How To Make your Events and Calendar Private

Timely Timely event management platform can be used on any public or private website or mobile application. By default, when you publish events using our software, they become available online to everyone. However, if you want to limit who sees your events and calendar, you can easily hide them from the public or search engines. In this article you will learn all the options available to make your events and calendar private.

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1. Make your Events, Calendar and Listing Unsearchable

Excluding your calendar from search engine indexing will prevent the calendar and events from showing in search results. This way, only visitors who have the URL link to your calendar will be able to see your events.

Simply go to Settings<General<SEO Options, and check the appropriate box. Do not forget to click on the Save button to save your new settings

Please be aware that changing this setting could take a while to apply as it requires reindexing by the search engines, which could be days or even weeks. Therefore, we recommend doing this step before publishing any event in your calendar.

2. Hide your Calendar with a Password Protected Page

Most CMS platforms, such as WordPress, Wix and Squarespace, have the ability to create password protected pages, where you can embed your Timely calendar and make it private.

Below, you can find all the steps to hide your calendar with a password protected page using the WordPress platform:

1. 1. Log in to WordPress as the administrator.

1. 1. Under Dashboard, click Pages, and then click Add New.

1. 1. Add your Timely embedding code to the new page.

1. 1. In the right column under “Status & visibility”, click “Public” and then change the visibility to “Password Protected”.

1. 1. Enter a password.

1. 1. Publish your newly-protected page.

3. Embed your Calendar on a Private Website

Organizations use private websites in many ways. Intranets are often used as online private communications networks with access restricted to internal employees or members. On the other hand, extranets provide a closed, internal communications network for a specially selected group of external partners, such as clients, customers or suppliers.

Regardless of the purpose of your private website, making your Timely calendar private is quite simple. You just need to create your calendar embedding code and add it to the backend of your private website, the same way you would do it if it were a public website. For additional instructions, please check the article How to Set Up the Embed Code for your Calendar.

4. Change Event Visibility to Private

In some situations, you may want to limit the online visibility of some but not all of your events. Timely event management software offers you the flexibility to adjust the visibility of each event, allowing you to choose between Public and Private settings.

By default, all events are marked as Public. By making an event Private, only logged users will be able to see the published event on the calendar and access its details. This is particularly useful for exclusive gatherings, internal meetings, or events not open to the public.

To make an event private, simply follow the steps below:

1. 1. Login into your Timely account.

1. 1. On the main menu on the left, go to the Events option.

1. 1. Next, click on the Add Event to create a new event. Alternatively, you can select a previously created event from the Published list to edit.

1. 1. On the event creation screen, find the Event Visibility section. There, you’ll have the option to choose between Public or Private. Select the Private option, then, save your changes.

Now that you know how to adjust the visibility of your event to private, you can confidently manage your events with precision and tailor your audience engagement to your specific needs.

5. Save Events as Draft

Another option to limit the online visibility of some but not all events is to save them as draft instead of publishing them. In this case, the event will only be visible to logged users in the Events > Draft section.

To allow users to access these private events and see details, you can create an Editor account for them. For more information about user accounts, please refer to the article How to Add Users to Your Timely Account.

For more user guidance, please go to our Help Center. If you have any questions or need additional assistance, do not hesitate to contact us. Alternatively, you can open a support ticket from your Timely account’s dashboard.