Posted: September 8, 2013 at 8:18 pm
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Hi all, I’m really lost right now trying to figure out recurring events. Event Espresso set up a recurring event for me after I paid a support token, but I’m not sure how to really do it on my own. Essentially, I want to create a package of 10 classes. My question is how do I do that? Do I need to set up 10 individual recurring events like EE created for my October 5th Prep Classes, screenshot here: [IMG]http://i43.tinypic.com/11vs45u.png[/IMG] … or can I simply setup 1 class and add the recurring events below like I tried to do here: [IMG]http://i41.tinypic.com/fc72fr.png[/IMG] So confused by this one little aspect, please help, thanks.
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Meanwhile I don’t know how to post screenshots … great |
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My website is http://www.jsprep.com btw |
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Hi, I am guessing that you want ten events, so they appear on your calendar as individual events, but in fact it is really only one event? As in they only register for one, but get 10 sessions. If so, what I would do is set up the recurring events to create the ten events, this is an example of it creating an event to run on week days for 2 weeks http://d.pr/i/9w9R You may need to do that differently depending on the date structure. If it is similar to the Oct 5th event then you would need to change the setting “Create dates automatically or select manually?” to manual, and add the appropriate dates in. Then I would edit the first event in that series (you can check this by finding the lowest ID number for those events) which in my case is id 52. In the Event Editor I would set the “Alternate Registration Page (optional)” option so that is your website url/event registration page slug/?ee=event id Make sure the Recurring event red box is set to “all events in this series” http://d.pr/i/bi17 and then update Now, whichever event is clicked on, from the event list or the calendar, they all go to the first event in the series and the user can register then. You would need to make sure the event description notes that it is for all the dates as otherwise they may think it is just for the date they clicked on. I hope that helps but please let me know if you have more questions or need clarification. |
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Ok great – thanks very much. I think I figured out how to do this, but I accidentally deleted 2 of the 10 classes. Is there a way to retrieve deleted events and make them active again? I’m trying to find a way to do this, but I don’t see anything near the tabs. Also, how do I change the color of all of the events? |
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Hi, In the Event Overview filters section, where it says Active/Ongoing, change it to deleted and click the Filter Status button. This will list all deleted events. Edit each one and in the Event Options section change the event status from deleted to Public.
Which colour are you referring to – the calendar? or the event list/registration? If the calendar, you can change it in the Calendar Settings, change the “Use Color Pickers” to Yes and then select the correct colour in the “Event Background Color” option. IF you are referring to the actual styles of the event list and event registration page, then you need to look in the Template Settings area and either change the Themeroller settings or alternatively turn them off and set your own CSS styles. |
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The Themeroller settings are great, but I created different packages and the colors appear the same during the same weeks and same times but on different days (3:30-6:00pm – seen here – http://www.jsprep.com/calendar/). Is there a way to create different events during the same weeks and times but on different days with unique colors, such as: Blue – Mondays & Wednesdays 3:30-6:00pm If this has to be done by CSS code and it’s easy, could you walk me through or is this something I can find online? Thanks |
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I would suggest looking at using Categories. You could set a category called Green, and attach it to those events that appear on Tuesdays and Thursdays. In the Calendar Settings make sure that “Enable CSS for Categories” is set to yes. And in the individual Category items make sure “Use Color Pickers” is set to yes and choose a colour for that category. On downside is depending on how your recurring events are set up, you may have to create the events and then manually edit them one by one to set or change the category. |
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I followed all of your directions to a tee, and everything looks great. Just a quick follow up about PayPal. Is it possible for me to setup a 2nd business account with PayPal as opposed to the personal account I have now? I Could you briefly walk me through this part? Thanks |
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September 19, 2013 at 12:08 pm You’ll have to go through the paypal signup process here: https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_registration-run. Then go to EE->payment settings->paypal settings and enter your new credentials there. |
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You guys have been amazing; thank you for all of your help. I ran into another small dilemma though – my calendar just disappeared even though the “[ESPRESSO_CALENDAR]” shortcode appears at the bottom of my edit screen. How can I make my Events Calendar reappear, and what might have caused that to occur? Here is page reference: http://www.jsprep.com/calendar |
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I’m wondering if it has anything to do with the fact that I created a “Register” button above the calendar with shortcode linking to the same course registration page that exists within the actual Espresso Calendar. I was hoping to have both options available to sign up on my “Register Now” page just to make things easier and more accessible to potential clients and customers, but I’m not sure if that’s the issue. I’m sure I haven’t toyed around with the Calendar code either. Does it have to do with too much data? Hmmm, please help! |
September 23, 2013 at 11:41 am Hi there, I checked the calendar page and there’s a JavaScript error being thrown:
What’s happening is for every new line of the Calendar’s generated Javascript there is an HTML paragraph tag being appended by the active WordPress theme. You might be able to fix this by wrapping the calendar shortcode in raw tags as outlined in our calendar’s troubleshooting documentation under Auto (p): |
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September 23, 2013 at 12:43 pm That worked! Thanks!!! |
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