Stachethemes Event Calendar allows you to create and manage detailed online events for your website users.
Every event can contain detailed information like event description, map, photo gallery, event guests, schedule, file attachments, attach theme icons to the event and even weather forecast for the area where the event is located. You can invite people to attend or set reminders for calendar events.
Features
- Customizable. Change all fonts and colors to match your theme.
- Responsive. The plugin is fully responsive to fit on any mobile screen.
- Different layouts. You can choose your base layout from: Agenda, Month, Week or Day.
- Multi-language. Stachethemes Event Calendar can be easily translated to other languages. Comes with en-US.po file.
- Regular Updates. More updates and new awesome features are coming so stay tuned!
- Scripts and Features used: jQuery, AJAX, JSON, Cache, Cron (Wordpress). Event Reminder, Built-in slider, Event invitations, Google Maps, Weather Forecast, Disqus
Installation
- From Dashboard go to Plugins -> Add New -> Upload Plugin. - Click “Browse” and pick Event Calendar archive. - Click “Install Now”. - After installation click “Active plugin”. - A new menu should appear named “Stachethemes Event Calendar”
Creating Calendar
- From Dashboard go to Stachethemes Event Calendar -> Calendars. - Fill Calendar Name, Color, Timezone and Visibility (public or private). - Click on “Create Calendar” button. - A new caledar should appear under “List with your created calendars”.
Creating Event
- From Dashboard go to Stachethemes Event Calendar -> Events. - Select Calendar from the list or create one if you haven’t created one yet. - Click on “Add Event” button. - Fill desired event details and click “Add Event”. Most event tabs are optional.
Displaying the Calendar on the front-end
- The plugin uses the shortcode [stachethemes_ec] - From Dashboard go to Pages or Posts - Add New Page or Post - Fill desired Post/Page title - Inside the Post/Page content write [stachethemes_ec] - Click Publish. This page will display the calendar when visited. You can place the shortcode in any existing Page or Post as well.
If you are uncomfortable writing shortcodes the plugin supports Visual Composer as well.
Shortcode default usage:
[stachethemes_ec]
Displaying specific calendar only:
[stachethemes_ec cal=1,2,3]
where 1,2,3 are calendar ids