What’s New In Divi Events Calendar 2.0
A Huge List of New Features Worthy of a Version Jump
As you know we have had several large feature updates before, but when I say this is big, I mean really big! There are so many new features and improvements that I didn’t count, but there are tons and tons of new design options, especially for the Events Calendar module. We also added some cool pagination features to the Events Feed module. There are always small improvements too across all the settings. And of course, let’s not forget the NEW Events Carousel module and the NEW Events Page module for single event pages! We thought this all was very worthy of a version number bump to 2.0, so let us know if you agree 🙂 Please watch the video for the best information about this release!
We have updated the changelog in our documentation area, but this post and video is the best place to see what’s new in detail.
NOTE: Please review our important update information before updating.
New Events Feed Module Features
Pagination Options
We added two new pagination options for events. The first is just like the Blog module. The other one was a bit more difficult, an ajax load more button. Here are the settings that relate to this new feature:
- Normal Paged pagination
- An ajax Load More Button
- Custom Button Text input field
- Full design styling settings for the Load More Button
Icons And Labels
A new feature that also is included in the Events Carousel and Events Page modules is the ability to add and customize icons or label to the event details. This option is available when the event details are stacked.Â
- Labels
- Icons
You can set the color of the icons or label with new settings in the Design tab.
Other New Features And Changes
There were a lot of other changes that were smaller but just as important. These are some of the many things we did to bring the module to a level of maturity.
- Show or hide event title
- Show or hide the event time zone
- Detail text link color setting
- Image box shadow settings
- Removed a redundant layout option
- Rearranged some settings
- Updated all settings labels and help text
View all the Events Feed module features & settings in our documentation.
New Events Calendar Module Features
Event Category Selection
You can now choose with event categories will show in the Events Calendar module! We always had this in the other module, but now you can use this calendar view on certain page or places where you just want to showcase events in a certain category.Date & Time Format
We also added custom date and time format options to override the default WordPress settings. This again is similar to the Events Feed module.
New Elements Toggles
You now have full control over the content and elements of the tooltip. Below is a list of all the new settings:
- Show Tooltip
- Show Tooltip Image
- Show Tooltip Title
- Show Tooltip Date
- Show Tooltip Time
- Show Tooltip Time Zone
- Show Tooltip Price
- Show Tooltip Excerpt
Upcoming Events Improvements
We added the event time just above the event title on the calendar. I really like this and think it adds the perfect touch. In addition, we made the event title wrap instead of get cut off, which looked kind of sloppy before but now it looks great. We also made the title into a link, which means you can now click the event title to go to the single event page.
New Calendar Design Settings
In our previous two updates, we introduced the monthly calendar view module in our Divi Events Calendar. This module was fairly limited until now. We were working on new design settings from the start, but it takes a lot of work to do this. The good news, they are finally here!
- New Days of the Week background and border design settings
- New Calendar Days text styling, background, and border design settings
- New Upcoming Events text styling, background, border, and spacing design settings
- New Navigation text, background, and border design settings
New Tooltip Design Settings
When you hover over the upcoming events in the Events Calendar, you get a tooltip with the event image, title, date, time, excerpt, etc. Up until now the design of those features were default. Now we have added brand new settings for this!
- New Tooltip settings
- New Tooltip Image settings
- New Tooltip Title Text settings
- New Tooltip Detail Text settings
- New Tooltip Excerpt Text settings
View all the Events Calendar module features & settings in our documentation.
#3. New Events Carousel Module
We decided it was time to add another module! A few people asked for a slider or carousel, so we delivered! This module can be best described as a combination of the Events Feed module and the Divi Slider module. There are way too many settings to name here, so just click the link below to go to the documentation and see what all all is included.
- Navigation arrow and dot controls
- Design settings for the arrows and controls
- Animation timing settings
#4. New Events Page Module
We didn’t stop with just one new module. We also added one specifically for making the single event pages! This has been one of our top requests, and we are thrilled to see it finally ready. There are way too many settings to list here. The best place to learn what all is new is in our documentation.
- All the event data options from the single event pages now in a Divi module!
Related News
New Demos
We are super excited to announce a new demo site for the Divi Events Calendar plugin. This new demo site showcases all the features and options that that are available in the modules, allowing you to browse visualize what is possible with the modules, layouts, and design settings. Be sure to browse through each page to see all the new features that were added in version 2.0!
New Free Layouts
We thought it would be cool to give you some free bonus demo layouts so that you could match the styles on your own site and see what settings are used in the modules. These layouts are available as downloads to existing and future customers.
New Documenation
Our entire Divi Events Calendar documenation area has been revampted. We now have separate documents for each module showing the settings and features. We also have a vidoe about how to use each module! And we added other resources and guides as well, helping you find everything you need right there in the documentation.
Important 2.0 Update Information
 NOTE: Please review our important update information for updating.
Reporting Bugs
Because of the vast amount of new features, we expect there will be bugs that need to be fixed in future updates. We have tried our best to test every aspect of the plugin, but with so many different scenarios out there, we are bound to miss some. Please use our contact form to send any bug reports to us.
NOTE: Please check the changelog and roadmap first to see if we already are aware of the issue and have a fix released or coming.
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