Event Categories

Organizing your events into categories makes managing your events efficient and it makes it easier for potential attendees to find the event they want to attend. You can also do some neat things with the Event Categories that you wouldn’t expect.

You can manage your event categories by going to Event Espresso > Events > Categories (tab). From the Manage Event Categories page, you can:

• Create/Edit categories
• Specify a category identifier
• Set a category description
• Set custom colors to display for each category in the calendar

Warning!

Please do not replace or remove the [ESPRESSO_EVENTS] shortcode. Without it the plugin will not function correctly.

Managing Categories.

You can create a new category by pressing the “Add New Category” button at the top of the page. You can edit a category by clicking on a category name in the category overview.

• Category Name – This is the descriptive term that will display in the event editor.
• Unique Identifier – This should be a unique identifier for the category. Example: “class” (without quotes). The unique ID can also be used in individual pages using the following shortcodes to generate a list of events in this particular category. The plugin will create an identifier if you forget to but it’s best to set one that is easy to remember/type.
  • [ESPRESSO_EVENTS category_slug=class]
  • [ESPRESSO_EVENTS category_slug=festival]
• Use Color Pickers? Yes/No – This feature allows you to set unique colors for events in each category in the calendar. Set the calendar settings to enable CSS for categories to use this feature.
• Event Background Color – Set the background color of the event entry in the calendar. Pick a color or enter a hex code.
• Event Text Color – Set the text color of the event entry in the calendar. Pick a color or enter a hex code.
• Category Description – The category description can be left empty or be as elaborate as you’d like.

Assigning Event Categories in the Event Editor

You can assign an event to one or more categories by checking the boxes next to each event category.