Volunteer Buttons on Events

When a calendar event has volunteer shifts on the same day, a Sign up to volunteer button on the event page sends members straight to those roles. You can add the button to one event by hand, or to every matching event at once.

Adding buttons in bulk

1. Go to Admin > Calendar and click Add volunteer buttons
2. The tool lists every upcoming event on an active calendar that falls on a day with at least one published volunteer opportunity. Each row shows the Event, Date, how many Roles are open that day, and a Status:
   • will add — the event has room for the button and is ticked by default
   • ✓ added — the button is already there
   • 3 buttons — skipped — the event already has the maximum of three buttons
3. Untick any events you want to leave alone
4. Click Add button to N events

The button links to the volunteer page filtered to that date, so members land on the right shifts. Re-run the tool any time after new events sync or new opportunities are published — it never adds a duplicate.

Adding a button by hand

Open the event under Admin > Calendar, click Add button under Buttons, and use the label Sign up to volunteer with the URL /home/volunteer?date=YYYY-MM-DD. The bulk tool recognises that exact link and will mark the event ✓ added.

Tip

The bulk tool matches on the club-timezone date only. If the shifts are on a different day from the event (a set-up day before a meet, say), link the opportunity to the event instead — see Grouping Under Events.

Note

Only published opportunities count. A draft shift does not make its day a candidate.