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  [XenCustomize] Events Manager

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

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  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.
• Version

  2.3.8.1 Stable Available Jan 19, 2026 · 1

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  Events Manager v2.3.8.1 is released!

  This is a small but important maintenance update. It fixes an issue affecting the tabbed admin options interface and adds missing phrases for event rating notification preferences. Thanks to @Stardust and @stromb0li for the reports!
  
  

  Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue with the tabbed admin options interface.
  • Added missing phrases for event rating notification preferences.

  2.3.8 Stable Available Oct 24, 2025 · 0

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  File size: 524.4 KB

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  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.
  
  

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  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

  
  

  ---

  
  

  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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