Issues with Aggregator

[Susan]

I’ve just started using The Events Calendar and am having some issues. I’m not sure if I’m missing something or if it’s in the capabilities. Facebook import is great but I’m having problems with others.

1) Is there a way to set a category default image so that if an event has no image attached the default for that category shows?

2) When I import an .ics, no image imports.

3) When I import an .ics, no venue imports since the calendar I’m pulling from is for a specific venue and that field isn’t filled. The only way I can see to correct it is to manually open each imported event and put in the venue. You can’t do it in quick edit. I just imported 54 for events from one venue, it will take some time to edit each one. I also tried bulk editing, but the only field that show are the same ones that are in quick edit, no venue, etc.

4) Some of the events I import from .ics have no description

5) I can’t see any way to edit venue, image or many other things except category on import.

6) I’ve found 2 venues that use The Events Calendar so far, I’ve tried to import the url of each and both had the error message that it couldn’t be done because they were using an outdated version.

[Barry]

Hi Susan,

I’d be happy to help with your questions 🙂

1) Is there a way to set a category default image so that if an event has no image attached the default for that category shows?

Not by default, no. However – it would certainly be possible to setup a customization that pulls in a default image (if there is no featured image) according to the event category or indeed pretty much any other property of the event.

That’s not necessarily a customization we can write for you, but if you are interested and want to seek some initial guidance on this you are more than welcome to create a fresh topic to do so.

2) When I import an .ics, no image imports.

That isn’t currently supported – but the good news is it has already been proposed on our internal issue tracker as a possible future enhancement 🙂

3) When I import an .ics, no venue imports since the calendar I’m pulling from is for a specific venue and that field isn’t filled.

I’m not sure there is too much we can do to resolve this (though perhaps you can reach out to the author/owner of the site generating the feed and ask that this information be added?).

It is again possible this could be facilitated via a custom snippet, though creating this would be beyond the typical level of support we provide in the forums. Even so, if you want to create a fresh topic seeking guidance on this you are welcome to do so, but I can’t guarantee we’ll be able to offer a solution (though we might be able to provide some notes that make for a useful starting point).

4) Some of the events I import from .ics have no description

Do the events in the iCal feed itself have a description? If so, can you share a link to one of the feeds so we can take a look? Thanks!

5) I can’t see any way to edit venue, image or many other things except category on import.

It’s currently possible to assign imported events to a category, but we don’t currently provide any comparable controls that result in properties other than the category being set. You are of course welcome to propose this and other things as new feature requests:

tribe.uservoice.com

6) I’ve found 2 venues that use The Events Calendar so far, I’ve tried to import the url of each and both had the error message that it couldn’t be done because they were using an outdated version.

Sadly, if they aren’t up-to-date, Event Aggregator can’t pull in their event data because it isn’t exposed in a format that can easily be read and understood.

[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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