How to Add Event to Google Calendar
From this tutorial, you will learn how to combine the JetAppointment plugin and Google Calendar. This plugin allows you to create a button that will add an appointment booked by the user, to his/her calendar.
When users want to book a service, it would be really useful to add that event to their Google Calendar. This allows the person to control the time and not miss anything important efficiently. JetAppointment has functionalities that will enable you to add the “Add to calendar” button to any page and even to the WooCommerce order.
In other words, in this tutorial, we will describe how you can synchronize the JetAppointment plugin with the user’s Google Calendar account. Proceed to this dedicated tutorial if you want to connect your website with administrators, providers, managers’ Google Calendar, and Gmail accounts.
Creating an “Add to Calendar” Button with the Help of the Dynamic Link Widget
If you want to place an “Add to Google Calendar” button on a page, the simplest way is to use the Dynamic Link widget of the JetEngine plugin. Open the page in the Elementor page builder and find the Dynamic Link widget on the left-side menu. Drag and drop it to the workspace.
Go to the Content menu tab and choose the “JetAppointments Booking: add booking to Google calendar” option in the Source drop-down menu.
Type in another button, Label, and choose Field Icon from your computer icon library. If you want more details, check out our Dynamic link tutorial. Here’s how it can look like after some styling:
Adding an “Add to Calendar” Button to WooCommerce Order
An additional “Add to Calendar” button, placed in the order table, could be a friendly reminder and improve user experience.
To add it, open your WordPress Dashboard and go to JetEngine > Forms. Open one of the appointment forms and go to the Post-submit Actions / Notification Settings block. Open Insert appointment and proceed to WooCommerce order details. Click the “Set up” button.
In the Set up WooCommerce order details window, hit the “+ Add new item” button. Choose the “Add to Google calendar link” option in the Type feature. Type in the Label and Link text, and hit the “Save” button. After you are done, click the “Apply Changes” button. Now, the additional “Add to Calendar” link will appear in the WooCommerce order.
That’s all. You can now help your visitors add events they booked on your website to their calendars using the JetAppointment plugin.