Events View

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Use the Events View to create a lists of all events, past or future, or a list of events related to a particular group such as a division.

  • Select Paragraph Tab
  • Select Add Events View from the Content drop-down list.
  • Add an Administrative Title to help you remember the purpose of the view during later edits.
  • Pick an Events View from the View Selection drop-down list.
    • Events: Upcoming (3 items): a tiled row, that can be optionally filtered, of the next three upcoming events
    • Events: Upcoming (4 items): Upcoming (4 items)**: a tiled row, that can be optionally filtered, of the next four upcoming events
    • Events: All Past Items: a list of all previous events on the site in reverse chronological order
    • Events: All Upcoming Items: a list of all upcoming events on the site in chronological order
    • Save
  • Use the Filter field to filter events by Division, Program, Lab or Subsite.

 

 

  • Select Paragraph tab
  • Select Events View
  • Select Events: Upcoming 3 items or Upcoming 4 items.
  • Add optional Heading.
  • To filter* by a group, start typing the name of related Division/Unit, Lab, Program or Subsite in the Filter by field. 
    • A drop-down list should appear with suggested names.
    • Select the name if it appears in the list.
    • If the name does not exist, it will have to be added the system first.
  • To add a Button:
    • Add an Administrative Title to help you remember the purpose of the button during later edits.
    • Add the web address to the URL field.
    • Add the text to be displayed on the button in the Link text field.

*In order for a filtered Event view to be populated, individual Events have to be identified with the relationship that is being used as a filter. For example, in order to create a filtered Events for Division X, individual Events must have Division X listed on their relationship tab. See Edit an Event