'View Event' Button Link to Custom URL

Site URL: https://www.intertwinediowa.com/upcoming-walks

Password: TreeTalk

I have not found an answer to this--

My client wants the 'View Event' button to point to a custom URL, since all events are third-party (various third parties) hosted.

Thank you!

Hi @JAM3763 - unfortunately there isn't an easy way to do this – even if you hide the button from the Event Page, each Event Title and Event Image will still link to each individual event listing. You could set up a 301 redirect for every single individual event URL that would redirect users from the event to the external URL, but that feels hacky and likely difficult to maintain over time.

Curious to see if others have better suggestions. Noting it's a Squarespace 7.0 site, since that means the Event Page options are a little different.

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@edharris

Thanks for the quick response!

Well, if hiding the button is doable, I would still go for it, despite the title/image still linking to the event page. I can add a third-party link to the excerpt and hope that most folks will click that? Ideally I would add a button to the excerpt but from what I've read, that's going to be too difficult for my client to have to deal with each time they want to add an event.

No problem. On Squarespace 7.0, you can turn on/off the button as one of the options included in the Events Page listing - see this support article (just make sure you're looking at the 7.0 tab, not 7.1).

Good luck!

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@edharris@paul2009

Thank you both! I finally resolved this, thanks to your expertise. Very much appreciate you taking the time to address my issue! Fixed!

Anyone knows if this was ever fixed by the Squarespace developers? Or is the only solution still adding in the code? Thanks

@paul2009

7 hours ago, em_ said:

Anyone knows if this was ever fixed

The button is still missing. 

12 hours ago, paul2009 said:

The button is still missing. 

Sad, thanks for the update