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It&#8217;s clear that they&#8217;ve customized the calendar to suit their needs.</p>\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2021707\" src=\"https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/kcrw-tec-compare.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2308\" height=\"861\" srcset=\"https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/kcrw-tec-compare.png 2308w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/kcrw-tec-compare-300x112.png 300w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/kcrw-tec-compare-665x248.png 665w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/kcrw-tec-compare-140x52.png 140w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/kcrw-tec-compare-768x287.png 768w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/kcrw-tec-compare-1536x573.png 1536w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/kcrw-tec-compare-2048x764.png 2048w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/kcrw-tec-compare-430x160.png 430w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/kcrw-tec-compare-645x241.png 645w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/kcrw-tec-compare-2000x746.png 2000w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/kcrw-tec-compare-1068x398.png 1068w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/kcrw-tec-compare-460x172.png 460w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/kcrw-tec-compare-1602x598.png 1602w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/kcrw-tec-compare-600x224.png 600w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/kcrw-tec-compare-500x187.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2308px) 100vw, 2308px\" />Let&#8217;s break down those customizations!</p>\n<h2>The calendar navigation has been removed</h2>\n<p>It sounds a little counterintuitive to <em>remove </em>a feature like navigation, but for KCRW calendar, it makes a lot of sense. They showcase events using a single view because the rest of the available calendar views don&#8217;t have the same impact.</p>\n<p>Take list view, for example: What would list view do for this calendar that photo view can&#8217;t? Photo view provides more room to showcase events &#8220;above the fold&#8221; of the page. No other calendar view can accomplish this (even though those other views have their benefits in other cases).</p>\n<p>This is a good example of how preventing visitors from switching between views can sometimes result in a better user experience.</p>\n<h2>A slider showcases featured events</h2>\n<p>What a cool idea. There are dozens of upcoming events on the calendar and they want to bring some of them to forefront. A slider (aka carousel) does that extremely well. In this case, KCRW is using the WP Slick Slider and Image Carousel plugin, which is <a href=\"https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-slick-slider-and-image-carousel/\">available for free</a> in the WordPress plugin directory.</p>\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2021720\" src=\"https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/kcrw-slick-slider.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1018\" height=\"314\" /></p>\n<p>How did they get it above the calendar? They could have used a template override for either the photo view or main calendar template. The Slick Slider documentation shows how a slider can be added to any WordPress template like this:</p>\n<pre><code>echo do_shortcode(\'[slick-slider]\');</code></pre>\n<p>This is also a shortcode, which means it can also be added to any page or post by dropping <kbd>[slick-slider]</kbd> into the editor.</p>\n<p>But that&#8217;s only one part of how this slider works. KCRW uses the slider to display featured events; The Events Calendar lets you mark events as &#8220;featured,&#8221; and it&#8217;s also possible to create a &#8220;Featured&#8221; event category and file events there. Slick Slider is able to fetch events from a specific category or multiple categories:</p>\n<pre><code>[slick-slider category=\"category_ID\"]</code></pre>\n<p>Highlighting events in a slider above the calendar is a nice touch that fits with the look and feel of the rest of the site without causing too much distraction.</p>\n<h2>The date icon got a makeover</h2>\n<p>Did you notice it?</p>\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2021733\" src=\"https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/kcrw-date-icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1726\" height=\"749\" srcset=\"https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/kcrw-date-icon.png 1726w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/kcrw-date-icon-300x130.png 300w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/kcrw-date-icon-665x289.png 665w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/kcrw-date-icon-140x61.png 140w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/kcrw-date-icon-768x333.png 768w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/kcrw-date-icon-1536x667.png 1536w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/kcrw-date-icon-430x187.png 430w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/kcrw-date-icon-645x280.png 645w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/kcrw-date-icon-1068x463.png 1068w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/kcrw-date-icon-460x200.png 460w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/kcrw-date-icon-1602x695.png 1602w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/kcrw-date-icon-600x260.png 600w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/kcrw-date-icon-500x217.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1726px) 100vw, 1726px\" /></p>\n<p>This is an awesome way to call attention to the date of the event! It&#8217;s not flashy. There&#8217;s nothing super tricky going on. It&#8217;s a simple, clean and effective way to draw attention to the most important piece of information for their events.</p>\n<p>You can do something similar!</p>\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2021752\" src=\"https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/ecp-photo-custom-date.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1708\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/ecp-photo-custom-date.png 1708w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/ecp-photo-custom-date-300x69.png 300w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/ecp-photo-custom-date-665x153.png 665w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/ecp-photo-custom-date-140x32.png 140w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/ecp-photo-custom-date-768x177.png 768w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/ecp-photo-custom-date-1536x354.png 1536w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/ecp-photo-custom-date-430x99.png 430w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/ecp-photo-custom-date-645x149.png 645w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/ecp-photo-custom-date-1068x246.png 1068w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/ecp-photo-custom-date-460x106.png 460w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/ecp-photo-custom-date-1602x370.png 1602w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/ecp-photo-custom-date-600x138.png 600w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/ecp-photo-custom-date-500x115.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1708px) 100vw, 1708px\" /></p>\n<p>How&#8217;d we do that? Add the following CSS to your theme&#8217;s style.css file or, better yet, <a href=\"http://v\">override the calendar&#8217;s styles</a> with your own stylesheet. That&#8217;s the best way to add styles to your theme without worrying that you&#8217;ll lose changes when future updates to your theme or plugins are released.</p>\n<pre><code>/* We\'ll need this to contain the date tag when we set it to absolute positioning */\r\n.tribe-events-pro .tribe-events-pro-photo__event-details-wrapper {\r\n  position: relative;\r\n}\r\n\r\n/* Re-position the date tag and give it a background */\r\n.tribe-events-pro .tribe-events-pro-photo__event-date-tag {\r\n  background: #fff;\r\n  padding: 5px;\r\n  position: absolute;\r\n  right: 0;\r\n  top: -2rem;\r\n  width: 60px;\r\n}\r\n\r\n/* Adds a border and some breathing room around the date */\r\n.tribe-events-pro .tribe-events-pro-photo__event-date-tag-datetime {\r\n  border: 1px solid #c5c5c5;\r\n  padding-top: 3px;\r\n}\r\n\r\n/* Updates the color of the month name */\r\n  .tribe-events-pro .tribe-events-pro-photo__event-date-tag-month {\r\n  color: #fa5a41\r\n}</code></pre>\n<p>Keep in mind that all themes are different, and the styles in one theme might make things look different from another theme. In other words, your mileage with this trick may vary. <img src=\"https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/72x72/1f937-200d-2642-fe0f.png\" alt=\"?‍♂️\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" /></p>\n<h2>A cool custom calendar is music to our ears ♫</h2>\n<p>Kudos to KCRW for making their mark on The Events Calendar by incorporating cool extra features and customizations to make events pop!</p>\n<p>We hope this calendar sparks inspiration for your own. 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After all, how do you recreate the experience of a cooking class on a webinar or bring the energy of a studio workout to someone’s phone screen? </span></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://theeventscalendar.com/virtual-events-a-getting-started-guide/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Virtual events</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> may not have the same </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">je ne sais quoi</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as in-person events, but they do have a lot to offer: They’re convenient, they’re cost-effective, and they make it easy for people to join in regardless of location or other physical limitations.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, we’ll walk through ways you can take your educational experiences from the classroom to the screen. Even if you aren’t already offering educational experiences to your audience, you might come away with new ideas for how to begin offering virtual classes of your own.</span></p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find the right tools for your class format</span></h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No two classes are exactly the same. Some harken back to our schooldays, with an instructor lecturing to the class on a topic. Others are interactive, encouraging participants to chime in with their own insight and questions. </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you’re transitioning to an online class, ask yourself: </span><b>How much interactivity do you need to accomplish your class objectives? </b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let that answer drive your decisions about video conferencing vs. webinars vs. livestreaming. </span></p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Opt for video conferencing for interactive sessions</span></h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do your participants need to be able to talk with each other in real-time? In that case, a video conferencing tool like </span><a href=\"https://zoom.us/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zoom</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or </span><a href=\"https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-hangouts/nckgahadagoaajjgafhacjanaoiihapd?hl=en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Hangouts</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> makes it easy for everyone to hop on and join in. </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This way, your class will still benefit from face-to-face interaction (well, face-to-screen-to-face interaction). Video conferencing brings the crackle of a live conversation to your class no matter where participants log on. This format works especially well for an instructor teaching a small group, like an art class or yoga session. By keeping the audience to 12 participants or less, you can interact as a group without getting overwhelmed.</span></p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Choose webinars for straightforward instruction</span></h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In some cases, real-time conversations can derail the class or make it hard to stick to a time limit. If you want to deliver a lecture-style lesson, use a webinar tool like </span><a href=\"https://www.gotomeeting.com/webinar\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go2Webinar</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or </span><a href=\"https://home.webinarjam.com/index\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WebinarJam</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It’s up to you whether you deliver your class live or record it ahead of time to ensure smooth sailing. You can also decide whether to open up your webinar to questions from participants throughout the lesson, or save questions for a Q&amp;A at the end.</span></p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go live to build a sense of community</span></h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wondering how to transition your fitness studio’s daily yoga class to an online format? Livestreaming is a great way to keep up the camaraderie in a virtual setting. </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you already have a following on social media, you can use the free livestreaming tools on </span><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/facebookmedia/solutions/facebook-live\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><a href=\"https://help.instagram.com/292478487812558\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagram</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, or </span><a href=\"https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2474026?hl=en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YouTube</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to run your class. You can receive and respond to feedback from participants by interacting with live comments. Many livestreaming services also offer playback, which means people can watch a replay of your class if they can’t make it to the live session.</span></p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supplement your class with groups, forums, and messaging</span></h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If your community is used to conversing in-person, move your conversations to a virtual platform like a private Facebook group, </span><a href=\"https://slack.com/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Slack</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Google Hangouts, or even an old-fashioned email chain. </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For ongoing collaboration, try a cloud-based file sharing system like </span><a href=\"https://www.google.com/drive/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Drive</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or </span><a href=\"https://www.dropbox.com/?_hp=c\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dropbox</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to pass along documents and other information.</span></p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Real-life inspiration for your virtual classes</span></h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https://www.splashmilwaukee.com/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Splash Studio,</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a sip-and-paint studio in Milwaukee, sells “take &amp; make” kits that replicate the experience of a wine and painting night from the comfort of home. Each kit includes two canvases, painting supplies, and a link to a YouTube video of an instructor walking through the steps for participants to create their own masterpieces. (The kits also come with a bottle of wine and some snacks—nice touch!)</span></li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lots of fitness studios are turning to Facebook Live and Instagram to stream workouts in real-time, letting participants from around the globe work up a sweat or find their zen together. </span><a href=\"https://www.doyourumble.com/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rumble</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a boxing-inspired fitness studio with locations around the United States, has adapted their classes to a </span><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/B-Crelnn78q/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">live format on Instagram</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that lets anybody join in live or watch previous classes on IGTV. Other studios, like dance-cardio gym </span><a href=\"https://305fitness.com/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">305 Fitness</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, are using </span><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZfi2O6K-r908H7wVwrAkv_0bN5f6zax6\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YouTube</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to stream live classes.</span></li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even food and drink events are going virtual. </span><a href=\"https://www.premiercocktails.com/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Premier Cocktail Catering</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> out of Washington DC has had success hosting </span><a href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cocktails-in-the-city-virtual-mixology-party-tickets-100671660647\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">virtual mixology parties</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where attendees have ingredients ready and follow along as a bartender makes drinks. You can even “tip” the instructors during the session via Venmo.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make the most of your virtual classes</span></h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We know it can be tricky to make the transition to virtual events, but The Events Calendar team is here to help. 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And, hey, there&#8217;s no need to install anything because the update is applied automatically.</p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s new:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fix</strong> &#8211; Improved importing events from Outlook calendars.</li>\n<li><strong>Fix</strong> &#8211; Enhanced geolocation and venue address parsing for Google Calendars import.</li>\n<li><strong>Fix</strong> &#8211; Sanitized .ics files containing extra blank space so that they import properly.</li>\n<li><strong>Fix</strong> &#8211; Added rules to events without a <kbd>DTEND</kbd> to help improve imports from Google Calendar.</li>\n<li><strong>Fix</strong> &#8211; Re-importing a venue no longer removes the venue information.</li>\n<li><strong>Fix</strong> &#8211; Eventbrite images are now importing properly for all users.</li>\n<li><strong>Enhancement</strong> &#8211; More accurate (and helpful) error messaging.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://theeventscalendar.com/release-notes/ea-service-1-1-0/\">EA Service 1.1.0</a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://theeventscalendar.com\">The Events Calendar</a>.</p>\n\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";}}}}}i:6;a:6:{s:4:\"data\";s:51:\"\n		\n		\n				\n		\n				\n		\n\n		\n				\n								\n										\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";s:5:\"child\";a:3:{s:0:\"\";a:6:{s:5:\"title\";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:\"data\";s:42:\"Optimizing Your Calendar For Online Events\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";}}s:4:\"link\";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:\"data\";s:83:\"https://theeventscalendar.com/blog/tips/optimizing-your-calendar-for-online-events/\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";}}s:7:\"pubDate\";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:\"data\";s:31:\"Tue, 24 Mar 2020 11:57:53 +0000\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";}}s:8:\"category\";a:2:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:\"data\";s:13:\"Tips & Tricks\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";}i:1;a:5:{s:4:\"data\";s:13:\"Online Events\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";}}s:4:\"guid\";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:\"data\";s:40:\"https://theeventscalendar.com/?p=2031669\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:1:{s:0:\"\";a:1:{s:11:\"isPermaLink\";s:5:\"false\";}}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";}}s:11:\"description\";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:\"data\";s:600:\"<p>By now you&#8217;ve probably made a decision about whether to cancel your event, postpone it, or host it online in response to COVID-19. For those of you moving toward online or virtual events, there are some things you can do with your calendar to make the most of streaming online. In fact, we&#8217;ve received a&#8230;</p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://theeventscalendar.com/blog/tips/optimizing-your-calendar-for-online-events/\">Optimizing Your Calendar For Online Events</a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://theeventscalendar.com\">The Events Calendar</a>.</p>\n\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";}}}s:32:\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\";a:1:{s:7:\"creator\";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:\"data\";s:5:\"Geoff\";s:7:\"attribs\";a:0:{}s:8:\"xml_base\";s:0:\"\";s:17:\"xml_base_explicit\";b:0;s:8:\"xml_lang\";s:0:\"\";}}}s:40:\"http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/\";a:1:{s:7:\"encoded\";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:\"data\";s:16210:\"<p>By now you&#8217;ve probably made a decision about whether to <a href=\"https://theeventscalendar.com/expect-the-unexpected-how-to-cancel-an-event/\">cancel your event</a>, postpone it, or <a href=\"https://theeventscalendar.com/virtual-events-a-getting-started-guide/\">host it online</a> in response to COVID-19. For those of you moving toward online or virtual events, there are some things you can do with your calendar to make the most of streaming online. In fact, we&#8217;ve received a good number of questions from people asking how well The Events Calendar supports virtual events.</p>\n<p>The answer? It does a very good job of it. Let&#8217;s go over how to optimize your calendar for online events.</p>\n<h2>Start with a virtual venue</h2>\n<p>One of the first things you can do is <a href=\"https://theeventscalendar.com/knowledgebase/k/venue-and-organizer-pages/\">create a venue</a> for all of your virtual events. <em>Wait, doesn&#8217;t a venue require an address?</em> Why yes, it does.</p>\n<p>But maybe not the type of address you think. Instead of a physical address, let&#8217;s think of a virtual venue as a place where all online events happen. The easiest way to do that? Simply leave the address fields empty in The Events Calendar venue editor.</p>\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2031703 size-full\" src=\"https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/venue-online-events.png\" alt=\"Showing a blank venue address form below the venue description.\" width=\"2660\" height=\"2436\" srcset=\"https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/venue-online-events.png 2660w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/venue-online-events-300x275.png 300w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/venue-online-events-665x609.png 665w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/venue-online-events-93x85.png 93w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/venue-online-events-768x703.png 768w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/venue-online-events-1536x1407.png 1536w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/venue-online-events-2048x1876.png 2048w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/venue-online-events-460x421.png 460w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/venue-online-events-430x394.png 430w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/venue-online-events-645x591.png 645w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/venue-online-events-2000x1832.png 2000w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/venue-online-events-1068x978.png 1068w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/venue-online-events-1602x1467.png 1602w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/venue-online-events-600x549.png 600w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/venue-online-events-500x458.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2660px) 100vw, 2660px\" /></p>\n<p>Now, when creating a new event, we can choose the &#8220;Online Events&#8221; venue and see all upcoming virtual events in a single place.</p>\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2031732 size-full\" src=\"https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/venue-online-events-page.png\" alt=\"Showing a venue page with online event listings.\" width=\"2770\" height=\"2118\" srcset=\"https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/venue-online-events-page.png 2770w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/venue-online-events-page-300x229.png 300w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/venue-online-events-page-665x508.png 665w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/venue-online-events-page-111x85.png 111w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/venue-online-events-page-768x587.png 768w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/venue-online-events-page-1536x1174.png 1536w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/venue-online-events-page-2048x1566.png 2048w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/venue-online-events-page-430x329.png 430w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/venue-online-events-page-645x493.png 645w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/venue-online-events-page-2000x1529.png 2000w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/venue-online-events-page-1068x817.png 1068w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/venue-online-events-page-460x352.png 460w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/venue-online-events-page-1602x1225.png 1602w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/venue-online-events-page-600x459.png 600w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/venue-online-events-page-500x382.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2770px) 100vw, 2770px\" /></p>\n<p>Note that you&#8217;ll need <a href=\"https://theeventscalendar.com/product/wordpress-events-calendar-pro/\">Events Calendar Pro</a> to create venue pages like this. If you&#8217;re running The Events Calendar by itself, you&#8217;ll still have the option to create a virtual venue, just without the page.</p>\n<h2>Create an online events category</h2>\n<p><a href=\"https://theeventscalendar.com/knowledgebase/k/event-categories/\">Adding a new event category</a> called &#8220;Online Events&#8221; (or whatever you&#8217;d like) is a great way to connect all of your events that are hosted online.</p>\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2031734\" src=\"https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/categories-new.png\" alt=\"Showing the add new category screen with a new category for online events.\" width=\"2782\" height=\"1988\" srcset=\"https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/categories-new.png 2782w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/categories-new-300x214.png 300w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/categories-new-665x475.png 665w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/categories-new-119x85.png 119w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/categories-new-768x549.png 768w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/categories-new-1536x1098.png 1536w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/categories-new-2048x1463.png 2048w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/categories-new-430x307.png 430w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/categories-new-645x461.png 645w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/categories-new-2000x1429.png 2000w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/categories-new-1068x763.png 1068w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/categories-new-460x329.png 460w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/categories-new-1602x1145.png 1602w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/categories-new-600x429.png 600w, https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/categories-new-500x357.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2782px) 100vw, 2782px\" /></p>\n<p>Is this step redundant after you&#8217;ve created a virtual venue? Perhaps. But adding a new category gives you the benefit of showing related online events on event pages. Another benefit: It creates a landing page for all events with the Online Events category — yet another way to view all online events in one place!</p>\n<h2>Add the new category to the main menu</h2>\n<p>If online events are part of your strategy, then you&#8217;ll want to make them accessible. Adding a link to them in the main menu of a site is a great way to do that.</p>\n<p>Since we created a category for these events in the step above, we can easily add a link to the category page in any WordPress menu.</p>\n<div style=\"width: 1062px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement(\'video\');</script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-2031669-1\" width=\"1062\" height=\"768\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video/mp4\" src=\"https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/event-categories-menu.mp4?_=1\" /><a href=\"https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/event-categories-menu.mp4\">https://s3.theeventscalendar.com/uploads/2020/03/event-categories-menu.mp4</a></video></div>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<h2>Check out virtual event calendar extensions</h2>\n<p>We have a couple of other free extensions that help your calendar adapt to online events.</p>\n<p>For example, what do you call online events? Webinars? Virtual events? Plain ol&#8217; Online Events? Whatever you choose, it&#8217;s possible to use a custom name for events throughout the calendar using <a href=\"https://theeventscalendar.com/extensions/change-labels-events-venues-organizers/\">this extension</a>. This helps avoid any confusion over whether your event is happening physically or virtually. The extension lets you rename venues and organizers, too. That means you could use &#8220;Video Channels&#8221; instead of &#8220;Venues&#8221; and &#8220;Hosts&#8221; instead of &#8220;Organizers.&#8221; Or whatever you&#8217;d like, of course.</p>\n<p>You may also want to look into <a href=\"https://theeventscalendar.com/extensions/add-a-private-event-link-to-ticket-emails/\">this extension</a> if you&#8217;re using RSVP or tickets on an event. It lets you share the link for an online event only to people who have registered. So, whenever someone completes registration, they get an email confirmation with a link to the event. This mean you don&#8217;t have to share the link publicly, which is important if you&#8217;re selling tickets for an event. Please note that you will want to have Events Calendar Pro and Event Tickets installed with The Events Calendar for this one to work.</p>\n<p>One more extension: <a href=\"https://theeventscalendar.com/extensions/events-happening-now/\">show all events that are currently taking place.</a> This comes in handy if you&#8217;re running multiple online events at overlapping times. It&#8217;s also a convenient way for attendees to find their event if they are arriving late.</p>\n<h2>Stream video from the event page</h2>\n<p>Assuming your online event is open to the public, one idea is to embed a live video directly on the event page. 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Many local shops, market stalls and other food outlets would struggle to keep in touch with their regular customers. It was also worrying that lots of people would be stuck at home with only the internet and phone as ways to keep in touch with their local shops.</p>\n<h3>Getting Started</h3>\n<p>I decided to create a small site for local shops (and other related businesses) to put their contact info on so that people could get in touch. I bought the domain name <a href=\"https://www.cambridgelocalshops.co.uk\">www.cambridgelocalshops.co.uk</a> and got started. I decided to have several main sections &#8211; shops, food outlets, local support, delivery companies and activities.</p>\n<p>I add most shops that request to be added &#8211; small national brand supermarkets as well as independent shops. The only shops I&#8217;ve decided not to include are ones that could be misconstrued as giving medical advice.</p>\n<blockquote><p>This whole site is required because of a medical emergency and clear messaging on that topic is vital.</p></blockquote>\n<p>Some pubs and restaurants have started doing take-away food from their kitchens, and in addition offer a grocery ordering service. It&#8217;s a great way to keep their business open and offer really useful support to their community. Watching businesses change how they operate to help their communities is inspiring. I&#8217;ve heard that many neighbourhood &#8216;mutual aid groups&#8217; have found the site a useful way to get information about shops out to people who are isolated at home.</p>\n<h3>Spreading The Word</h3>\n<p>I shared the site on twitter and various other local groups I&#8217;m a member of. The number of hits I was getting on the site daily showed there was a need. The local <a href=\"https://www.em.admin.cam.ac.uk/what-we-do/estate-operations/facilities-services/reprographics\">university printing office</a>, just before closing for lockdown, ran off 10,000 leaflets about the site. The local <a href=\"https://www.zedify.co.uk/cambridge\">bike courier company</a> delivered them door to door free of charge. For them it was a way of supporting local businesses and shops that are their key customers in more normal times, and providing an important community service right now. The photos are all from <a href=\"https://unsplash.com/\">unsplash.com</a> &#8211; free of charge and great quality.  Jo at <a href=\"https://www.kabocreative.com/\">Kabocreative</a> designed the great logo and shared it with me.</p>\n<blockquote><p>Having designed the site in a morning using TwentySeventeen as the theme and using <a href=\"https://wordpress.org/plugins/atomic-blocks/\">Atomic Profile Blocks</a> for the individual shops I realised I needed something a bit more streamlined.</p></blockquote>\n<p>Juggling this clunky way of editing a site alongside home schooling two children and facing the challenges of life under lockdown was not viable. I started redeveloping the site behind the scenes, using posts instead of pages for each shop, categorising them according to type of shop and their location, and then building a site structure out of that categorising system. I also switched to <a href=\"https://generatepress.com/\">GeneratePress</a> for the theme (I love it). It all kind of worked.</p>\n<h3>Reaching Out</h3>\n<p>Then I got in touch with Topher DeRosia asking if he&#8217;d like me to write this up for his wonderful HeroPress blog aimed at the WordPress community. Many towns and districts around the world could do with a site like this and it&#8217;s a perfect way for a WordPress person to support their local shops and neighbours at this time.</p>\n<p>Topher did way more than that, coming on board to take a look at the back end of the site, make some brilliant changes and also contacting <a href=\"https://wsform.com/\">WSForm</a> for a pro plugin to help with the process.</p>\n<blockquote><p>Now, when someone completes the form to request an entry on the site it automatically creates a post with that shops&#8217; details already pre drafted.</p></blockquote>\n<p>I just need to add the categories, check the details, and publish it. It is a dream to manage as it is so fast to add a new shop. I am hugely grateful to Topher for dedicating so much time and care to this when all I expected was the chance to share an idea with others.</p>\n<p>The site already has a sibling &#8211; <a class=\"defanged3-moz-txt-link-abbreviated\" href=\"http://www.stivesandvillages.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.stivesandvillages.co.uk</a> &#8211; set up by my friends Penni and Jo at <a href=\"https://www.kabocreative.com/\">KaboCreative</a>. If you&#8217;re interested in creating something similar to support your community while under lockdown check out Topher&#8217;s <a href=\"https://topher1kenobe.com/cambridge-local-shops-help-during-covid-19/\">technical tips</a> and some special offers we&#8217;ve negotiated with <a href=\"https://wsform.com/\">WSForm</a> and <a href=\"https://generatepress.com/\">GeneratePress</a> to make your life easier and a bit cheaper! Thanks to these companies for their support.</p>\n<h3>What We Learned</h3>\n<p>Here are a few key tips I gave Penni when she got in touch to ask about using my idea for her local area:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>don&#8217;t use logos &#8211; everyone will want their logo used and file quality will vary. So it doesn&#8217;t look like favouritism just make a blanket ban. Choose nice pictures from unsplash.com instead, or simply have one single photo of your town or village in a banner image place. Maybe feature a local photographer who can donate a picture.</li>\n<li>try to focus, at least at first, on shops that are selling vital food stuffs and household goods &#8211; this is what people are looking for urgently.</li>\n<li>don&#8217;t just request info about how they deliver; in a rapidly changing environment shops will be adapting and doing different things. In my area many are doing &#8216;timed collections&#8217; where staff pack your goods for you based on a phone order, and you collect at a specific time by agreement so social contact / crowds / queues are minimised. Some shops are also doing special hours for key workers. Make sure your form is flexible enough to cope with variety and change in how shops are operating.</li>\n<li>be open to including places that don&#8217;t normally sell groceries &#8211; eg pubs have been doing fresh food deliveries to local people and providing a valuable service in my town. They get listed under both &#8216;pubs&#8217; and &#8216;groceries&#8217; on my site.</li>\n<li>create a leaflet that people can print off and share with others, that shops can send out with deliveries &#8211; here&#8217;s <a href=\"https://cambridgelocalshops.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Cant-get-out_-1.pdf\">an example</a> (opens as a PDF).</li>\n<li>many shops won&#8217;t have an online ordering system &#8211; offering them the chance to put a Word document or a PDF order form on your site can be a vital way for them to get information out about their products and contact info. It also means people can print these off and share them with neighbours who don&#8217;t have computers or smart phones.</li>\n<li>make it useful beyond shops &#8211; include local community groups by linking to any reliable pages (eg local municipality / council site) that list them.</li>\n<li>include some medical links to reliable sources (World Health Organisation or national government sites, for example).</li>\n<li>include some activities for those stuck at home &#8211; we have a knitting shop, a martial arts class that&#8217;s now online by video, some arts resources and a dance school doing online lessons! It keeps it local and friendly and relatable for people who know their local area and are looking for reassurance.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>I&#8217;ve enjoyed putting this site together, interacting with all the business owners who&#8217;ve entered their details, and making new friends when other people got involved. I highly recommend it as a way of doing something useful in these strange times.</p>\n<hr />\n<h3><em>Editor&#8217;s Note</em></h3>\n<p><em>Topher here. Part of the plan all along was to make it so other people can easily replicate what Elisabeth did. <a href=\"https://topher1kenobe.com/cambridge-local-shops-help-during-covid-19/\">You can find a post on my personal blog</a> detailing how it all works, and you can download the plugins, theme, and export files.</em></p>\n<p><em>If you think your local business area could use something like what Elisabeth built, now you can easily do it yourself.</em></p>\n<p><em>GeneratePress and WSForm are both commercial products, but for this project they generously offer a 20% discount to anyone building something like Elisabeth&#8217;s project. 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Play</h1><div class=\"niokbutton\"></div></div><div id=\"main-frame-error\" class=\"bas-interstitial-wrapper\"><div id=\"main-content\"><div class=\"bas-icon bas-icon-offline\" alt=\"\"></div></div><div id=\"bas-offline-resources\"><img id=\"offline-resources-1x\" class=\"skip-lazy\" src=\"https://wptavern.com/wp-content/plugins/block-a-saurus/src/img/default_100_percent/100-offline-sprite.png\" /><img id=\"offline-resources-2x\" class=\"skip-lazy\" src=\"https://wptavern.com/wp-content/plugins/block-a-saurus/src/img/default_200_percent/200-offline-sprite.png\" /></div></div></div>\n</div></div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">It is no secret that I love testing out the sort of <a href=\"https://wptavern.com/the-wacky-world-of-sorta-brilliants-sorta-fun-block-plugins\">fun WordPress blocks</a> that hark back to my early days of the web. I have <a href=\"https://wptavern.com/rebirth-of-creativity-gutenberg-and-the-future-of-wordpress-themes\">written on the subject</a> once or twice. Imagine my surprise when I came across a side-scrolling dinosaur game that users could simply plop into the block editor and provide something fun for their visitors to do.</p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https://wordpress.org/plugins/block-a-saurus/\">Block-a-saurus</a> is a simple game in which you play a T-Rex whose goal is to survive a course of obstacles such as jumping cactuses and ducking birds. To play, you merely need to control the T-Rex via your keyboard&rsquo;s D-pad. 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The solid icons available in the Font Awesome 5.13 update are all available for free and are open-source. The regular, light, and duotone versions of the icons are a part of the pro package.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>The goal of the new icons is to help websites and apps boost awareness around the global pandemic. The latest update adds 47 new icons that range from medical use to promoting hygienic practices such as hand washing. Some icons represent viruses and social/physical distancing. There is even a couple of toilet paper icons thrown in for good measure. <em>Apparently, those are necessary in today&rsquo;s world of mass panic buying.</em></p>\n\n\n\n<p>&ldquo;Based on recommendations from The World Health Organization and others, you&rsquo;ll find symbols to communicate good hygiene and social distancing,&rdquo; wrote Jory Raphael, Icon Design Lead at Font Awesome. &ldquo;While we can&rsquo;t be on the front lines like brave medical professionals across the globe, we hope these icons aid in communicating some of the most important things people can do to protect themselves and their communities.&rdquo;</p>\n\n\n\n<p>The icons were <a href=\"https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/issues/16315\">originally requested</a> two weeks ago on the Font Awesome GitHub repository. The design team moved quickly to make them available. There are additional icon tickets for <a href=\"https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/issues/13931\">liquid soap</a> and a <a href=\"https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/issues/15855\">bar of soap</a> open.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like all Font Awesome icons, the new icons are available as part of the font package or for download as individual SVG files.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fonts may come in handy for website owners, designers, and developers who are building sites or pages with content related to COVID-19. Icons can add context to content or focus attention where needed.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Users of the <a href=\"https://wordpress.org/plugins/font-awesome/\">Font Awesome WordPress plugin</a> should have immediate access to the new icons if needed. The plugin relies on the external Font Awesome CDN or Font Awesome kits. Users can also choose which version of the library of icons they wish to use, which includes the latest release.</p