Repeat Versus Standalone Event

Not every calendar system interprets this the same way, so here is what LiveWhale’s calendar is doing:

  • Repeating: Think of it like a course a student would register for, such as a Monday and Wednesday weekly class or a three-day seminar. If you are going to the event, you are attending on each and every day of the event.
  • Standalone: If you are signing up to attend a particular event, you are doing so for that particular instance. If you need to state that a particular event repeats in its entirety multiple times (e.g. a theatre production, hours of operation), you will need to make a duplicate of the event (on the event listing screen menu options).

Best Practices (How to Duplicate Events)

Given the manner in which LiveWhale works, you will more often than not be working with standalone events. That means you will need to

  • duplicate the event (select it and then select Duplicate from the dropdown menu and Go) and
  • edit it (change the date/time, remove the “(copy)” from the event title, and set it to “Live” instead of “Hidden”).

The Hours of Operation Method

Some events may need to be both duplicated and repeating events, such as hours of operation. Normally, when you create a repeating event in a calendar like Outlook, you see it displayed on each day no matter the view. In LiveWhale, it only appears the first time in a particular view.

For example, if the event occurs on Monday and Wednesday, and you are looking at the Week View of the events, you will only see it appear on Monday. If that same event repeats weekly on Monday and Wednesday, and you are looking at the Month View of the events, you will only see it on the first Monday it began in the entire month.

The Month View is not considered as important a view, so the Hours of Operation Method focuses on making your events visible on the Week View. For example, in order to make the repeating event appear on all days of a week, you will need to make a copy of your repeating event based on each day of the week until, typically, the end of the semester.

Things to keep in mind working in Your Events

  1. If you have a repeating event already in your list, LiveWhale displays additional copies of that event representing each day it will occur, which can be confusing to work with considering they don’t indicate which start date they are originally associated with.
  2. When you use any of the menu options (particularly with duplication of events), please do not refresh the page, as this will repeat the commands previously acted on, despite the boxes and options not being selected visually.