Publishing Events on Your Site
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What the Events addon does
Your site gets a public /events/ page that lists every event you publish. Upcoming events come first (sorted by start date); past events drop into a separate section so the page stays current without you doing anything.
Each event also gets its own page at yoursite.com/events/your-event-slug/ — shareable on social, indexable by Google, and the URL the "Tickets" button points at if you don't have an external link.
What goes in an event
- Title — what you're calling the event ("Spring Tasting Menu", "Open House", "Live Music Saturday")
- Start date + time — required. Drives the chronological sort and the upcoming/past split.
- End date + time — optional. Add it if the event spans more than a few hours so the listing shows the full window.
- Location — free text. Address, venue name, "Online", whatever your customers will look for.
- Description — markdown supported. This is the body of the event page. Add agenda, dress code, who it's for, what to bring.
- Ticket / RSVP URL — optional. Eventbrite link, your booking page, a Google Form, whatever. Becomes a "Get Tickets" button on the event page.
- Hero image — optional. Shows on both the event page and as the thumbnail in the listing.
How to publish your first event
- Open the Events tab in your dashboard.
- Click Add event.
- Fill in the title, start date, location, description.
- Save as draft if you want to preview, or save as published to push it live.
- Click Rebuild if the public page doesn't update within a minute.
Drafts vs. published
A draft event is saved to your dashboard but does NOT appear on the public /events/ page. Useful for working on the description over several sessions, or for staging a series of events to publish all at once.
A published event is live the moment Rebuild completes (usually under 60 seconds).
When past events fall off
Past events stay on /events/ in a separate "Past events" section indefinitely — they're SEO-valuable (lots of long-tail search queries are for past events) and they show momentum. If you want to delete an old event entirely, use the delete button; otherwise we recommend leaving them.
Limits + notes
- Up to ~50 KB of description per event (~10 typical paragraphs). Long enough for a full agenda.
- Hero images and ticket URLs are optional — you can publish a bare event with just a title, date, and location if that's all you have.
- The Events addon doesn't (yet) export iCal/.ics — your subscribers can't add events to their personal calendar with one click. On our roadmap if it becomes a common ask.
- If you want event attendees on your email list, pair this with the Email List addon — visitors can subscribe from the event page.
