Upcoming Events calendar -- how to embed in post?

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Embedding Upcoming Events Calendar in a Post

User Edgndg is seeking a way to embed the upcoming events calendar in a pinned topic at the top of their ride category, rather than just providing a link. Benjamin_D suggested using the category description or the Event List Widget Layouts Plugin, however Jagster warned that this widget may be problematic with mobile devices. Edgndg eventually found a workaround by using the icons field in the brand header theme component to reproduce the calendar link across the site.

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I apologize in advance for being unsophisticated. I have installed and been happily using a discourse forum for my cycling group, where we post upcoming rides using the calendar plugin. It has worked really well for us, and has served its desired purpose of getting us all off FB. The individual rides are posted as topics with all the RSVPs etc. It works great!

I’d really like a pinned topic at the top of our ride category that when clicked automatically opens the upcoming events calendar from the hamburger menu. I have only been able to create a topic that has the URL link in the text of the topic which requires an extra click. I am old, and to the extent I played with coding in the past I used php etc., a long long time ago :wink:

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:thinking: /admin/customize/permalinks doesn’t seem to allow this, but maybe the upcoming-events link could be in the category description (and you could even use Category Banners )
May I also mention the 📅 Event List Widget (Layouts Plugin) which works great for me

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AFAIK that widget is really problematic with mobiles — I haven’t tried it, though,

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Well, I took a run at this and used the icons field in the brand header theme component to reproduce this across the site. Not exactly what I was looking to do but it works… Thanks all for suggestions…