{"id":80,"date":"2021-11-05T10:35:51","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T15:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs.joedolson.com\/my-calendar\/?p=80"},"modified":"2025-12-23T18:26:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T00:26:43","slug":"my-calendar-location-add-new-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/docs.joedolson.com\/my-calendar\/my-calendar-location-add-new-location\/","title":{"rendered":"Location &#8211; Add New Location"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Add New Location is located under <code>My Calendar &gt; Add New Location<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"847\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.joedolson.com\/my-calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/image-6-1024x847.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of the Add Location interface\" class=\"wp-image-1522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.joedolson.com\/my-calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/image-6-1024x847.png 1024w, https:\/\/docs.joedolson.com\/my-calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/image-6-300x248.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.joedolson.com\/my-calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/image-6-768x635.png 768w, https:\/\/docs.joedolson.com\/my-calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/image-6.png 1293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Add your new location and fill in the information you need. Most fields are optional. If you think this location is the one you&#8217;ll want to use most of the time, you can set it as your <strong>Default Location<\/strong> to set it as your location for new events automatically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"name-of-location\"><strong>Name of Location<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Add a name of the location. This is the primary indicator used to identify locations in the admin or in most dropdowns, so make it recognizable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"location-address\"><strong>Location Address<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Address where the event will be held. Most fields are self explanatory, but the &#8216;Region&#8217; field is a non-standard descriptor that can be used for less common scenarios. An example would be using to identify neighborhoods. You can then set your filters to allow selection by neighborhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Initial Zoom<\/strong> &#8211; when using a Google map one can set the initial zoom level.<br><strong>GPS Coordinates <\/strong>&#8211; Set the latitude and longitude of the location. Auto-generated when there&#8217;s sufficient address information and a Google Maps API is saved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"location-contact-information\"><strong>Location Contact Information<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Phone<\/strong> &#8211; A primary phone number to reach the venue.<br><strong>Secondary Phone<\/strong> &#8211; A secondary phone number, if needed.<br><strong>Location URL<\/strong> &#8211; If the venue has their own website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"location-accessibility\"><strong>Location Accessibility<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click the checkboxes for the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.joedolson.com\/my-calendar\/locations-accessibility-terms\/\">location&#8217;s accessibility features<\/a>. This information will also be seen on the front end single event view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Custom Fields<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you add custom fields to a location, they&#8217;ll appear here. The core plugin adds one custom location field: the Map Display Type. This sets what type of context is set for the map: Roadmap, Satellite, Hybrid, etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Add New Location is located under My Calendar &gt; Add New Location. Add your new location and fill in the information you need. Most fields are optional. If you think this location is the one you&#8217;ll want to use most of the time, you can set it as your Default Location to set it as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[22],"class_list":["post-80","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-locations","tag-locations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.joedolson.com\/my-calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.joedolson.com\/my-calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.joedolson.com\/my-calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.joedolson.com\/my-calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.joedolson.com\/my-calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/docs.joedolson.com\/my-calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":308,"href":"https:\/\/docs.joedolson.com\/my-calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80\/revisions\/308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.joedolson.com\/my-calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.joedolson.com\/my-calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.joedolson.com\/my-calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}