Creating Upcoming Event Categories
Administrators can create new or edit existing Upcoming Event Categories. Event Categories allow the grouping of similar events. These categories allow users to easily browse events by type and/or intended user role. For example, an employee birthday lunch can be placed may be placed under the “Company Events” category while a partners conference may be placed under the “Partner Events” category.
Administrators can also add a banner image to the top of the Upcoming Event page with an optional message and URL link buttons.
Requirements
To create a new Upcoming Events Category or configure the banner, users must be assigned a user role with the following permissions:
- Administrator System Role
To create Upcoming Event categories:
- In the Setup Home page, click Create > Upcoming Events.
- Click New.
- In the Name field, enter your desired category name.
- In the Color field, select the color of your category. The selected color will appear as the event color in the calendar.
- Enter a brief description of the category.
- Select the Status of the Event Category. If you want other users to view and interact with this Event Category, select Active. If you want to keep the Event Category private, select Inactive.
*Note: If an active event category is changed to inactive it will no longer be searchable by users.
- In the Language dropdown, select the language of the event category.
- Choose if social sharing will be disabled in the event category by checking the Disable Social Sharing checkbox.
- Choose if event location maps will be removed from the event category by checking the Disable Google Map checkbox.
- Click Save.
To configure the Upcoming Event banner:
- Navigate to the Upcoming Events home page, click the Gear setting icon and then click Page Settings.
- Show Banner: Enable this checkbox to display a banner on the top of the Upcoming Events home page.
- Banner Image: Optionally select a banner image from the Static Assets. Images can be uploaded using the modal menu. The recommended image size is 1920 x 400 px. If an image is not selected, the hero image from the system theme will be applied.
- Banner Heading: Optionally enter a banner heading. Custom labels can be added for multi-language support.
- Banner Message: Optionally enter a banner message. Custom labels can be added for multi-language support.
- Text Color: Optionally select or enter the HEX value of the text color.
- First Button Label: Optionally enter the banner's first button label. A custom label can be added for multi-language support. If this setting is populated, enter a button URL in the First Button URL setting.
- Second Button Label: Optionally enter the banner's second button label. A custom label can be added for multi-language support. If this setting is populated, enter a button URL in the Second Button URL setting.
- Click Save.
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