Make event fields disabled or mandatory

[Stephane_Roy]

Hello,

Would it be possible for the administrator to configure the available event fields—or set defaults configurations—for a specific category ?

For example:

To remove or mandate the location field.

To set the timeframe for reminders.

If event fields could be toggled on or off (or made mandatory), it would allow for a high level of customization of the Events feature.

Thanks for all the work on Events!

[Stephane_Roy]

Also, add free-text fields that are visible and usable within events.

There might be a concurrence with Form Templates, though… a design choice would have to be made between the two…

Regarding form templates and Event, I have opened an issue concerning an incompatibility:

Incompatibility of Events with Topic Form and Form Templates

Hello, I’m encountering bugs with both types of Discourse templates in an “Events” category. With a “topic template”: The template doesn’t appear below the event in the composer With the form template: If a Form template is active: The form replace the event that is normally created automatically in the composer Also, there is no “Event” type available in the form template elements. If we could add an event to the forms, it would resolve this blocker and allow for …