One of our Life­Topix users recently asked about using appoint­ments ver­sus events, and how the iOS cal­en­dar comes into play. In this post, I’ll show you how events and appoint­ments dif­fer, and how they work with your iOS cal­en­dar. I’ve also included a few tricks and treats to help you plan your next party — just in time for your kids’ Hal­loween festivities.

Life­Topix Events and Appoint­ments, and iOS Events

In Life­Topix, an appoint­ment is a doctor’s visit, meet­ing, lunch meet­ing, or other light­weight sched­uled item. A Life­Topix event is some­thing more involved, such as a wed­ding, birth­day party, open house, etc. Unlike appoint­ments, events allow asso­ci­a­tions with other items, such as tasks, check­lists, files, etc.. We hope this helps you choose when to use appoint­ments ver­sus events in LifeTopix.

The iOS cal­en­dar refers to items on your cal­en­dar as “events.” These items are acces­si­ble in views in Life­Topix such as What’s Next and My Cal­en­dar. If you wish, you can eas­ily con­vert these items to vis­its, attend­ing and host­ing events, projects, or trips. The eas­i­est way to con­vert these items is to tap and hold down on the appoint­ment from the Life­Topix Home view, then select the type of item for con­ver­sion. The fol­low­ing screen­shot shows an exam­ple of the conversion.

Event Plan­ning

Plan­ning events can be tricky because there’s so many details to track. It’s impos­si­ble to keep all these items in your head. Instead of cre­at­ing paper lists, print­ing recipes, keep­ing track of responses, and search­ing for email addresses and phone num­bers, you can cen­tral­ize every­thing in your Life­Topix app.

As Hal­loween approaches, you might be plan­ning a party for the neigh­bor­hood chil­dren. If you would like a lit­tle help with your shop­ping list and menu selec­tion, we’ve cre­ated a Pin­ter­est Board with recipes and a shop­ping list. To learn more about using Life­Topix to plan your next event, refer to the fol­low­ing pre­sen­ta­tion. Not only does it explain how to use Life­Topix, but you might also find some tips and ideas for your next party.

Hope this helps you get started with your next fun event. We wel­come your event plan­ning sto­ries and questions.