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November 13, 2013 at 8:14 am

Hi,

The way the event is set now is actually 1 event for 6 weeks. If you go to http://www.atlanticboxla.com/event-registration/?regevent_action=register&event_id=1 you’ll see

Start Date: November 11, 2013
End Date: December 16, 2013

So basically that single events starts on Novemeber 11, and Ends on December 16 which is what is being displayed within the Calendar.

It sounds like you want an event to be displayed every Monday for 6 weeks. So a user can register for a set block of events (paying once with one attendee list for that block? is that correct?

November 13, 2013 at 9:04 am

Then you actually need separate events for each day. Would an attendee register once, pay one fee, then attendee all 6 of those specific classes? (I’m just double checking as to not cause confusion later on)

Do you have the Recurring Event Manager installed?

If not I would recommend installing it, it does have it’s quirks but will make creating blocks of events much easier. Although this guide is for Event Espresso itself, the process is the same for the add-ons:

https://eventespresso.com/wiki/updating-event-espresso/

When you have that installed I can go through some of the settings with you to help you create these events.

November 13, 2013 at 10:16 am

I’ll create an event with the same dates on my local install and go through what I’m doing.

To keep my event titles separate from yours I’m just using ‘Boxing REM demo’

So we want to create a block of 6 events.
Have one attendee list (one fee, one set of attendees for each block)
Display all events from that series on the calendar so that the attendee can clearly see the days that event is on.

We start by going to Event Espresso -> Event Overview.
‘Add New Event’ and will in the Title/Desc.
This will be the first event, the rest in the series are duplicates of this with the dates calculated to match. Which means for now we are working with Monday, 11/11.

Set registration_start date as today’s date (more on this later)
registration_end to the start date of the event 2013-11-18 (again more on list shortly)

Event start / end date both 2013-11-18.

You can set the times that suit you, for the example it should not make a difference.

So here’s my Date/time setup http://d.pr/i/n9rs

Now we see the Recurring Events Manager. Set ‘Is this a recurring event?’ to Yes.

Create dates automatically or select manually? = Automatic

Now, we want all the event visible for the entire time this block is open for. So we’ll have registration_start stay as today’s date and set registration_end as the date of the final event. Monday, 12/16. Meaning all events will close an no longer be visible on the calendar as of that date.

Registration start = 2013-09-18
Registration end = 2013-12-16

Select ‘Yes (all created events are available for registration between the above registration dates).’

First Event Date = 2013-11-11
Single day event so First event end date = 2013-11-11

Repeats weekly Every 1 week on Monday.

Again here is my setup currently http://d.pr/i/EnYL

You’ll see the Projected recurrences of this event and they should match the dates you provided. http://d.pr/i/LUKM

Now you’ll need to complete the rest of the form, prices, venues etc and also the event sidebar. attendee limit for example.

Then click ‘Submit New Event’

Now what we have done so far is create 6 separate events in a series, they all have individual attendee lists etc. So now we’ll fix that.

Find the first event Monday 11/11 and view the event, you’ll have something similar to this on the top page http://d.pr/i/q42x

Click on the 11/11/2013 event and get its URL (the address for that event)
http://d.pr/i/hnoK copy that and go back to the Edit Event page we were at.

In the sidebar you’ll find ‘Alternate Registration Page (optional)’
Paste the URL there. http://d.pr/i/rH96

In the Red box next to there select ‘All events in this series’ to apply it too 6 of the events http://d.pr/i/LRPP then update the event again.

What this does is force all the events to use Event 1’s registration page URL. Giving us 1 attendee list to manage.

Hopefully that all make sense and is what you were looking for 🙂