Custom Fields

Bonus feature

Add your own custom fields to your events. The Custom Fields setting page provides several field choices, with drag-and-drop ordering. Click on the desired field and set a label.   Create a group of fields, preceded by a heading. The heading will be displayed if any of the following group of fields are not blank....

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Replace a recurring event for one day

Hide events on special days like Christmas

Simply create an event in the same category and date of the one being replaced and set it to ‘hide’. All events in the category selected will be hidden for the date(s) selected.  

Updating the Bonus Add-Ons

Updating automatically For most users the updates for the Bonus Add-Ons will be available in the WordPress dashboard on the Updates page or the Plugins list. Just click "update now" to automatically update the plugin to the latest version. Updating manually If your WordPress admin doesn’t show the available update (which might happen due to...

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Renaming Event Fields

A common question is how to rename the various event fields to better suit your needs. This is easy to do using a plugin called Say What. This plugin allows you to change specific strings in the "spiffy-calendar" text domain to anything you want.

Import/Export Events

Bonus feature - since version 3.12

The ability to export and import events to a comma separated values (CSV) file is a bonus feature. Export On the Manage Events tab, click the "Export CSV" button. The file will download to your device and be named with the current date. Import On the Manage Events tab, click the "Import CSV" button. This...

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Selling tickets to your events

Now that the CampTix plugin has been retired, it is time to look for more solutions to selling tickets. In the interest of keeping Spiffy Calendar lightweight, we want to integrate an existing payment plugin. In fact, using the "Link" field of a Spiffy event to link to a checkout page would allow any purchasing...

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Managing Events

Managing your events is now easier than ever with version 3.8.0 of Spiffy Calendar. Event Status Events can be marked as Published, Pending or Draft. Only Published events will be displayed in the calendar listings on the front end. The event status for events submitted from the front end can be configured to the desired...

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Front End Submit with reCAPTCHA

The front end submit form is a bonus feature. The form is inserted into a page or post using the shortcode Event Title Maximum 60 characters. Event Description Event Location Include link to Google map Category ConferenceEducationFundraiserGeneralHolidayMeetingsSports Event Link   Optional, set blank if not required. Start Date End Date Start Time (hh:mm)  Optional, set...

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Filters

Since version 3.4.0

For instructions on how to use filters, please refer to the WordPress documentation.

Calendar Theme Customizer

This is a bonus feature

Style your calendar to match your website perfectly! The calendar theme customizer feature allows you to adjust the calendar colours in the WordPress customizer live preview. Within the live preview you can: select a theme specify a background image change the colours:  Header Background, Header Text, Arrows, Weekend Titles Background, Weekend Titles Text, Weekday Titles Background,...

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