Events (WCMS 2)

Owned by Sarah Cooper
Last updated: Nov 02, 2023 by Shalyn Fluttert
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How to create an Event

 

Events appear in the 'Events' section of your site and (optionally) on your homepage. Events archive automatically.

Events have an iCal feature so that site visitors can export an event to their calendar. Students can select their preferred events feeds to appear in their Portal.

  1. Select My Workbench under the black Administration bar.

  2. Select the Create/Manage content tab.

  3. Click Event.

  4. Select Add event.

  5. Enter event Title.

  6. Enter Date and time. NOTE: the date will automatically default to current date.
    Click Show end date if the event has a set end date and time.

  7. Select Repeat if you wish to have the event repeated.

  8. Insert an optional Listing page image (image will appear on the Events listing page be sure to crop to appropriate size).

    1. Click Browse and select image.

    2. Click Upload.

    3. Add Alternative text.

  9. Add content under Description.

    1. You can also insert a Teaser break

      in the text (all text above the teaser break will appear on the listing page).

  10. Enter optional Additional information.

    1. Enter Host information, Event website and Cost of event.

  11. Add Event location

    1. Use Location lookup to select a campus building. NOTE: the remaining fields will automatically populate.

    2. If the building is not in Location lookup, manually enter the information.

  12. Add optional link to a Map.

  13. Select Audience terms.

  14. Select event Type.
    Users can filter events by type on the events listing page and this will allow the Portal to offer customized event content in the event widget.

  15. Add Event tags.
    Events can be tagged with keywords using the event tags field. These tags will display in the Event tags section of the expanded event page, and will not appear on the listing page. Clicking on a specific tag will bring the user to a list of all events sharing that tag.

    Note: Event tags are case-sensitive. For example, "Celebration" and "celebration" would register as two separate Event tags.

  16. Click Save.

  17. Publish.

Event pages default to be promoted to the front page of the website. If you don't want an event to show on the homepage deselect 'Promoted to front page' under Publishing options.

Other site templates

Conference

The Events content type is not available for this template.

Publication

The Events content type is not available for this template.

Single page

Although the Events content type is not available, the Remote events block can be added to showcase upcoming events on your Single page site.