5.06 Events

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Starting on June 11 2018, you’ll need a valid API key and a Google Cloud Platform billing account to access the core Google Maps APIs. Further information on this page.

  1. Login to wp-admin
  2. Click Events
  3. Click Add New
  4. Enter a title and description
  5. Choose a date using the datepicker
  6. Insert an address and any other details
  7. If you want to show a google map for the event, insert the latitude and longitude in the co-ordinates field. In google maps, after searching for a venue, right click on the location marker and click “what’s here” then copy the co-ordinates from the info box.
  8. Add a website URL for the event
  9. Add a location name, like “Amnesia Ibiza”
  10. Add a contact phone number
  11. Add a Facebook event link
  12. Choose if you want to show an extra comment box using Facebook comments
  13. Add as many links to buy the ticket as you want
  14. Select one or more event types, they are like categories, but for events. You can also create archives for specific event types.
  15. Click “Publish” or “Update”

1. Enable the visibility of events panels shown below:

  1. Go to Appearance -> Menu
  2. Click “Screen Options”
  3. Check Events and Event type
  4. Add Events to the menu
  5. Click “Save”

Our suggestion is to add a link to a general events archive, then put any event under at least one event type, like “Events”, so that you can link “Events” archive to the menu to list all events.

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