Selecting date for multiple date event

[jonathanhermandesign]

I see that it is not possible to have recurring events that are random. We have classes we hold frequently but not at any specific intervals and need the ability to link multiple dates together for one event. So, I’m wondering a couple things:

1. Is it possible to create one event page that does not have a specific date linked to it and using WooCommerce Tickets like a product in which one can select an upcoming date for one event from a drop-down menu?

2. Can we link events together in a series somehow so customers can see all the upcoming dates even if it’s not recurring at a specific interval? Is it possible to show these dates in a drop-down menu on one main event page instead of multiple similar pages, as this is very confusing?

Any advice or support you can offer on this issue would be greatly appreciated as this functionality is crucial to our website.

[Barry]

Hi – great questions!

1. Is it possible to create one event page that does not have a specific date linked to it and using WooCommerce Tickets like a product in which one can select an upcoming date for one event from a drop-down menu?

Certainly possible. It would require some customization work, though, and is really beyond what we can guide you through.

With that said, if you find it is easiest to use WooCommerce functionality such as product attributes for this then you might be interested in this strategy which lets customers advance to the WooCommerce-generated product page (rather than trying to accomplish this via customizations to our wootickets/tickets.php template).

2. Can we link events together in a series somehow so customers can see all the upcoming dates even if it’s not recurring at a specific interval? Is it possible to show these dates in a drop-down menu on one main event page instead of multiple similar pages, as this is very confusing?

That’s a great idea though it’s not something that our current feature set allows for by itself. Please do feel free to post a feature request/support any existing requests in relation to arbitrary recurring event patterns – in the short term though if you need a solution it’s something you’d really need to put together by yourself (perhaps by linking events in a chain via post meta data).

I hope that answers your questions – and good luck 🙂

[Barry]

Hi! It’s been a while so I’m going to go ahead and close this thread. If we can help with anything else, though, please don’t hesitate to create new threads as needed. Thanks!

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