Calendar

The Calendar allows visitors or the admin to display events.

What you will learn in this section:
- How to install and apply this plugin to a new page
- How to edit your CalendarSettings
- How to customize the area above and below the calendar
- How to approve events created by your users
- How to add a new event
- How to Edit or Delete an Existing Event
- How to use the Upcoming Events Block

You will first need to Install the Plug-in, if you have not already done so.

Next, it is important to know that just installing a plug-in does not make it accessible to your website's visitors. Once it has been installed, you will need to go to the Page Editor and 'set it up'. You will need to make it 'active', tell it where you wish the navigation link to display, and assign it the proper 'plug-in'. How to do this is explained below:

Setting Up Your Plug-in

After clicking your Page Editor icon in your Admin Control Panel, you will need to click the text link for a 'New Page'. In this example, we are going to set up the Calendar. In the Page title we have inserted the page name. This title is also what will be displayed in your navigation menus. In the Link title we have entered Calendar. Remember, this is the name file that will be created and must be one word.

Next decide where you wish the link to display. And finally, since this is a Plug-in, change the Page type from HTML, to Plug-in. Click the Create Page button to continue.

To complete the activation of your new Plug-in, you will need to change the Status from Hidden to Active. Next you will need to change the Plug-in to display from the default 'Business Directory' to the 'Calendar', or whichever Plug-in you are actually installing. See left example of changes. Finally select Update Page. Your calendar is now active, viewable and can be used by your visitors.

Clicking your Calendar icon in your Admin Control panel will show you the following options:

Home

Approvals

Settings

Home
This link brings you back to the Control Panel Home.

Settings
Clicking the Settings icon in your calendar admin area will allow you to set a color scheme for events to have displayed as an alternating background to help events stand apart from one another. Click on the small square to open a color chart to choose from, or if you know the hex code of a favorite color, simply enter it into the field provided as shown below.

Below you can see an example of how this would look on your calendar page if multiple events are listed on the same day. It is a way to help separate events so the user can better see them.

Text Settings

This section will allow you the ability to place a small amount of text below the search bar or directly below the events calendar on the calendar page. This is optional, if you need additional space to provide instructions, or an announcement.

When you change the text above or below the categories you will see the following:

This is what your editor looks like. You can highlight and delete the current text displaying there by clicking and holding down your right mouse button and dragging it over the words Add your content here. And then clicking the Backspace button on your keyboard. Now you are ready to create your own text!

How to use this Editor is explained in the Page Editor chapter of our guide.

Approving an Event:

Once an event has been submitted the admin must approve the event before it will show up. The admin will received an email notification that an event has been submitted. From the Admin Control Panel you will want to choose the Calendar icon.

If there are events waiting to be approved, you will be able to see a preview of the event and the details such as the description, who submitted the event, the date of the event and how often it will show on the calendar. You will have the choice of [Approve] or [Deny] for each event. Upon approval, the event is visible to all visitors. If there are no events that need to be approved you will simply see Events Pending Approval None.

Using the Calendar:

This is how the calendar is displayed on the site. To add an event to the calendar, click on a date and complete the form provided. Additional details on how exactly to do this are below this section.

To view event details, click on the event name.

To search events, type a word or phrase into the search field and click the search button.

To search the previous month or upcoming months, select the << or >> links to either side of the current month title.

Add An Event:
To add an event to the calendar, click on a date and complete the form provided.

This is shown after clicking on date, but with the fields empty and awaiting the user to input the proper information, of course:

The information put in the short title is what is displayed on the calendar.

When a visitor clicks on the title they view the detailed information the description.

The Date is the choice that was made from the calendar, however if you click on the image they can change the date, month, or year without leaving this page. It will open a calendar.

The last option is Repeat when? How often the event will be repeated.

The choices are:
Never (one-day event)
On a daily basis
On a weekly basis *see Weekly basis below
On a monthly basis
On a yearly basis

If you choose Never (one-day event), you are finished and ready to click Submit.

If you choose weekly, monthly, or yearly you will have a few more choices. These are related to the Repeat option above. In this image the choice was on a monthly basis.

The first option is how how often the event is repeated. This example is set on every 3 months. This ad will run every 3 months (such as January, April, July, October, starting the month you chose to start the event). The next option is how long do you want the event to run: Indefinitely, For this many months __ (weeks or years if that option was chosen) or Until this date (use to choose a date to stop showing the event) If you choose *Weekly basis you will also be able to choose which days of the week to run the event on: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday. Choose one or all. When finished click Submit

After the event has been Submitted, there is an option to upload an image to accompany the event. This is optional and if chosen, the image will be viewed on the details page and not on the calendar.

To skip this option, use the "click here to return." at the bottom of the page.

To upload an image click Browse to find the image on your computer. Then click Upload to transfer the selected file from your computer to our server.

How to Edit or Delete an Existing Event

The event can be deleted or edited by the admin. To delete the event simply go to the calendar click on the event, while logged in as Admin. There you will see the event's details page with [Delete this event] at the bottom of the page. Click [Delete this event] and the event is removed. This cannot be undone.

Upcoming Events Block

Your Calendar comes with a block titled 'Upcoming Events' that automatically gets installed as part of the plugin. This block self updates and displays the upcoming events within 30 days of the current date in a scrolling marquee. Each night it will remove events from the previous day and add new events for the dates within the next month. This functionality cannot be altered in any way. The block code is protected to keep its functionality in an operating order. The wording and block title also cannot be changed. You can access this block and apply it to any pages you want using the Page Editor's Manage Blocks  tool. You can learn more about applying the block (Titled: Upcoming Events) in the Page Editor Chapter of this Guide.

Please visit the Knowledge Base in our Support Center for many FAQs and their answers.