GivebearEvents and Community
Decide when to use events, community calendars, prayer times, and related website surfaces.
Use events when attendance matters. Use calendars when visibility matters. Use prayer times when a faith community needs a schedule. These tools can overlap, but they should not replace one another.
Which tool should I use?
| Need | Use | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Sell tickets or collect registrations | Events | Events support ticket types, registration forms, payment, attendee records, and check-in. |
| Publish a schedule of community programming | Calendar | Calendar-oriented surfaces are better for ongoing public visibility. |
| Show daily prayer times or Jumuah information | Prayer Times | Prayer-time tools are purpose-built for mosque schedules and embeds. |
| Raise money for a seasonal appeal | Campaign | Campaigns are donation pages, not attendance workflows. |
| Collect in-person donations at a gathering | Kiosk | Kiosks handle card-present giving and device operations. |
Events
Events should be used when someone is attending, registering, or buying a ticket. A good event setup answers:
- What is the attendee signing up for?
- Is payment required?
- Which ticket types exist?
- What information must be collected on the form?
- Who is checking people in?
- What will finance reconcile after the event?
Deep event setup lives in the Events section.
Events overview
Tickets and registrations
Check-in and reporting
Community calendar
Use calendar tools for public schedules that do not need ticketing. Examples include services, classes, community programs, youth nights, food distribution, board meetings, or recurring gatherings.
Calendar entries should be written for the public. Include enough detail that someone can decide whether to attend without contacting staff.
Prayer times and Jumuah
Prayer-time tools are for schedules that people check often. Keep them accurate, visible, and easy to embed. If your organization uses Jumuah times, treat those as public-facing operational details, not internal notes.
Use the widget docs when prayer times need to appear on a website.
Where kiosks fit
Kiosks are operational devices. Use dashboard device pages to manage pairing, sync, logs, screenshots, settings, and remote actions. Use the Kiosks docs when the person asking the question is holding a device or preparing a lobby setup.
Community launch checklist
Before sharing event or community pages, confirm:
- Public title and description are donor or attendee friendly.
- Date, time, location, and pricing are correct.
- Ticket or registration form fields are necessary.
- Refund or cancellation expectations are known.
- Check-in staff know where to look.
- Website embeds point to the right organization, event, calendar, or prayer-time source.