Feature suggestion for online events
A user on one of the sites I manage, which is event-focussed, sent me an email today after they registered for an event. They said that the ICS file was broken because it didn't include the link to the online event. Got me thinking.
We've used Civi for years for event management, and the Event ICS extension is a great addition. Now that events are online, and of course we don't want to publicise the link for the event beyond those people that have registered. Consequently we don't include the link for the online event in the event information. Instead we include it in the confirmation email that gets sent on registration, along with the ICS file.
But as the link isn't in the published event info, it doesn't get included in the ICS file.
Even as we begin to emerge slowly from the global pandemic, what's certain is that online events will remain very popular. It would be great if Civi and the Event ICS extension could together embrace online events such that the event URL was included in the location field when an event is online.