Instructions

by | May 3, 2026

 

Chard-online.net is the website. – WordPress is installed

Home page (1 of 2)

Headline: What’s on in Chard
Subhead – Events, activities and community life – all in one place

We need a lovely background picture or pictures. Somerset is in UK.  I can supply suggestions. 

>>>>> This should be a straightforward website with basic features for events and happenings. Later on, we can make more improvements. NB – It is a free community service. No charges to anyone. 

#  Diary entries are displayed on the home page in either a straightforward list by date or in a box four across the page (different for mobile phones). Perhaps there is a better way, but we could have a Google-style diary where you click on a date.  

# Clicking on it displays additional information provided by the event host.

# We need filters for types of event –  community, sport and fitness, arts and culture, support services,  We can have filters for timing such as ‘today’, ‘this week’ ‘all upcoming’

# Would th My Calendar plug in be relevant?

#  “Submit your own event” is a necessary section. 

# sign up to receive weekly updates (sent on Sunday)  Should we use Mailpoet for this? We have a tricky situation with centres who offer a number of different services. I don’t know if word search would do the job.

# A ‘word search’ bar down to word level not just name of organisation?

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Example event

Community Coffee morning
Tuesday 10 May 10 am
Chard Guildhall
A relaxed morning with tea, coffee and conversation
Organiser – Chard together
[more details] a clickable link to their web site

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here is a good model

but there are far too many categories. Chard is a small town. 

 

Subscription page (2 of 2)

Submit an event or events for Chard community matters

Event title (required)

Date (required)

Time (required) end time – optional

Recurrence – weekly, daily, fortnightly, monthly

Location (required)

Image – optional

Category

Description – what to expect, who it’s for, key details

Details – (link to website for facebook)

contact  Website or email or phone

organiser’s name

BUTTON – submit for review

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BACK END – confirmation message Your event has been received and will appear once reviewed. I need to be able to turn the preferences on and off. We may not need it. 

I need a simple dashboard showing pending submissions and a chance to approve/edit/reject.

Does My-calendar do this? There must be a WP plugin in for such things

That will do for phase one. We can add extras later on.

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