More flexible event repeat options

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Original comment from Ben Boutwell transferred from the previous Wishlist portal:

Thanks for the update and heads up, Helga! Hey, just as a reminder and something to help inspire the devs - there are two competitors out there which primary business is this calendar thing. Time.ly and The Events Calendar (Wordpress only).

I think they’d be able to find some great ideas to get from them.

[Helga]

Thanks for your kind reply and your valuable comment, Ben!

I’ll make sure to pass it along to our dev team and really think it will be helpful.

Thank you once again

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Original comment from Bryan Wieczorek transferred from the previous Wishlist portal:

Would it be possible to get an ETA or an update on some of these updates for the Event Calendar? Some of these requests have been under consideration for over a year and a half.

[Helga]

Hi Bryan!

I totally get you, and I’m so very sorry that our replies are that vague

You see, we have to admit that at the moment our desires and plans are bigger than our capabilities, thus sometimes we simply fail to meet the deadline.

In order not to give false hopes, I’d love to say that we have plans to knuckle down to significantly improving our Event Calendar widget, cuz we see a great potential in it.

Much as I’d love to set an ETA for this, I’m afraid all I can say is that we’re going to stretch ourselves to make it as soon as possible.

I’m really sorry for yet another dim update

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Original comment from Diana Kilby transferred from the previous Wishlist portal:

Hi Helga,

It really is a great shame that Elfsight do not put their minds to improving a very basic tool, and that all our suggestions are met with the ‘sorry, we will work on it one day’ vagueness, and nothing actually gets done.
What a pity - I guess it is not financially important to the company.
It must be frustrating for you, as well as us.

Best wishes,

Diana Kilby

[Helga]

Dear Diana,

I totally understand your point and frustration, and you’re absolutely right saying that we must be frustrated, too. We so are!

Unfortunately, we’ve encountered the issue of the lack of resources to carry out all the wanted features. We’re deeply sorry if we made you feel as if everything you post here falls on deaf ears, it’s definitely not the case.

We understand how disappointing it is to wait for so long, and we’re truly sorry about it.

I assure you that we’re making every endeavour to improve the situation and bring more useful updates

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Original comment transferred from the previous Wishlist portal:

Has this issue been prioritized? We need to be able to have a weekly occurring event for one year on Fridays and I can’t believe it’s not possible … please post an update for when this will be added

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Original comment from Abi Townsend transferred from the previous Wishlist portal:

Hi there! I have an Event Calendar on my website. I have been/will be using it for a lot of events that occur every year on the same day. It would save me so much time and energy to be able to set it up to automatically recur, rather than having to manually enter every event, every year. Please help!

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Original comment from Stephanie Pipe transferred from the previous Wishlist portal:

Would vote for a change with the calendar…sooner than later With it the way it is now, it looks like we only have a month of events, and some in Dec. It would be more helpful to set an event and know it will show sooner than a month before, and that yearly events can be set once and show up each year. Thanks.

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Original comment transferred from the previous Wishlist portal:

I agree with the others. With a paid calendar widget that only allows recurring events for 30 days is absurd. The reason told to me was to limit the data so as not to overload the widget. Not a valid reason given many are paying for this widget and allowing recurring events AT LEAST through the calendar year couldn’t possibly overload the widget. I’ll be looking elsewhere.

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Original comment transferred from the previous Wishlist portal:

For perspective, this limitation makes it appear that we have none of the recurring events past 30 days and makes it impossible for our clients to plan their schedule past 30 days.

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Original comment transferred from the previous Wishlist portal:

As a new customer, this is the most amazing stupid thing I’ve ever heard of. I wish I would have KNOWN of this defect before I bought a year subscription!! Why even PUT the “repeat” option as a field to select? Totally bogus

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Original comment transferred from the previous Wishlist portal:

I see that “Helga, Community Manager” made her first response almost a year ago. NO ACTION YET???

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Original comment transferred from the previous Wishlist portal:

So why Elfsight has this request stalled? It must be one of the most requested feature requests here and for a calendar widget not to have multiple repeating options is bizarre! Can you give the community and update please. “Future Consideration” isn’t very helpful! Thank you

[Helga]

Dear folks,

I absolutely feel you, and I cannot apologize enough for this situation. We do see that this feature is desired and wanted by a lot of people, and it makes us feel terrible that we haven’t found any solution yet.

I’ve got an update from our developers that they are to start updating the Event Calendar app in September. I also need to say that this app needs a major update, and it’s difficult to say how much time this feature development would take. We’ll do everything in our power to release it as soon as we can.

Once again, we’re truly sorry for this horrible delay

[user1655]

Some events repeat not daily or weekly, but monthly. It would help if I could indicate that.

[Helga]

@user1655 very good suggestion, thanks a lot for sharing! We see that a lot of users need this very feature.

I’ve moved your comment to the thread where we discuss this option - I’ll keep you updated on how things are going here as well.

Thank you for helping us!

[user293]

Yes PLEASE! Definitely will add value to the product.

[Helga]

Thanks a lot for your comment, @user293!

Please don’t forget to vote for the ideas you love in order to make them stand out: the more votes, the faster release

Thank you for helping us!

[Helga]

Quick update: this feature is on the stage of discussion: we’re thinking over an option to set the date/time and repetition options.

The development is set for Q1