My forum uses the Calendar and Event plugin within a category. We would like to have to replace “+ New Topic” with “+ Create Event” that automatically opens a new topic with the template and the “Create event” window. This will help simplify the UI so people don’t have to go digging or read instructions of how to post an event.

This is an ideal use-case for the Custom Wizard Plugin 🧙. Using the one plugin you can set up a Wizard to redirect the New Topic button, direct to a form / template to gather event info, and then automatically post an event topic in the correct place. You should be able to do this with the free version without too much trouble. See this for the event topic posting bit: [image] Create topic that creates an event with official Discourse Events plugin Support Discourse Custom Wizard events custom-wizard Hey guys, here’s an example of how to create an Discourse Events event with the Custom Wizard plugin

Welcome to the Discourse community! You can use this theme component to change the New Topic text: [image] Customize new topic button text Theme component discourse2 Summary Customize the new topic button per category or tag eyeglasses Preview Preview on Discourse Theme Creator hammer_and_wrench Repository https://github.com/discourse/discourse-customize-new-topic-button-text question Install Guide How to install a theme or theme component open_book New to Discourse Themes? Beginner’s guide to using Discourse Themes Install this theme component Features This theme component allows you to customize the New Topic… You can use Topic Templates to populate text automatically: [image] Using topic templates for categories Site Management bookmark This guide explains how to use topic templates in categories and explores alternative methods for structuring content in Discourse. person_raising_hand Required user level: Administrator Topic templates are powerful tools for maintaining forum consistency and guiding new users. This guide will walk you through setting up category topic templates and explore alternative methods for structuring content in Discourse. Summary Learn how to set up category topic templates Discover … Automatically bringing up the Event window may require some custom work though.

Replace "+ New Topic" with "+ Create Event" option

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jakob22 (Jakob) August 20, 2024, 6:37pm 3

Thank you, Derek! I’ll keep an eye out for anyone who could do that custom work for $, I would love for it to be publically contritubed to the github as well

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Replace "+ New Topic" with "+ Create Event" option

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