RSS import

[Jim Smith]

I am looking to purchase the Events Calendar Pro for a client. They want to be able to import from a chamber’s calendar’s RSS feed since they don’t have iCal. The feed is http://www.centralctchambers.org/external/wcpages/wcevents/eventrss.aspx and they want to filter local towns as keywords (much like the iCal importer does). Is this possible with Events Calendar Pro?

[Brook]

Howdy Jim,

I would love to help you figure out a solution. Our calendar can not import from RSS feeds. RSS are not really meant for events, and so there is no reliable way to parse the information contained int hem on a global scale.

However, for a specific website like your Chamber you might be able to craft a solution. You might be able to use an RSS to CSV converter to convert all of the data to a CSV file, then try importing that via our calendar’s CSV importer. You would at least get much of the data pulled in automatically. You might still need to manually add an event end date and such, but that’s better than having to add everything manually! You can test all of this out with our free “Core plugin”: The Events Calendar. So you might give that a whirl and see if it does what you need.

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

Cheers!

– Brook

[Brook]

Thank for marking this resolved!

– Brook

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