Integrate calendar with app

[Naim]

Hi there,

I have a wordpress app where I manage a table of purchase orders. Each PO has 3 dates, due date, delivery date etc. I would like to show the PO in a calendar with notifications and such to subscribers. The data (dates and subscribers) would need to be pulled from the app.

Currently I use Google Calendar with Zapier to create event. However, if the data is updated, the google calendar does not update, this is why I am looking for a new solution for example your plugin.

Any suggestions or feedback on if this would work or how I might customize the code to make it work?

[Cliff]

Hi, Naim. Thanks for your interest in our plugin suite.

So you enter data in your app, which triggers your Zapier Zap to create a Google Calendar entry. When you modify an event/date/time in your app, the Zapier Zap doesn’t update the Google Calendar entry? I’m surprised to hear that (this might be related).

If you choose to continue using Google Calendar, our Event Aggregator (EA) solution can pull in from it. However, it’s not a two-way sync if you modify the imported event in WordPress.

If you are looking to get away from Google Calendar, you could sign up for EA to migrate your old data over but then not renew it after you’re done using it. Going forward, you can use our free/core The Events Calendar plugin without the need to purchase any other add-ons. We don’t place limits on how many events you can have or anything like that.

For your WP app, you could reference https://github.com/moderntribe/the-events-calendar/blob/master/src/Tribe/API.php instead of needing to do anything with Zapier.

Please let me know if you have any follow-up questions on this topic.

[Naim]

Thanks for the indepth reply.

> Yes I do want to get away from Google Calendar and use a hosted solution.

>> The code API.php code looks like the place to start.

ps: Is it possible to subscribe WP users to notices of events, ie: 30 days before event, 10 days, 5 days? Google calendar has “Notify me of event” option, which is great to keep members aware. Is there such a system on Events Calendar plugin?

[Cliff]

I believe you’re requesting the same thing as one of our existing feature requests: https://tribe.uservoice.com/forums/195723-feature-ideas/suggestions/8391186-reminder-emails-for-x-days-before-event

Please do add your vote there.

This allows us to gauge interest in this particular feature request, which helps us prioritize our development efforts.

Thank you.

[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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