Calendar Events without location causes Google Structured Data Error.

[Alpha1]

Google states 'Field Location is Required'.
There seems to be a difference between 'Event' and an Intangible Thing like a webinar for or a holiday example.

I'm not sure yet what the solution is.
Does anyone have idea's? @Mouth @Freelancer ?

 

[Mouth]

Does anyone have idea's?

Three thoughts to address this;

1. Admin to encourage users (or mods/admin edit/update) for all Events to have a value in Location (even if it's generic like city|state|country), and not worry re Google error for/if a few that don't.
2. @NixFifty to make the Location field mandatory, so that every event has one.
3. @NixFifty to not output the ld+json for any event that doesn't have a location value.

I think #3 is likely the best outcome.

 

[Naz]

We can roll with #2 and #3. I can add an option on categories to make the location field required (like cover images) and then not output metadata for events with no location.

 

[Naz]

Implemented #2 and #3.

 

[Alpha1]

Please release this fix as soon as possible. We need to get rid of the google issues.

 

[Naz]

Please release this fix as soon as possible. We need to get rid of the google issues.

Scroll to the end of nf_calendar_event_view and add this above <script type="application/ld+json">:

<xen:if is="{$event.event_location}">

Add this after the closing </script> tag:

</xen:if>

 

[Alpha1]

Thanks!