FB Events – Can the calendar handle these requirements

[Roberto Rubin]

Really impressed with the little I have seen of this plugin. I want to build an event website but before I commit to buying your product I need help understanding if it can do the following:
1) Import events from Facebook – events created by others. I saw on the video that it could do it but was not sure if it was events that I organize or events that others organize. I expect probably to have over 400 groups/pages on my list of events to pull in. Is that doable?
2) Ability to search/filter events by zipcode, city or State
3) I saw on one of your showcase sites (eightlane) that the events were mapped. Is that part of what your plugin can offer?
4) Ability for users to submit a Facebook event.
5) Is there a way to add a category to a FB event so that I may display events by category, or sort by category if I am searching by date or location.

Thanks in advance for your response to these questions.
Regards, Roberto

[Brian]

Hi Roberto,

Thanks for the interest in Facebook Events. I can answer your questions.

1) Import events from Facebook – events created by others. I saw on the video that it could do it but was not sure if it was events that I organize or events that others organize. I expect probably to have over 400 groups/pages on my list of events to pull in. Is that doable?

It is doable, but most likely not on shared hosting and please note we only support Pages and not Groups for Automatic Imports, but you can import any public event that does not have restrictions such as age or country.

2) Ability to search/filter events by zipcode, city or State

We have a location search with Pro, but not a filter for those specific fields in Pro of the Filter bar plugin.

3) I saw on one of your showcase sites (eightlane) that the events were mapped. Is that part of what your plugin can offer?

That is a Pro Feature, which is separate from Facebook Events. All our plugins are separate purchases and none of the features are shared between plugins. However, you only need the free version of the Events Calendar for them to work.

4) Ability for users to submit a Facebook event.

We do not have a feature to do this, but you could create a form to collect the events that way and then manually import.

5) Is there a way to add a category to a FB event so that I may display events by category, or sort by category if I am searching by date or location.

Currently, the events imported from Facebook do not have a category, but you could add it after importing by individual or bulk edit.

Let me know if you have any follow up questions.

Thanks

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