=== The Events Calendar ===

Contributors: Shane Pearlman (shane.pearlman), Peter Chester (peterchester), John Gadbois (jgadbois), Kelsey Damas (kelseydamas), Matt Wiebe (mattwiebe), Rob La Gatta (roblagatta),  Justin Endler, Reid Peifer (reid.peifer), Dan Cameron (dancameron) produced by Modern Tribe, Inc. (moderntribe)
Tags: modern tribe, tribe, widget, events, tooltips, grid, month, list, calendar, recurring, event, venue, eventbrite, registration, tickets, ticketing, eventbright, api, dates, date, plugin, posts, sidebar, template, theme, time, google maps, conference, workshop, concert, meeting, seminar, summit, forum, shortcode
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Requires at least: 3.1
Tested up to: 3.2.1
Stable tag: 2.0

== Description ==

IMPORTANT NOTICE: If you are upgrading from a previous version of The Events Calendar, please BACK UP your data before upgrading! This is a significant update.

The Events Calendar plugin enables you to rapidly create and manage events. Features include Google Maps integration as well as default templates such as a calendar grid and event list, widget and so much more. Looking for recurring events, the ability to sell tickets, manage conference schedules, accept user submitted events automatically and more? Check out the <a href="http://tri.be/products/?ref=tec-readme">available premium and community add-ons</a>. Have questions or looking to get help from our active user community, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ModernTribeInc">join us on Facebook</a>, sign up for our newsletter (bottom of the home page) or check out <a href="http://tri.be/support/?ref=tec-readme">our support page</a>. Please note that while we are actively supporting this plugin, we don't provide support for non-paying users.

= The Events Calendar 2.0 =

* Event custom post type
* Easily manage events
* Upcoming Events Widget
* Provides full template to complement the 2010 & 2011 theme out of the box (month and list view)
* Extensive template tags for customization
* MU Compatible
* Google Maps Integration
* Calendar Month view with tooltips
* Includes support for venue, cost, address, start and end time, google maps link

= Events Calendar Pro Features =

* Recurring events
* Saved venues & organizers
* Custom events attributes
* Advanced events manager
* Venue view
* Single day view
* Ajax calendar
* Advanced widgets
* Gcal / ical user download (import)
* and lots more.

<a href="http://tri.be/wordpress-events-calendar-pro/?ref=tec-readme">Grab a copy of Events Calendar Pro!</a>

== Screenshots ==

1. Calendar View
1. List View
1. Single Post
1. Event Editor
1. Event List Admin
1. Settings Panel

== Installation ==

= Install =

1. <a href="http://tri.be/downloading-installing-activating-the-events-calendar-2-0-pro-2-0/?ref=tec-readme">Follow the directions in our simple video</a>
1. Update your permalinks to ensure that the event specific rewrite rules take effect.
1. If you have trouble installing, see the [Codex](http://codex.wordpress.org/Managing_Plugins#Manual_Plugin_Installation) for more helpful info.

= Activate =

No setup required. Just plug and play!

= Requirements =

* PHP 5.2 or above
* WordPress 3.1 or above

== Documentation ==

We are developing a wealth of <a href="http://tri.be/support/?ref=tec-readme">documentation on our support page</a>.

For template tags, you can view our template tag include and read through the functions directly. Please see template-tags.php.

== Changelog ==

= 2.0 =

This is such a major re-write that we are starting the change log over.