Datebook Events & Classes
One calendar for your events, your bookable classes and your Google, Outlook or iCloud calendars. Month, week and list views.
Datebook shows everything that is on at your business in one calendar: events from your events app, class sessions from your bookings app (with spots left), and, on Pro, public Google, Outlook or iCloud calendars. Visitors can switch between month, week and list, filter by type, open any item to book or read more, and add it to their own calendar.
Set it up
- Install Datebook. The calendar is added to your home page; move it where you want it.
- Open Apps > Datebook in your dashboard. Check that Events and Classes are switched on and that the time zone is right. The numbers show how many items the calendar has in the next 30 days.
- In the editor, select the calendar and click Settings to choose the view it opens in, the first day of the week, colors and fonts. Then publish.
The calendar reads your events and classes when visitors open it, so new and changed events appear within 5 minutes. Draft and cancelled events are left out.
Add a Google, Outlook or iCloud calendar (Pro)
- Google Calendar: open Settings, choose the calendar under "Settings for my calendars", tick Make available to public, then copy Public address in iCal format under "Integrate calendar". Never use the secret address. Outlook: Settings, Calendar, Shared calendars, Publish a calendar, then copy the ICS link. iCloud: share the calendar as a Public Calendar and copy the link (webcal:// is fine).
- In Apps > Datebook, under External calendars, give it a name, paste the address and click Add. You can add up to 3. Each gets its own color and filter button.
Repeating events, exceptions and all-day events are supported. The feed is read again at most every 15 minutes.
Free and Pro
| Free | Pro (7.99 USD/month) | |
|---|---|---|
| Events and classes | Yes | Yes |
| Month and list views, filters, add to calendar | Yes | Yes |
| Week view | Yes | |
| Google, Outlook and iCloud calendars | Up to 3 |
Questions
- A class or event is missing. Check that it is published (not a draft) and inside the month you are looking at. Classes come from the class sessions in your bookings app; one-to-one appointments are not shown.
- Times look wrong. Set the time zone in Apps > Datebook.
- The dashboard says your settings could not be saved. Datebook keeps its settings in your site's CMS. Add the CMS to your site (in the editor: Add, then CMS) and try again. Events and classes show with the default settings in the meantime.
- An external calendar shows an error. Check that the calendar is public and that you copied the iCal address (it ends in .ics). Feeds larger than 3 MB are not read; a calendar with fewer past years of events is smaller.
- The editor shows example items. That is a preview until your site has its own events or classes.
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