How to Use the Filter Plus Addon

Want to take your EventON calendar filtering to the next level? Look no further than the Filter Plus addon. This addon empowers users to refine their search with granular control, transforming your EventON calendar into a user-centric powerhouse.

Filter Plus offers a rich dataset for filtering, along with a suite of user-friendly interfaces. Leverage the lightbox view featuring interactive event selection, a time-based slider, and intuitive filtering options. You get to to display filters on the calendar’s side panel or utilize the fast filter bar at the top for quick searches.

Regardless of your filter list’s length, Filter Plus offers solutions for clear presentation and efficient searching. This ensures visitors can pinpoint their desired events with minimal effort. This addon also integrates with EventON’s shortcode generator, streamlining the process of adding these filters to your main calendar.

This guide will walk you step-by-step through installing and utilizing the Filter Plus addon’s extensive filtering features. We’ll cover everything you need to know to empower your users with precise event searching.

Installation

To get started, go to your EventON account and download the Filter Plus addon zip file.

Go to Plugins > Add New (in your WordPress admin area) and then select Upload

Next, select the zip file you downloaded and click Install Now. For more details about this process, please go through the following guide: How to Install Addons

Configuration

To get started, go to EventON → Settings → Sorting and Filtering and ensure that all the filtering and sorting options that you’d like to use are selected as shown below:

Once the addon is activated, you will notice that you have some shiny new filters available on the shortcode generator as shown below:

Calendar Filter Style

With this addon, you get the following filters that can be selected on the dropdown shown above:

• Above events filter bar
• Side filter column
• Lightbox filter

Above events filter bar

When this option is selected, the filter options will appear at the top as shown below:

Side filter column

When this option is selected, the filter options will appear on the side as shown below:

Lightbox filter

When this option is selected, the filter options will appear in a lightbox that is visible when the Sliders icon shown below is clicked:

Clicking this option exposes additional filter options as shown below:

The lightbox implements a comprehensive data sets that can be used for filtering events in an interactive way.

Plus features in this addon

Fast filter bar

This feature creates a fancy new slider option for quickly searching and filtering events. You can assign Event type 1 or Event type 2 categories to this filter with custom colors and icons as shown below:

Time of day filter

This option is available on the Lightbox and offers a slider and selectable buttons for quickly selecting a specific time of the day as shown below: