What’s On: Reykjavík Events Platform
Figma design turned into a pixel-accurate WordPress and Elementor build for Reykjavík's event guide since 1994, with a continuously updated events calendar pulled live from an external API.
Results & Delivery
Outcomes from translating a Figma design into a live, self-updating WordPress build.
Every layout, spacing rule and type detail from the Figma file was rebuilt faithfully in Elementor, matching the source design without compromise.
The calendar reflects the external events feed automatically, so listings, dates and venues stay current without manual entry.
The new site had to carry the same trust as three decades of the print magazine, not just look modern.
A Calendar That Updates Itself
What’s On has been Reykjavík’s event guide since 1994, in print and online, so their site needed to carry that same reliability. The brief was another straight Figma-to-build: take a finished Figma design and implement it faithfully in WordPress and Elementor, matching every layout and type detail without shortcuts.
The centrepiece is the events calendar, which doesn’t run on hand-entered listings. It pulls live event data from an external events API and renders it as a continuously updated, filterable grid, browsable by week, complete with venue, category and imagery for each listing. When an event’s details change upstream, the site reflects it automatically, with no one on the What’s On team re-typing a single listing.
Listings That Look After Themselves
The events team never touches a listing twice. Update it once at the source, and the What's On calendar picks it up automatically, on a site that still looks exactly like the Figma file it was built from.
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