Need to add additional fields to event creation

[Sonya]

I have searched and I cannot locate a solution or tool for this. I see that in the creation of an event there is the “Details”, “Venue” and “organizer”. Our events will have different presenters or instructors and we would like to have these featured in the event details area.

Also, on the same note we would like to add an area where the customer can add a note to their checkout and have the ability to rename the title of the comment box, (ie., Please include additional guests names or add a comment for the promoter here).

How can we achieve this?
Thanks!

[Sonya]

I meant to say:
Also, on the same note we would like to add an area where the customer can add a note to their checkout. we would lie to have the ability to rename the title of the comment box, (ie., Please include additional guests names or add a comment for the promoter here).

Thx!

[Brian]

Hi,

I can try to help you out here, but we are limited in provided support for customizations.

If you are trying to add more information to an Event the easiest way is in the Content Area of the Event. Pro does have Additional Fields you can create and show on the Event Page. Beyond that you could try a custom field plugin and then edit the event templates and try to put custom fields in that way.

WooCommerce
If you are looking to add fields to the WooCommerce checkout page that is handled by that plugin and this is a free plugin that can help add a field there:

Checkout Field Manager (Checkout Manager) for WooCommerce

Let me know if you have any follow up questions.

Thanks

[Sonya]

Hi there Brian, thank you for your response. So what I’m understanding is in order for me to have more easy to implement options I really need to upgrade from Event Calendar to Event Calendar Pro. I need to purchase and install the ECP plug-in and then deactivate “event calendar”.
I search the website and cannot locate a grid that shows the differences. Is there such a thing?
Thanks!

[Brian]

You still need The Events Calendar from WordPress.org as it is the base for all our plugins.

So there is no grid of differences as Pro adds features to the Core.

All of Pro features are listed here:

https://theeventscalendar.com/product/wordpress-events-calendar-pro/

So Pro adds the Additional Fields option to display in the Events.

This is the tab it creates in the settings:

https://theeventscalendar.com/content/uploads/2013/02/15-PRO-Additional-Fields-Settings.png

It does not enable those fields for the checkout process as that is still handled by WooCommerce itself.

So Pro is one way you could add fields, but it is possible with a little customization to do it with custom meta fields built into WordPress as well.

Let me know if you have any more questions.

Thanks

[Sonya]

Thank you, i’ll go ahead and purchase the pro version. Do I not deactivate the basic version then?

[Brian]

Nope keep the basic version active. That is needed for all our plugins.

[Sonya]

Since purchasing the PRO version, these are working fine. THANK YOU!

[Brian]

Great, glad it working out for you, I am going to go ahead and close this ticket as the original question has been answered, but if you need help on this or something else please post a new ticket.

Thanks!

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