[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":681},["ShallowReactive",2],{"help-\u002Fhelp\u002Fevents":3,"help-related-\u002Fhelp\u002Fevents":615},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"category":603,"description":604,"extension":605,"meta":606,"navigation":607,"order":608,"path":609,"product":610,"seo":611,"stem":612,"updated":613,"__hash__":614},"help\u002Fhelp\u002Fevents.md","Events",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":586},"minimark",[9,17,22,26,116,120,123,129,149,155,159,162,165,197,202,205,209,212,215,230,233,237,240,243,282,291,295,298,319,322,326,329,339,343,346,452,456,464,467,471,486,493,497,534,538,567,571],[10,11,12,13,16],"p",{},"Your events live in one list. Add an event once and it shows in every ",[14,15,5],"strong",{}," section on your site, gets its own page, and can be added to visitors' calendars. When an event is over, it drops off by itself.",[18,19,21],"h2",{"id":20},"add-an-event","Add an event",[23,24],"help-video",{"id":25,"title":21},"events\u002Fadd-an-event",[27,28,29,41,47,111],"ol",{},[30,31,32,33,36,37,40],"li",{},"Click ",[14,34,35],{},"Lists"," in the left menu, then ",[14,38,39],{},"Edit events",".",[30,42,32,43,46],{},[14,44,45],{},"Add event",". A new event starts on today's date, from 10am to 12pm.",[30,48,49,50],{},"Fill in:\n",[51,52,53,59,68,81,87,93,99,105],"ul",{},[30,54,55,58],{},[14,56,57],{},"Event name",": what people will look for, like \"Spring Plant Sale\". It starts as \"New event\", and a publish check stops you until you change it.",[30,60,61,64,65,40],{},[14,62,63],{},"Date",": the day it happens. For an event over several days, also set ",[14,66,67],{},"Last day (optional)",[30,69,70,73,74,77,78,80],{},[14,71,72],{},"Starts at"," and ",[14,75,76],{},"Ends at",": leave both empty for an all-day event. With only ",[14,79,72],{},", your site says \"From 6pm\".",[30,82,83,86],{},[14,84,85],{},"Where",": leave it empty to use your business address, or type another place.",[30,88,89,92],{},[14,90,91],{},"Price",": anything you like, such as \"Free\", \"$15\" or \"$10–20\". Leave it empty to show no price.",[30,94,95,98],{},[14,96,97],{},"Photo",": optional. It shows in event lists and on the event's page.",[30,100,101,104],{},[14,102,103],{},"Short description",": a line or two for event lists.",[30,106,107,110],{},[14,108,109],{},"Full details",": everything else, shown on the event's own page. Leave a blank line between paragraphs.",[30,112,32,113,40],{},[14,114,115],{},"Publish",[18,117,119],{"id":118},"add-a-tickets-or-rsvp-button","Add a tickets or RSVP button",[23,121],{"id":122,"title":119},"events\u002Fadd-a-tickets-or-rsvp-button",[10,124,125,128],{},[14,126,127],{},"Tickets or RSVP button"," puts a button on the event's page.",[27,130,131,138],{},[30,132,133,134,137],{},"Type the ",[14,135,136],{},"Button text",", like \"Get tickets\" or \"RSVP\".",[30,139,140,141,144,145,148],{},"Under ",[14,142,143],{},"Goes to",", pick one of your pages, your email or phone, or ",[14,146,147],{},"Another website…"," and paste the link to your ticket or sign-up page.",[10,150,151,152,154],{},"Leave ",[14,153,136],{}," empty to hide the button.",[18,156,158],{"id":157},"repeat-an-event","Repeat an event",[23,160],{"id":161,"title":158},"events\u002Frepeat-an-event",[10,163,164],{},"For a class every Tuesday or a market on the first Saturday of the month, set it up once:",[27,166,167,173,190],{},[30,168,169,170,172],{},"Set ",[14,171,63],{}," to the first time it happens.",[30,174,140,175,178,179,182,183,186,187,40],{},[14,176,177],{},"Repeats",", pick ",[14,180,181],{},"Every week",", ",[14,184,185],{},"Every other week"," or ",[14,188,189],{},"Every month",[30,191,192,193,196],{},"Optional: set ",[14,194,195],{},"Repeats until"," for the last date. Leave it empty to keep repeating.",[10,198,199,201],{},[14,200,189],{}," falls on the same weekday as the first date. If your first date is the first Saturday of the month, it repeats on the first Saturday; if it's the last Friday, on the last Friday.",[10,203,204],{},"Your site shows a repeating event once, with its pattern (\"Every Tuesday · 6pm – 8pm\") and its next date, which moves on by itself.",[18,206,208],{"id":207},"skip-a-date","Skip a date",[23,210],{"id":211,"title":208},"events\u002Fskip-a-date",[10,213,214],{},"If a repeating event isn't happening one week, like on a holiday:",[27,216,217,224],{},[30,218,219,220,223],{},"Open the event. ",[14,221,222],{},"Skipped dates"," appears once the event repeats.",[30,225,32,226,229],{},[14,227,228],{},"Add date",", and pick the day it doesn't happen.",[10,231,232],{},"Visitors see \"Not on …\" with the coming skipped dates, and the next date moves on to the following one. An event can have up to 24 skipped dates.",[18,234,236],{"id":235},"take-sign-ups-on-your-site","Take sign-ups on your site",[23,238],{"id":239,"title":236},"events\u002Ftake-sign-ups-on-your-site",[10,241,242],{},"With the Bookings add-on, visitors can sign up for an event on its page, and lists show how many spots are left.",[27,244,245,251,257,268,278],{},[30,246,247,248,40],{},"Open the event and turn on ",[14,249,250],{},"Take sign-ups",[30,252,169,253,256],{},[14,254,255],{},"Spots",", like 12. 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The event shows a label saying so, in lists and on its page. A cancelled event's page hides its buttons. Google is told too.",[10,320,321],{},"Keep the event in your list rather than deleting it, so people who saved the link can see what happened.",[18,323,325],{"id":324},"group-events-by-category","Group events by category",[23,327],{"id":328,"title":325},"events\u002Fgroup-events-by-category",[10,330,331,332,335,336,338],{},"Type a ",[14,333,334],{},"Category",", like \"Workshops\" or \"Markets\". An ",[14,337,5],{}," section can then show only that category, so your classes page can list just your classes. Use the same spelling each time.",[18,340,342],{"id":341},"show-events-on-a-page","Show events on a page",[23,344],{"id":345,"title":342},"events\u002Fshow-events-on-a-page",[27,347,348,375],{},[30,349,350,351,353,354,357,358,360,361,364,365,368,369,371,372,40],{},"In ",[14,352,35],{},", click ",[14,355,356],{},"Add to a page"," on the ",[14,359,5],{}," card, pick the page under ",[14,362,363],{},"Which page?",", and click ",[14,366,367],{},"Add and edit",". 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An event that's over leaves the upcoming list on your site by itself; your site checks each morning, and visitors' browsers hide it as soon as it ends. In ",[14,460,35],{},", it moves under ",[14,463,400],{},[10,465,466],{},"Its page stays up and says the event has already happened, so old links still work, but Google stops listing it. You can delete old events whenever you like.",[18,468,470],{"id":469},"the-events-own-page","The event's own page",[10,472,473,474,478,479,73,482,485],{},"Each event with a name and a date gets its own page, like ",[475,476,477],"code",{},"\u002Fevents\u002Fspring-plant-sale-2027",". Event lists link to it. It shows when and where, the price, your button, the full details and the photo, with ",[14,480,481],{},"Add to calendar",[14,483,484],{},"Share"," buttons.",[10,487,488,489,492],{},"A one-time event's address includes its year, so next year's event gets a page of its own. To choose the address yourself, change ",[14,490,491],{},"Web address"," at the bottom of the event's form. If people have already shared the link, leave it alone: changing it breaks the old link.",[18,494,496],{"id":495},"let-visitors-add-events-to-their-calendar","Let visitors add events to their calendar",[51,498,499,522],{},[30,500,501,504,505,507,508,510,511,186,514,517,518,521],{},[14,502,503],{},"One event:"," ",[14,506,481],{}," is on the event's page and on each upcoming event in an ",[14,509,5],{}," section. Visitors choose ",[14,512,513],{},"Google Calendar",[14,515,516],{},"Outlook.com",", which open with the event filled in, or ",[14,519,520],{},"Apple Calendar, Outlook or other",", which downloads it for any calendar app. Google Calendar keeps an event's repeats but not its skipped dates; the download keeps both. Outlook.com can't take a repeating event, so those offer the download instead.",[30,523,524,527,528,530,531,533],{},[14,525,526],{},"All your events:"," turn on ",[14,529,438],{}," in an ",[14,532,5],{}," section. Visitors see \"Add our events to your calendar\" and can subscribe, so new events and changes appear in their calendar by themselves.",[18,535,537],{"id":536},"let-visitors-share-an-event","Let visitors share an event",[10,539,540,541,543,544,546,547,182,550,182,553,556,557,182,560,73,563,566],{},"The event's page has a ",[14,542,484],{}," button, and each upcoming event in an ",[14,545,5],{}," section has a smaller one. On a phone it opens the phone's own share menu, with Messages, Instagram, WhatsApp and the rest. On a computer it lists ",[14,548,549],{},"Facebook",[14,551,552],{},"X",[14,554,555],{},"Pinterest"," (when the event has a photo), ",[14,558,559],{},"WhatsApp",[14,561,562],{},"Email",[14,564,565],{},"Copy link",". 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