List events with no need to book, or booked elsewhere

You can now put an event on your calendar without a Book button. It came from a venue that runs drop-in games nights and wanted them on the calendar with "no need to book" next to them, and it's live for everyone today.

How guests take part

Every event now has a How guests take part setting on the Basics tab of the session editor, with three options:

• Book through BookingNinja – the normal setting, unchanged.
• No need to book – the event is listed for information only. Guests see "No need to book – just turn up" (or your own wording) where the Book button would be.
• Booked elsewhere – the event is listed with a button that opens a link you provide, such as an Eventbrite page, in a new tab.

The event keeps its dates, times, images and description, and shows everywhere your other events do: your booking page, the Events and Sessions calendars, its own page, your BookingNinja website and letsbookfor.com. Only the booking controls change. Nobody can book one through BookingNinja, even from an old link.

A few details:

• It's for events only. For a weekly drop-in, create one event and add each date to it.
• While a listing option is selected, the Deposits, Capacity and Features tabs are hidden. Switch back to Book through BookingNinja and they return with their old settings.
• Existing bookings on an event are untouched if you change it to a listing.
• Listing-only events carry a blue badge on your sessions list.

The full walkthrough is in the guide List an Event With No Need to Book (or Booked Elsewhere). As always, tell us what would make your calendar more useful.