This article explains what each event calendar setting does. For creating a calendar, see How to create and edit an event calendar. Changes take effect when you select Save.
Basic details
Setting
What it does
Calendar page address
The calendar's public address. Copy copies it to the clipboard and Preview opens the calendar in a new tab.
Internal name
The name you recognise the calendar by in the list. It is only shown in the admin, never to visitors.
Alias
Replaces the UUID in the address, e.g. ssl.eventilla.com/calendar/spring2027. Allowed characters are letters a–z, digits, hyphens and underscores.
Date and time format
How event times are shown in the calendar. The default is dd MMM yyyy HH:mm (e.g. 10 Nov 2026 14:26). A preview is shown under the field, and you can pick a ready-made format such as 10.11.2026 14:26.
UUID
The calendar's permanent identifier. You need it to embed the calendar on your own website.
Events shown
These filters always apply to the whole calendar, and visitors cannot remove them.
Setting
What it does
Event statuses
Only events in the selected statuses are shown: Published, Past, Canceled, Prepublished or Draft. Published and Past are selected by default.
Cities
Only events in the selected cities are shown. When empty, all are shown.
Tags
Only events that have one of the selected tags are shown. When empty, all are shown.
Name contains
Only events whose name contains this word are shown.
Order
Sorts events by start time or name, in ascending or descending order.
Past events
How many days back past events are shown. The default is 30 days.
Include ongoing events
When filtering by period, events that have started but not yet ended are also shown.
Direct registration links
The event button takes visitors straight to the registration form of the first available ticket instead of the event page.
URL-parameters
Adds the parameters you enter (key and value) to the calendar's event page links, e.g. utm_source for tracking.
Target a ticket
When you enter a Datafield key, each event's registration link and ticket availability point to the event's first ticket that has this datafield, hidden tickets included. Events without such a ticket show no registration button. Datafield value is optional: when set, only a ticket with the same value is targeted (1 and true count as the same value).
Event sources
Only shown if your organization uses publication channels. Selected sources also bring the events shared through them into the calendar.
Views
Setting
What it does
Enabled
Which of the List, Grid and Calendar views visitors can choose. All are enabled by default.
Default
The view that opens first. The default is Calendar.
Event details shown
Choose per view what is shown for each event: header image, name, start and end date, location, venue, short description, tickets, tickets remaining and registration button. Not every detail is available in every view.
Filters shown
The filters visitors can use themselves: tags, location and search.
By default, show the events period
Whether Upcoming or All events are shown when the page opens. The default is Upcoming.
Events per page
How many events the list and grid views show at a time. The default is 20, the maximum 250.
Event image height (Grid)
The height of event images in the grid view, in pixels (default 200). Auto height shows images in their own proportions.
Filter options
Sets the choices in the visitor's city and tag filters. A fixed list keeps the options the same; when it is empty, all options in use are shown. Preselected options are selected when the page opens. Ignored options are hidden.
Languages and texts
Setting
What it does
Languages
The language picker lists the languages in this order, and the first one is the default. Use Move left to change the order. Each language shows Title added or Title missing.
Title
The calendar page's main heading in that language.
Browser tab title
The text shown on the browser tab and in search results.
Description
The introduction shown under the title.
Appearance and tracking
Setting
What it does
Header image
The image at the top of the calendar page. Choose it with Choose….
Events default image
Replaces the event page header image in this calendar. When empty, the event's own image is used.
Theme
The calendar's colours and styles in JSON. If your organization has its own theme, it is shown here by default. A calendar-specific theme replaces the organization's theme entirely.
GTM container ID
Enter your Google Tag Manager container ID to track the calendar page through GTM.
GTM URL parameter
Passes the calendar page's tag_ URL parameters on to Google Tag Manager.
Disable search engine indexing
Tells search engines not to index the page (noindex), so the calendar does not appear in search results.