Events are a great way to bring your community together online or offline. With Locals, you can manage guests, create event-specific chats, send updates, run polls, and share highlights like photos and videos.
Follow these steps to create and customize your event:
Creating an Event
There are multiple ways to create an event in Locals. We recommending to create it from your club, as this way all your club members will be notified automatically about the created event. You can do it here:
Open the club > tap create a new event:
There are 2 other ways to create an event:
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Tap the Plus (+) button on your home screen.
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Or go to Account > Events > Plus (+) button to create an event.
Customize Your Event
Edit the Cover Image or Video
- Upload your own photo or video for a personal touch.
- We recommend uploading your own media to showcase your real events and create an authentic connection. But you can also use the stock search feature to find a cover image or GIF if needed.
Supported formats and limitations:
- Video: Max 60 seconds, formats:
video/mp4,video/quicktime. - Image: Formats:
image/heic,image/jpeg,image/png,image/webp,image/gif.
Edit the Title
Tap the Edit Title button to update your event name and choose the perfect font.
Description:
Add description of your event to let new members know what it is about. It will be visible in search right with the cover image and name of your event. Make it short and self-explanatory.
*Limitation to 4000 symbols.
Media
Once the event is published there will be an option to add media.
Add photos and short videos about your event, place, screenshots of feedback from your previous events. Media will be visible to new people and will help them understand the atmosphere and visualise it!
Set Up Event Details
- Location: Add where the event will take place. It can be online or offline events.
For offline events, you can add the place right away.
Online events can be found here:
- Date & Time: Schedule when your event will happen.
*you can tell the time and date later. Please note that once you update date and/or time all the members of your event will need to update their status.
- Price:
By default, events are free.
To set a price, ensure your Stripe account is connected.
Go to Profile > Settings > Account > Stripe Account to connect it.
Charity Support
- Select the % that you'd like to donate and choose your cause.
- You can also create a free event and set up charity. This way you can setup optional charity support with recommended donation amount.
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* Currently you can donate from events only.
** Cause can be selected from the list only
Group Capacity
If you’d like to set up capacity of your event, you can set up the needed number of members. For example if you have limited number of tickets.
Set a maximum number of participants (up to 350).
You can edit the group capacity anytime by updating your event.
Remember that you can always skip this setting if there is no capacity limit.
Visibility Options
- Public: Your event is visible to all users on Locals. Your friends will be notified automatically once you create an event.
- Private: Only users with a shared link can join.
Note: Visibility settings must be chosen during event creation and cannot be changed later. Contact Support if changes are needed.
Note: If you create a private event on the club level, it will be visible to club members only + those you share the link to it with.
To check what kind of visibility on the event level you have now - check the lock sign on the event: lock means that it’s a private event.
You can also use the "Require Guest Approval" option for public events to control who joins.
Questionnaire
Collect important information from participants by adding a questionnaire:
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Set questions as required or optional.
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Choose whether responses are public or private. To download participant responses, go to Event > Edit Event > Download Responses.
Additional Features
- Close the Event: If you’ve reached the desired number of participants, you can close the event. Go to Edit Event > Close Event.
- Convert to a Club: Transform your event into a club by tapping Edit Event > Convert to a Club.
With Locals, creating events is simple, engaging, and effective. Start building connections with your community today!