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Events Module Settings
In version 5.1.4, the Events module settings were re-organised to reduce clutter. Also they are accessed via this icon on the Icon bar. In version 6.0.0 the icon has changed to this one
. The structure has also been changed to take advantage of the DNN 6 tabs. The screenshots are taken from the latest version.
This page will describe all the groups of settings. Just click on the links below to get to the appropriate section:
- General
- [General Settings](General Settings)
- [Look & Feel Settings](Look & Feel Settings)
- [Timezone Settings](Timezone Settings)
- Display
- [Detail View Settings](Detail View Settings)
- [Month View Settings](Month View Settings)
- [Week View Settings](Week View Settings)
- [List View Settings](List View Settings)
- [Custom Fields Settings](Custom Fields Settings)
- [Tooltip Settings](Tooltip Settings)
- [Image Settings](Image Settings)
- Notification
- [Event Email Settings](Events Mail Settiongs)
- [Reminder Settings](Reminder Settings)
- Enrollment & Moderation
- [Enrollment Settings](Enrollment Settings)
- [Moderation Settings](Moderation Settings)
- Sub-calendar
- [SubCalendars Settings](SubCalendars Settings)
- SEO & Sitemap
- [SEO Settings](SEO Settings)
- [Sitemap Settings](Sitemap Settings)
- RSS, iCal & Social
- [RSS Settings](RSS Settings)
- [Calendar Export Settings](Calendar Export Settings)
- [Social Integration Settings](Social Integration Settings)
- Templates
- Template Settings
Go back to: The Events Module Settings

Version | Setting | Description |
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3.3.8 | Allow Event Reminders | Enables the event reminders options in Edit view. Requires the 'DNN Events' schedule item to be running. Users wanting a reminder must go to the Detail view of the event and click 'Notify Me for this Event @' |
3.3.8 | Remind Anonymous | Allows anonymous users to request a reminder for an event |
5.0.1 | Send Reminder Default Value | Sets the default value of Send Reminder tick box on Edit view. |
5.0.1 | Reminder Email From | Sets the default value of the Reminder Email From setting in Edit vie |

Version | Setting | Description |
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3.3.8 | Permit Event Enrollment | Enable enrollment settings in Edit view. The ![]() |
6.0.0 | Allow Paid Events | If enabled paid for events are allowed. When disabled only free events are allowed. |
6.1.1 | Allow Anonymous Enrolment | If enabled users are allowed to enrol when not authenticated to the site. Essential user details will be collected as part of the enrolment. |
3.3.8 | PayPal Account | The default value for the PayPal Account setting in Edit view. |
3.3.8 | PayPal URL | The url to use for PayPal. |
5.0.1 | Displays Enroll List by Default | Sets the default value for the 'Enroll List on Detail View setting in edit view. When the enroll list is enable, the list of attendees for the event are displayed on the Detail view. |
5.0.3 | Hide Full Enrolled Events | When enabled fully enrolled events are not displayed in the the views apart from to an event editor. |
5.1.4 | Allow Multiple Enrolees | Allows someone enrolling to an event to enter a quantity of enrolees up to this maximum. |
5.1.4 | Cancel Before Days | Sets the number of days before an event upto which a user may cancel their enrolment to a free event. |
6.1.1 | My Enrollments Sorting | The order in which the My Enrollments view is sorted. |
6.1.1 | My Enrollments Days Before | Sets the number of days before today for which enrollments will be displayed. |
6.1.1 | My Enrollments Days After | Sets the number of days after today for which enrollments will be displayed. |
5.0.1 | Select the User Fields to Display | Sets the permission level at which various user attributes are displayed in the enrolee list. Display Name allows click through to the user profile, where other information may be visible. |
6.1.1 | Select Emails To Send | Allows the administrator to selectively enable the emails that are sent as part of the enrolment process. |

Version | Setting | Description |
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3.3.8 | Moderate Event/Enrollment Changes | When enabled New or Changed events are moderated. Also enrollments to free events are moderate. Paid event enrollments are unmoderated. Moderation is accessed via the ![]() |

Version | Setting | Description |
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3.3.8 | Include Other Site Event Modules | Enables the additon of other calendars to be displayed through this calendar. Only one level of sub-calendar is supported by the module. |
3.3.8 | Add Sub-Calendar Name | The sub-calendar name is added to the event name (e.g. Test Event (Sub-calendar)). |
5.0.3 | Enforce View Permissions | View permissions applied to the sub-calendar are applied to any events retrieved from that sub-calendar. (i.e. if a user does not have view rights to the sub-calendar, any events from that sub-calendar will not be displayed in the master calendar. |
3.3.8 | Add/Remove Sub-Calendars | Move calendars from the Available to the Selected lists to set them as a sub-calendar. |

Version | Setting | Description |
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5.2.0 | Enable SEO | When enabled the page title and description of the Detail View are set using the relevant templates. Also the category and location are added to the page keyword list. |
5.2.0 | Description Length | Sets the maximum length of the page description. |

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Version | Setting | Description |
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5.2.0 | Enable Search Engine Sitemap | Enables sitemap for this module instance. To validate the sitemap is being populated correctly, go to Search Engine Sitemap in the Admin menu, clear the cache on that page, then click on the sitemap link at the top of the page. |
5.2.0 | Sitemap Priority | Sets the priority configured in the sitemap for each event. |
5.2.0 | Days Before | Sets the number of days before the current day to include in the Sitemap. |
5.2.0 | Days After | Sets the number of days after the current day to include in the Sitemap. |

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Version | Setting | Description |
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5.0.1 | Enable RSS | Enables the ![]() |
5.0.1 | Date to Use | Sets the date to be used as the Publish Date in the RSS feed. Options are - Last Updated, Creation Date or Event Date. |
5.0.1 | Days to include | Specifies the number of days from today to include in the feed. |
5.0.1 | Feed Title | Sets the title of the feed. |
5.0.1 | Feed Description | Sets the description of the feed. |

Version | Setting | Description |
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5.1.4 | Owner Email Address Export | Includes the owner email address in the event export (.ics). If disabled a false email address is generated. |
5.0.1 | Owner Email for Unregistered User | Includes the owner email address in the event export (.ics) for unauthenticated users. If disabled a false email address is generated. |
5.2.0 | Show iCal icon on icon bar | Shows the iCal icon on the icon bar. Clicking this icon will generate a .ics file for all events in the module, subject to the filters below. |
5.2.0 | Enable Event .ics Emailing | Enables the emailing of a .ics file to a specified email address on the detail view. This is displayed near the reminder options, and is separate to the iCal export options shown at the bottom of the detail view. |
6.0.0 | Show URL in Location | When enabled the location url is included in the location field in the iCal export. |
6.0.1 | Include Calname in .ics | When enabled the attribute X-WR-Calname is included in the export which is used by Calendar applications to name the imported calendar. |
5.2.0 | Days Before | Sets the number of days before the current day to include in the iCal export. |
5.2.0 | Days After | Sets the number of days after the current day to include in the iCal export. |
5.2.0 | URL to append | Each event in the .ics file has a url element. Entering something in URL to append, adds it to the end of the url for the event. This can be used for supporting Google Analytics source and medium tags for instance. |
5.2.0 | Enable Default Image | By default the url to the event image (if any) is added in the Attach element in the .ics file. You can specify using this option what the default image is that should be output for events without an image. This is useful for facebook synchronisation where an image on an event makes it more visible. |
5.2.0 | iCal URL | In situations where you do not wish to display the iCal icon on the icon bar and cannot therefore easily identify the correct url to the module iCal feed, this shows the url. This url can be entered into the calendar synchronisation mechanisms of other calendars such as Google Calendar, Microsoft Outlook and Facebook (e.g. iCalendar to Event). |

Version | Setting | Description |
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6.1.1 | Social Module | When set to 'Social Group' the module will suppoprt pages controlled by the Social Group module. When set to 'User Profile' the module will support placement on User Profile pages. Note that all settings will be common across all Social Groups or User Profiles. |
6.1.2 | Private User Calendar | When the module is place on the User Profile page and the Social Module setting configured to 'User Profile' then the module can be configured for the user events to be visible only to the individual user or public to anyone visiting the usersprofile. Enable this setting for the events to be private to the individual user. |
5.2.0 | Facebook Admins | Any text entered in here will be added to each event display page (Month/View/List/Day/Detail view) as a fb:admins meta property in the pages header. |
5.2.0 | Facebook App_ID | Any text entered in here will be added to each event display page (Month/View/List/Day/Detail view) as a fb:app_id meta property in the pages header. |
6.1.1 | Enable Journal Integration | Enables the recording of activities into the DNN core Journal. Activities currently recorded are |

Version | Setting | Description |
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5.0.1 | Event Template | Allows you to select the template to edit. Click 'Update Template' to update, and 'Reset Template' to reset. No need to click 'Update Settings' to save. |
Introduction System Requirements
- Events Module settings
- Date Format
- Event dates without time
- Event details in place or not
- Event Settings
- Event Themes
- Event Views
- Templating Event Views
- Purge old events
- Custom Event themes
- Select Category via URL
- Select Start Date via URL
- RSS in the Events Module
- iCal support
- Upcoming Events View
- Repeater view
- Video Tutorials
- Open Location URL
- The use of Templates
- Tokens to be used in Templates
- Daylight Saving Time
- The same Events on two pages
- Install module for Development