{"id":9387,"date":"2025-10-13T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=9387"},"modified":"2025-12-05T13:13:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T12:13:58","password":"","slug":"how-to-create-a-calendar","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/create-administer-calendars\/how-to-create-a-calendar\/","title":{"rendered":"How to create a calendar?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Select calendar category<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Navigate to the calendar module. Three different <a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/create-administer-calendars\/what-calendar-categories-are-there\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"7533\">calendar categories<\/a> are available there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Create calendar<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Click on the <em><strong>&#8220;+&#8221; symbol next to the category <\/strong><\/em>in which you want to create a calendar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Calendar_Create-calendar.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"822\" height=\"1288\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Calendar_Create-calendar.png\" alt=\"Calendar - Create calendar\" class=\"wp-image-41815\" style=\"width:545px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Calendar_Create-calendar.png 822w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Calendar_Create-calendar-191x300.png 191w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Calendar_Create-calendar-654x1024.png 654w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Calendar_Create-calendar-768x1203.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Calendar_Create-calendar-327x512.png 327w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 822px) 100vw, 822px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Enter and save information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The information fields vary slightly depending on the category in which you create a new calendar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Congegration calendar<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You can choose whether the calendar should be a <em><strong>campus<\/strong><\/em> and an <em><strong>event template<\/strong><\/em> which will be used when you create a new appointment in this calendar to automatically create an associated event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-box ct-box-blue has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-002f1c27 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:8px;border-left-color:#22c55e;border-left-width:0.5rem;background-color:#dcfce7;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0.5rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0rem;margin-left:0.5rem\"><strong>Tip<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0.5rem;margin-left:0.5rem\">For congegration calendars you can go to <em><strong>&#8220;iCal source&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> to insert the iCal link to an external calendar. You can find details on this in our <a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/create-administer-calendars\/13-how-to-import-an-external-calendar-into-churchtools\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"7546\">calendar import instructions<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Calendar_Create-new-Church-Calendar.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"545\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Calendar_Create-new-Church-Calendar-545x1024.png\" alt=\"Calendar - Create new Church Calendar\" class=\"wp-image-41819\" style=\"width:329px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Calendar_Create-new-Church-Calendar-545x1024.png 545w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Calendar_Create-new-Church-Calendar-160x300.png 160w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Calendar_Create-new-Church-Calendar-272x512.png 272w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Calendar_Create-new-Church-Calendar.png 666w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Group calendar<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You can select a <em><strong>group<\/strong><\/em> to which the calendar will be linked and determine whether the group participants have <em><strong>write permissions<\/strong><\/em> for this calendar. As with the congegration calendars, you can also set a <em><strong>campus<\/strong><\/em> and select an <em><strong>event template<\/strong><\/em> and store an event template. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Calendar_Create-new-Group-calendar.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"666\" height=\"1356\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Calendar_Create-new-Group-calendar.png\" alt=\"Calendar - Create new Group calendar\" class=\"wp-image-41822\" style=\"width:335px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Calendar_Create-new-Group-calendar.png 666w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Calendar_Create-new-Group-calendar-147x300.png 147w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Calendar_Create-new-Group-calendar-503x1024.png 503w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Calendar_Create-new-Group-calendar-251x512.png 251w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-box ct-box-blue has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-002f1c27 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:8px;border-left-color:#3e70ce;border-left-width:0.5rem;background-color:#f3f5f7;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0.5rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0rem;margin-left:0.5rem\"><strong>Note<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0.5rem;margin-left:0.5rem\">You can grant the members of the group linked to the calendar permission to enter appointments in the calendar by ticking the box for <em><strong>Group members receive write access<\/strong><\/em> checkbox.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Personal calendar<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-box ct-box-blue has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-002f1c27 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:8px;border-left-color:#22c55e;border-left-width:0.5rem;background-color:#dcfce7;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0.5rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0rem;margin-left:0.5rem\"><strong>Tip<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0.5rem;margin-left:0.5rem\">For personal calendars, you can go to <em><strong>&#8220;iCal source&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> to insert the iCal link to an external calendar. You can find details on this in our <a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/create-administer-calendars\/13-how-to-import-an-external-calendar-into-churchtools\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"7546\">instructions on calendar import<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Calendar_Create-new-Personal-calendar.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"662\" height=\"936\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Calendar_Create-new-Personal-calendar.png\" alt=\"Calendar - Create new Personal calendar\" class=\"wp-image-41828\" style=\"width:350px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Calendar_Create-new-Personal-calendar.png 662w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Calendar_Create-new-Personal-calendar-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Calendar_Create-new-Personal-calendar-360x509.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Select sorting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Via the option <em><strong>Sort Order<\/strong><\/em> you can arrange calendars manually. Sorting is done in ascending order from 0 and alphabetically. This means that all entries are first sorted in ascending order according to their sort number. Entries with the same number are then sorted alphabetically one below the other.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Select calendar category Navigate to the calendar module. Three different calendar categories are available there. 2. Create calendar Click on the &#8220;+&#8221; symbol next to the category in which you want to create a calendar. 3. 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