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  [XenCustomize] Events Manager

  Whether you're running a gaming clan, hobby group, or local organization, Events Manager transforms

  calendar

  event notes

  event planner
  About this resource

  XenCustomize Events Manager for XenForo 2!

  Host, manage, and showcase your community's events — beautifully and effortlessly.
  Whether you're running a gaming clan, hobby group, or local organization, Events Manager transforms your XenForo forum into a complete event management hub.
  
  Plan your events, engage your community with RSVP options, repeating schedules, photo galleries, ratings & reviews — and display them in stunning Calendar, List, or Card Grid views.
  
  

  

  
  
  

  Key Features & Highlights

  Beautiful Event Displays

  • Multiple display modes: Calendar, List, and Card Grid
  • Elegant layouts with ribbons, labels, and status indicators ( Featured, Ongoing, Ended)
  • Choose default display modes for index and categories for full control
  • Hide/show side-navigation blocks (Categories, Filters, Upcoming Events)
  • Smart use of default event image where no image is uploaded

  Smart RSVP & Attendee Management

  • One-click RSVP or detailed status selection (Attending / Maybe / Not Attending)
  • Attendee counters and visual RSVP tabs
  • Organizer tools to instantly notify attendees and "Maybe" users
  • RSVP permissions and limits for full control

  Repeating & Full-Day Events

  • Set events to repeat daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly
  • Choose repeating duration (forever, until date, or X times)
  • Mark events as Full Day — no manual time selection required

  Powerful Ratings & Reviews System

  • 5-star ratings + text reviews with optional titles
  • Attachments, reactions, content voting, edit history, and moderation
  • Custom fields per category
  • "Recommended by attendees" percentage display to boost trust
  • Prevent early ratings, or restrict reviews to RSVP'd users
  • Inline moderation and approval tools for admins and moderators
  • Dedicated Latest Reviews page + rating averages on event lists

  Advanced Calendar Experience

  • Choose default calendar view (Month, Week, Day, Agenda, List)
  • Option to hide weekends, change week start day, and customize colors
  • Smooth navigation with instant filtering
  • Export individual events or entire categories to .ics for Google Calendar and iCal

  Integrated Location & Maps

  • Smart location autocomplete for addresses and place names (venues, clubs, etc.)
  • Localized maps for each event with multi-language support

  Attendee Notifications

  • Send custom alerts and emails to attendees and "Maybe" participants
  • Preview participant stats before sending
  • Seamless integration with XenForo Alerts + Email system

  Photos, Banners & Media Support

  • Upload event banners and images with .webp support
  • Optimized via XenForo 2.3's Image Optimization system
  • Rebuild and optimize existing images and banners through ACP rebuild tools

  Search, Filters & Widgets

  • Filter events by RSVP status, title, location, or public, private and upcoming events
  • Widgets included: Ongoing Events, Upcoming Events, and Featured Events Carousel
  • "Latest Reviews" page for quick access to fresh feedback

  Deep XenForo Integration

  • Uses XenForo's core systems: Alerts, Reports, Approvals, Reactions, Attachments, and Permissions
  • Custom field support for both events and reviews
  • SEO meta tags + Open Graph image support for rich social sharing

  Enhanced Admin Control & Options

  • Global rating toggle (Enable/Disable ratings site-wide)
  • Clean tabbed admin interface for easy configuration
  • Granular user-group permissions for RSVP, Repeating, Reviewing, and Rating

  Polished User Interface

  • Modern visual consistency with category branding and default images
  • Clear event status labels and folded-corner ribbons
  • Smooth side navigation and responsive layouts

  
  

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  Complete Features List

  Event Creation & Management

  • Create, edit, and delete events directly from the front end.
  • Support for event categories with independent permissions and settings.
  • Event status indicators: Active, Ongoing, Ended, Private, Repeating, Featured.
  • Full-day event option — eliminates the need for start/end times.
  • Repeating events system with flexible recurrence: Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly.
    • End conditions: Repeat Forever, Until Date, or Total Occurrences.
  • Automatic next occurrence rebuild via cron for repeating events.
  • Auto-rebuilding of next event dates via cron for repeating events.
  • Prefilled start/end date & time when creating events for a smoother workflow.
  • Time zone selection for each event during creation/editing.
  • Default event image automatically used when no custom image is uploaded (list, grid, and event view).
  • Supports modern image formats including WebP, with built-in image optimization and rebuild tools (Optimize Event Images / Banners).
  • Private events with category-level permission "View private event."
  • Limit total events per user (permission-controlled) with friendly notice when reached.

  Event Categories

  • Fully hierarchical event category system.
  • Category display mode global setting:
    • List
    • Card Grid
  • Option to show or hide side navigation blocks (Categories, Filters, Upcoming Events).
  • SEO-friendly and non-friendly URL support for category navigation links.
  • Category-specific custom fields and review fields.
  • Integrated permission system for category-level control.

  Calendar & Display Modes

  • Dedicated Calendar view with multiple selectable layouts:
    • Month, Week, Day
    • List Year, List Month, List Week, List Day
  • Agenda views showing event blocks with duration and time.
  • Set week start day (e.g., Sunday or Monday).
  • Option to include or exclude weekends.
  • Control default calendar view and timescale. (yearly, monthly, weekly, daily).
  • Fully customizable via style properties (colors, borders, backgrounds).
  • Enhanced List and Card Grid views with clean, responsive layouts.
  • Visual indicators: Featured · Ongoing · Ended · Private

  RSVP & Attendance

  • Three RSVP states: Attending / Maybe / Not Attending.
  • Filter events by your RSVP status.
  • Ability to delete RSVP status (with permission).
  • Choose RSVP registrationmethods:
    • Quick one-click RSVP
    • RSVP status window with manual selection
  • Allow users to delete their RSVP status.
  • Can add repeating event permission integrated with RSVP and category permissions.
  • RSVP participants tabs always displayed in fixed order (Attending > Maybe > Not Attending).
  • Show attendee counts in list and grid displays.
  • Require RSVP for Rating — optional restriction allowing reviews only from RSVP'd users.
  • Notify Event Attendees — send alerts & emails to Attending/Maybe users.
    • Dynamic organizer name and participant counts shown before sending.
    • Uses dedicated alert and email templates.

  Event Rating & Review System

  • Full 5-star rating system with optional text reviews.
  • Optional review titles (optional / required / disabled).
  • Custom review fields (per category) positioned above or below the review.
  • Event recommendations — percentage of recommenders + user avatars.
  • Voting on reviews (upvote / downvote / upvote-only / disabled).
  • Reactions support (standard XF reactions).
  • Attachments support (images/videos) with file type + size limits.
  • Display ratings and review count (e.g., 4.75 – 6 Reviews) on list/grid views.
  • "Latest Reviews" page (/events/latest-reviews) with full voting & sorting.
  • Prevent ratings before event starts (optional).
  • Require RSVP to rate (event-level toggle).
  • Event-level "Ratings Open" control per event.
  • User-level controls to edit/delete own reviews within a time limit.
  • Advanced moderation tools: approval queue, inline mod, undelete, warnings, hard delete.
  • Fully integrated with XenForo core systems:
    • Approval Queue
    • Alerts
    • Warnings
    • Inline Moderation
    • Search
    • Attachments
    • Content Voting
    • Edit History
    • Reactions
    • Reports
    • News Feed & Latest Activity
  • Admin options includes:
    • Reviews per page
    • Require text review when rating
    • Review title control (optional, required, or hidden)
    • Min/max review length
    • Allow event ratings (global toggle)
    • Prevent ratings before event starts
    • Time limit for editing/deleting own reviews
    • Enable event recommendations
    • Allow review voting (upvote/downvote, upvote-only, or disabled)
    • Allowed attachment types and max file size
    • Recent reviews count for widgets
  • User group permissions for:
    • Viewing, posting, editing, deleting, and approving reviews
    • Attaching images/videos to reviews
    • Voting and reacting to reviews
    • Submitting reviews without approval
    • Reviewing own events
    • Multiple reviews per event
  • Event-level controls:
    • Enable/disable ratings per event
    • Require RSVP to rate

  Event Locations & Maps

  • Integrated Google Places Autocomplete for flexible event location input:
    • Supports address-based and establishment/place name searches.
    • Flexible entry (venues, stadiums, clubs, etc.).
  • Updated location handling with improved accuracy and event edit form UX.
  • Per-event time zone selection.

  Event Export & Sharing

  • Export individual events or entire categories to .ics format (iCal compatible).
  • Smart file naming (based on event title/category).
  • Includes all essential details: title, date/time, and description.
  • Enhanced SEO meta tags and Open Graph images for rich social sharing.

  Widgets & Blocks

  • Upcoming Events widget (category filter supported).
  • Ongoing Events (Carousel) widget — auto-created on install or upgrade:
    • Displays "Ongoing" ribbon and event end time.
  • Featured Events Carousel — redesigned with event date/time and "Featured" ribbon.
  • Latest Reviews page (count configurable).
  • Optionally show/hide side navigation blocks (Categories, Filters, Upcoming Events).

  Notifications & Communication

  • Notify Event Attendees feature to send alerts/emails to attendees and "Maybe" users.
    • Includes participant count overview before sending.
    • Supports both alerts and emails using dedicated templates.
    • Organizer name shown dynamically for personalization.
  • Integrated recommendation + review feedback mechanisms for engagement.

  Permissions & User Management

  • Rich permission system controlling all event, RSVP, review, and rating actions.
  • Batch Update Users and Search Users support with "Event count between" filter.
  • Integrates smoothly with XenForo's moderation and approval systems.
  • Fine-grained control per user group:
    • Create / edit / delete events
    • Manage repeating events
    • Rate / review events
    • Approve / delete / moderate reviews
    • Upload review attachments
    • RSVP and send attendee notifications
  • Category-level permissions for complete flexibility.

  Admin Control Panel

  • Clean, tabbed admin options interface for better navigation:
    • General
    • Events
    • Calendar
    • Locations
    • RSVP
    • Reviews
    • Extra
  • Tools → Rebuild Caches:
    • Optimize Event Images
    • Optimize Event Banners
  • Global toggle for enabling/disabling event ratings and reviews.
  • Category-specific custom and review fields management.
  • Cron and rebuild tasks for repeating events and optimizations.

  Design & UX Enhancements

  • Card Grid view for categories and widgets.
  • Refined grid and list styling for cleaner presentation.
  • Ongoing / Featured / Ended / Private ribbons with animations and overlays.
  • Recolored and modernized default event image.
  • Fully responsive and compatible with XenForo style.
  • Consistent display of attendees, status, and ratings across all view modes.

  Performance & Compatibility

  • Compatible with XenForo 2.3.0+ (minimum requirement).
  • Optimized for XF 2.3's new image handling and macro syntax (xf:macro id).
  • Efficient query logic and clean template macros.
  • Automatic widget setup on installation and seamless upgrades.
  • Multilingual and style-property friendly.
  • Smooth upgrades with zero conflicts.

  Community Integration

  • Linked discussion threads for each event (optional).
  • Event shares enhanced with OG images + meta tags.
  • Inline moderation for both events and reviews.
  • Event recommendation stats foster trust & engagement.
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