If your community hosts meetups, workshops, conferences, or socials, Events is set to play a much bigger part in how you run them.
Events arrived in Invision Community 5.0 with venues, online meetings and simple event management. In Invision Community 5.1, it grows into an event platform with richer discussions, proper registration, guest lists, paid tickets and QR check-in, so organisers can run the whole thing without leaving the community.
More and more, community owners are looking for ways to connect their online space with what happens in the real world. We saw it with Quests, where giving members something to work towards drove real engagement, and now, we've overhauled Events to connect your community to events you run in person.
Here's what's new
A proper home for every event
While you could encourage members to discuss an upcoming event in a forum and upload event photos in a separate gallery, it all felt disconnected and scattered throughout your community.
Every event now feels like its own space, with tabs for attendees, discussions and more, so everything about that event lives in one place. Organisers and attendees get a clearer picture of who's coming and what's being said, and you can automatically attach a photo gallery to events.
Set it up once on the calendar, and every new event gets its own gallery with no extra setup. Useful for meetups and conferences where photos add context to the event.
Discussions built around the event
Members can talk about an event before it happens, while it's running and after it wraps up.
You choose the level of engagement: simple comments for light conversation, or full discussions with reactions and follow options for events that need more depth.
A casual social can stay simple, while a conference or training day can support real conversation around sessions, logistics and follow-ups.
Registration that goes beyond a basic RSVP
Members have long been able to say “Going”, “Maybe” or “Not Going.”
In Invision Community 5.1, that becomes a full registration workflow.
For members you can:
Register within the organiser's opening and closing windows.
Bring guests, with name, email and phone collected when you need those details.
Add or update guests after RSVPing.
For organisers and admins you can:
Control exactly when registration opens and closes.
View the full attendee list, including the number of guests each member is bringing.
See guest details and download lists as CSV.
Control who can view attendee lists with group permissions.
Get notified when someone RSVPs.
Review RSVP activity over time in the AdminCP.
It turns a simple yes or no into everything you need to actually plan the event, from headcount to who's bringing who.
Sell tickets with Commerce
A very popular request has been to sell tickets to events directly through Invision Community.
Happily, with Invision Community 5.1, you can sell tickets directly through your community. For most use-cases, you no longer need to rely on a third party ticketing tool taking a cut of your sales.
You can set a price per event and members complete checkout right after RSVPing. Guest names appear on invoices and purchase records, you can configure site commission and fees so organisers earn from their ticket sales, and coupons can be applied to specific events.
When QR check-in is enabled, members can print their tickets too.
Check in with QR codes
With Invision Community 5.1, in-person events get much smoother door management.
Every attendee (and every guest) gets their own QR code. Organisers can check people in from the attendee or guest list, or attendees can scan their own ticket and check themselves in.
Alternatively, you can also display a shared venue QR code so people check in on arrival. That's especially handy when the folks on the door aren't logged into the community as organisers.
Check-in times are recorded on both the attendee and guest lists.
Organisers with the right level of access
Event authors can appoint organisers and give each person only the permissions they need: edit the event, download attendee and guest lists, view the guest list, or check attendees in. The event creator always keeps full access.
That makes it far easier to run a larger event with a small team of registration desk staff, volunteers and co-hosts, without handing anyone the whole Admin Control panel.
Built for how communities actually run events
Put together, Invision Community 5.1 covers the full cycle of a community gathering.
Promote: a clear event page with dates, discussion, and an optional gallery.
Register: RSVP windows, guests, capacity, and notifications.
Sell: optional paid tickets without the need for a third party.
Manage: organisers, guest lists, and exports.
Arrive: QR check-in at the door.
Invision Community 5.1 builds on existing functionality by adding registration, ticketing, and a check-in layer that lets you run Events end-to-end within Invision Community.
All functionality will be available across all Invision Community plans.
