever have any more questions.

Ta!

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