Hi everyone! We’re putting the finishing touches on our app, and it’s coming along great! I’m looking for feedback or suggestions regarding a calendar feature. We’re currently using one of Adalo’s stock calendar components, which works well within the app. However, for the admin dashboard, we need something more robust—something similar to Google Calendar but without using an iFrame or embedding the actual Google Calendar.
The main goal is to have a calendar for visibility purposes, with the ability to color-code different events. Would it make sense to create a property in the collection, label it “color,” and use that to manipulate the agenda view? Or has anyone built a calendar like this using a table? Would love to hear your thoughts!
Huge congrats on getting so close to launch!
Using a color property in your collection actually sounds like a smart move. It gives you a lot of control and opens the door to customizing how different event types are visually represented. It is lightweight, scalable & lets you future-proof things a bit in case you decide to layer in filtering or user-based visibility later on.
If you are leaning toward using a table view instead, that can also work well, especially for an admin dashboard where functional clarity sometimes beats aesthetic. You could even create a hybrid, a table view with colored tags or badges based on the color property that mimics a calendar legend. just be mindful of usability, admins will likely want to scan by date and type quickly so clean sorting and a weekly/monthly toggle could make it even more user-friendly.
Good Luck..