Add events and an event calendar to your site

  • events
  • listing
  • calendar
  • blocks

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To add an event calendar to your site, create each event once with its dates and venue, then place a block that lists upcoming events or shows them on a calendar. Each event also gets its own page for the full details.

The steps below use the Dirigible Events plugin. For a weekly class or monthly meetup, see Set up recurring events. To sell tickets, see Sell event tickets with QR code check-in.

Create an event

  1. Go to Events → Add New Event.
  2. Enter a title and write the event description.
  3. In the sidebar, open Event Information and set:
    • Starts and Ends
    • Location, Venue, the address fields, Phone, and Email Address
    • Website URL / Website Title, Map Embed, and Video URL if you have them
    • For a repeating series, turn on Recurring Event. See Set up recurring events.
  4. Add Categories and Tags if you plan to filter listings by them.
  5. Set a featured image if your layout shows one.
  6. Click Publish.

New events usually start with a Single Event block in the content. Select it to change Event Layout options such as Layout, Title Style, Show Excerpt, Show Time, and Background.

Show events on a page

Events appear on your site wherever you place an events block:

  1. Edit the page where the events should appear.
  2. Insert the Events block, or Events Calendar for a calendar view, or Event Countdown to count down to one event.
  3. In the Events sidebar under Content, choose Display (for example Default (Ongoing & Future), Past, or All), categories, Limit Events, and Events To Show.
  4. Under Appearance, set Display As (List, Cards, or Mini), Columns, title and date styles, image options, excerpt, and links.
  5. Publish the page.

Tips

  • Listings and the calendar go by Starts and Ends, so keep those accurate.
  • To feature one event elsewhere on the site, insert a Single Event block and choose that event.
  • Event pages include structured data, so search engines can read the date, the venue, and ticket offers when you sell tickets. See Check your site's structured data.
  • Every setting on the listing blocks: Events and Events Calendar.