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October 23, 2026

Calendar

• NEW: When adding or editing an event in a group that has hashtags, an Add Tags button next to the event name lets you pick hashtags to add to the name, the same way you can when posting a message.
• NEW: A new Default Event Color setting, in the Calendar section of a group's Settings page, sets the color that new events start with. Previously, every new event started out Cerulean Blue, and anyone adding an event had to remember to change it. Event creators can still pick a different color, and existing events keep their colors. Subgroups each have their own setting, so their events can be told apart on a consolidated calendar. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/39166
• CHANGE: Several event buttons had icons that didn't match what they do. Edit Event and Update Event showed a plus sign, Delete Event showed a plus sign, and the Create button for name tags showed a trash can. They now show edit, save, trash, and tag icons.
• CHANGE: The View In Google Maps link on event pages now uses a secure (https) connection.
• CHANGE: We redesigned the event page so the most important information comes first:
  • The top of the page now shows the event's date and time, time zone, how often it repeats, location and organizer together, along with labels when the event is canceled, locked or has ended.
  • The RSVP section now comes before the event description.
  • Your current response is shown with an icon, and its button stays highlighted with a check mark instead of looking grayed out.
  • Events with an attendance limit show how many spots are filled and how many are left, with a progress bar. When the event is full, the page explains that saying you will attend puts you on the waitlist.
  • Members see the pictures of people who are going, a count of who is going and not sure, and a link to all responses.
  • If the event asks attendees a question, you can now change your answer with a Save button without changing your response.
  • Once an event has ended, the page says so and the RSVP buttons no longer appear. They are also hidden for canceled events. Previously, you could still RSVP to past and canceled events.
  • The edit, lock, responses and cancel buttons for organizers, which were at the bottom of the page, are now in a Manage menu at the top.
  • The map now appears in the side column, under the calendar buttons.
• CHANGE: We reorganized the page for adding and editing events:
  • The location and description are now in the first section, with the name, date and time, so everything most events need is together at the top. The location field notes that it can hold an address, a place name, or a link to an online meeting.
  • The organizer's name, email and phone, and the event color, are now in an "Organizer and Color" section at the bottom that starts closed, since they are filled in for you.
  • Instead of separate "Add Event" and "Add Event & Invite Group" buttons, there is now one Add Event button and an "Email an invitation to the group" checkbox. When editing, an "Email the updated event to the group" checkbox replaces the "Update Event & Group" button.
  • When you save or delete a recurring event, the choice between this event, this and following events, and all events is now a list where each option is described.
  • The RSVP section's labels are clearer. "Maximum # Attendees (0 means unlimited)" is now "Maximum Attendees", with a note that 0 means no limit and that a full event gets a waitlist. "Additional Information Requested From Attendees" is now "Question For Attendees", with an example.
  • The days of the week for repeating events are now shown as Sun, Mon, Tue and so on, instead of single letters.
  • The All Day checkbox no longer overlaps the timezone menu.
  • The reminder options ("minutes before", "Send as special notice" and so on) and the "days/weeks/months/years" label for repeating events are now translated.
• CHANGE: We redesigned an event's Responses page:
  • The top of the page shows the event's date, time and organizer, with a View Event button. The repeated event description and the "Invited" count (which was the number of members in the group) are gone.
  • For events with an attendance limit, a bar shows how many spots are filled and how many are left.
  • Buttons for All, Attending, Not Sure, Not Attending and Waitlisted, each with a count, show just the people with that response.
  • Responses are shown as colored labels that are easier to read, including in dark mode.
  • Removing one person now asks for confirmation in a window that shows their name, instead of a browser pop-up.
  • On phones, the list hides the date column so names and buttons fit.
  • In the grid view, every card in a row is now the same height. Long comments are cut off after three lines; hover over one to read all of it, or switch to the list view.
  • The edit-guests, edit-comment and remove buttons beside each person are replaced by a single "⋯" menu with labeled choices. Remove from event is set apart at the bottom of the menu.
• CHANGE: We updated the group calendar and Your Calendar:
  • The Add Event button is now at the top right of the calendar, next to the Month/Week/Day/List menu, instead of below the calendar. It no longer appears, grayed out, for members who can't add events. On phones it is a + button.
  • On Your Calendar, and on a group calendar's Consolidated view, events used to start with the group's subject tag, such as "[beta]", which left little room for the event's name in the month view. The event's name now comes first, followed by the group's name in lighter text, and the event's details window shows which group it belongs to.
  • The badge on events with an attendance limit used to show just a number. It now reads "18 left" (or "Full") in the list, week and day views, and shows a person icon with the number in the month view, where space is short.
  • In the event details window, your response is shown as Attending, Not Attending, Not Sure or Waitlisted, matching the rest of the site, and "See more details" is now "View Event".
  • The names of the calendar views (Month, Week, Day and List) are now translated after you switch views.
• CHANGE: The description of how a repeating event repeats, such as "Weekly on Monday, 10 times", was always in English. It is now translated on event pages, in event invitation emails and on the page for adding and editing events. A repeating event that ends on a date now shows that date in your preferred short date format.
• BUGFIX: On an event page, the map of the event's location appeared as an empty white box. The map now displays. If the map can't load, the box is hidden.
• BUGFIX: On an event page, if you had RSVPed No, the message "You are not attending" was bolded partway through a word. The whole phrase "not attending" is now bold.
• BUGFIX: When adding or editing an event, the Preview button under Note To Send Attendees did nothing. It now shows a preview.
• BUGFIX: When adding or editing an event with an end time earlier than its start time, the two were quietly swapped. For example, an event entered as 9pm to 1am on the same day was saved as 1am to 9pm. Instead, you now see an error message, and what you entered is kept so you can correct the end date or time.
• BUGFIX: On an event's Responses page, the count shown next to Email All Respondents only included the people on the current page of results. It now counts everyone who responded.
• BUGFIX: On an event's Responses page in grid view, the Actions menu offered Change RSVP and Remove Selected, but grid view has no way to select anyone. Those actions now appear only in list view.
• BUGFIX: On Your Calendar, the event details window offered an Edit button for canceled events. It no longer does, matching the group calendar.
• BUGFIX: On Your Calendar, dragging across days highlighted them but did nothing. Dragging no longer highlights days.
• BUGFIX: A link to Your Calendar that was meant to open at a particular date opened at January 1970 instead. It now opens at that date.
• BUGFIX: On an event's Responses page, organizers couldn't remove someone who had left the group since responding. Nothing happened when they tried. These responses can now be removed.
• BUGFIX: When adding a weekly event without checking any days, the page went back to the calendar as if the event had been added, but it wasn't. Now, choosing Weekly checks the day of the week the event starts on. If the event still can't be added, the form stays open with an error message and what you entered.