Hey All,
\nThis may be a very unique problem but I have a feeling it isn’t so I’m looking for feedback on how others in the community or staff at Tribe would handle it:<\/p>\n
We are a city Arts Council. There are events all the time but the most difficult to deal with (and the most prevalent) are gallery art shows and here is why:
\nAs an example: An art gallery just started a new show from October 1st to October 14th. But they’re only open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, from 12 PM to 6 PM.<\/p>\n
First problem) Gallery Manager enters 10\/1\/13 12PM to 10\/14\/13 6PM and doesn’t understand why it is showing up on the calendar on days and hours when they’re not open. \/facepalm. Can’t fix stupid but we can fix the event, and attempt to post explanations on recurring events.<\/p>\n
Second problem) We fix it.. Set it 10\/1\/13 12pm to 10\/1\/13 6PM, then establish reccuring on the correct days until the correct end time. This way it only shows on the calendar when the gallery is open. But now we have a mess that is complicated to administrate (and this type of thing happens constantly). And trying to explain this for community-entered content has been an absolute NIGHTMARE and ends every-time in a situation where a 2 week event is setup as reccuring event loop:
\n— October 1st: 1 event starting 12pm, going for two weeks, ending at 6pm.
\n— October 2nd: 2 clone events starting 12pm, going for two weeks, ending at 6pm.
\n— October 3rd: 3 clone events starting 12pm, going for two weeks, ending at 6pm.
\n… so on and so forth.<\/p>\n
And really, this isn’t a recurring event: It is one event. We (and the community and art galleries) just want it displaying when the gallery is actually open.. or does that make it a recurring event? And we can do it but with headaches. And pretty much it has to be me to always do it or fix it, making community events plugin fairly useless to me haha.<\/p>\n
While this might be a feature totally specific to the little part of the universe we’re in, it would be most helpful to pick a start date, an end date, and pick the galleries (or event hours) on those days that it is available.<\/p>\n
Mostly just looking for feedback or if there is something simple that I’ve missed along the way. Much appreciated!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-68418","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n