Event Occurrence Importer

New Functionality After installing and activating, you will find the following new admin panels and features: New Event Importer admin panel (Tools > Venture Event Importer) Getting Started: Create Import CSV File You can always download a copy of the sample CSV file from the admin panel, just select the “example” link and the file … Read more

Upcoming and Recently Added Event Widgets

Creating upcoming and recently added widgets is so smart, it’s not actually a traditional widget. Instead, we’ve designed the default Event Listings functionality to be fully compatible inside a text or Custom HTML widget. That’s right, all that’s needed to create an upcoming/recently added widget is create a listing and paste its shortcode into either … Read more

What/When/Where Widget

Designed as a set-up and forget tool to be used exclusively on single event pages, the widget prominently displays the most in-demand info ticket buyers look for in the form of the event name, dates/times, ticket price, ticket purchase link, Venue name, and a Google Map link. Better still, it automatically lists related info for … Read more

Event Calendars

From the “Event Calendars” admin panel, either open an existing Event Calendar or select “Add New.” Title: This is for admin purposes only so make use something descriptive to help identify where it is being used. Event Click Action: This controls what happens when a user clicks/taps on an event or occurrence inside a calendar. Display … Read more

Event Listings

From the “Event Listings” admin panel, either open an existing Event Listing or select “Add New.” For most users, event lists serve as the backbone of your frontend event overview displays. As such, we have packed our event listing tool with the most comprehensive set of standard features you can find among other WordPress event … Read more

Event Venues

Venues are a required taxonomy for all events. You will need to enter a venue before it can be assigned to an event occurrence. Unlike other event taxonomies, venues may be assigned on a per occurrence basis. To get started, navigate to “Events > Venues.” Name: This will appear on the frontend to site visitors but has no bearing … Read more

Event Seasons

Seasons are a required taxonomy for all events. They are used to help you group events in chronological fashion, such as a season or partial season, as well as providing a way to filter their display in/out of event calendars and listings. Name: Enter the season name. Unlike categories, this is for admin purposes only … Read more

Event Categories

Categories are a required taxonomy for all events. They are used to help you group similar types of events as well as providing a way to filter their display in/out of event calendars and listings. Name: Keep in mind, this will show on the frontend to site visitors. Parent Category: Assign a parent term to … Read more

Creating and Editing Events

The event admin panel is where you’ll enter all of the information about an event. It’s where VEM pulls all of the content that shows up on the frontend for your Lists, Calendars, widgets, and the single event page. And edits to content after an event is published will be automatically pushed through to all … Read more

Updating VEM (Free and Pro)

Whenever there is an update, we push it out from our end. You can check to see if there are new versions by selecting visiting the Plugins admin panel of your WordPress dashboard. If there is one available, it will show up there. You can click on the “View version” to view the changelog (or … Read more