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Today we will discuss about the Calendar and Events Extension in Joomla. Joomla provides many Calendar and Events extension. Here we will discuss the  popular top 3 calendar and events extension. They are as follows:

JEvents:

One of the top rated and most popular Joomla extension is JEvents. It includes various modules and plugins. We can create events and display them in an attractive calendar with different list formats. It provides multiple design layouts. We can place the events in one or more categories and display some or all categories in the calendar according to our requirement.

• Modules of JEvents:
  • Mini-calendar (jevents_cal): We can place this modules in any page which display quick overview of events.
  • Latest events (jevents_latest): display the latest, upcoming and popular events.
  • Events legend (jevents_legend): display the event categories summary and also limit the events to be displayed within a specific categories.
  • Filter module (jevents_filter): used to search or filter the event.
  • Custom detail (jevents_custom): provides the facility to display the custom parts of JEvents in module.
• Plugin of JEvents:
  • search plugin: enables Joomla global search so that we can get the output from the event calender.
  • finder plugin: It works with the finder system of Joomla.

Event Booking:

Another popular Event and Calendar extension in Joomla is event booking extension. We can create events(free and paid both) and the registered members can register themselves on those events as a group or individual by making with the available payment gateways.

• Modules of Event Booking: Events Booking provides various modules which we can integate on any page according to our requirement. Some of the modules of Event Booking are:
  • Event Categories: to display the event categories.
  • Events By Location: display the location of events.
  • Events Booking Google Map: display the events on the google map.
  • Event Booking Mini Calendar: display the mini calender with all the events.
• Plugins of Event Booking: Some of event booking plugins are as follows:
  • EB Event Plugin
  • EB Register Plugin
  • Eventbooking Category content plugin
  • Events Booking Event Detail
  • Events Booking Registration Form
  • Events Booking - AcajoomNewsletter Plugin
  • Eventbooking - Acymailing plugin

iCagenda:

Another popular event and calendar Joomla extension is iCagenda. It provides calendar module and also a design that is flexible and responsive. It includes

• Frontend Search Filters
• Frontend submission form
• We can register ourselves to a event with options.
• Provides newsletter to the users that are registered.
• Available in 40 languages.
• Provides a theme manager using which we can create our own theme pack.
• We can describe the events using an editor.
• Provides ACL access permissions from back-end.