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Event

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DescriptionThe content type of events is used for calendar entries. Just like the content type news, you create events from your local Web space. The events will then appear on the search page for events that are under www.gu.se/aktuellt/evenemang. The editor of the central news site will make a selection of events that are highlighted through image blurbs. Similarly, you can push for selected events on your local Web space. You can also list 5 or 10 of your events using a component in layout builder.

Do as follows:

  1. To create an Event, go to the "Content" tab at the top left.



  2. Click on the "Event" link in the far left of the row of links.





  3. Click the blue "Add Calendar" button.
  4. Language
    Swedish is listed as the default language version, but you can also choose to first create an English version of your page for "English" in the drop-down menu in the "Language" field.
  5. Title
    Enter the event title in the "Title" field, required.
  6. Summary
    Write a preamble, a brief summary of the event in the "Summary" field, mandatory. If the summary is long and linked in a puff, it is interrupted after 94 characters, with three points.




  7. Event Category
    Enter one or more categories that are appropriate for the event in the "Event Category" field, mandatory.

  8. Area
    Enter the subject area of ​​the event in the "Area" field, mandatory.

  9. Date and time
    The "Date and time" tab contains settings for start date and end date
    1. Date
      Select the date of the event (yyyy-mm-dd), mandatory. If the event lasts for many days, you only specify the first and last day and then tick "Event date is interval"
    2. Start time
      Select the start time for the event when the event is in progress, time.
    3. End Time
      Select the end time for the event, time.
    4. Add another item
      Click the "Add another item" button to add more dates.
    5. Show row weights
      To change the link order, click on the link "Show row weights".
    6. Event date
      The event runs between two dates. Requires two dates above, which will be the start and end dates. Note that times will not be printed. The time can be specified in the body text and / or Good to know.
  10. Location
    Enter the location for the event in the "Location" field, required.
  11. Link to map link
    Enter a link to an external map (ex. Google Maps) in the "Map Link" field. This must be an external URL.
  12. Number of seats
    Specify if there is a limited number of seats for the event in the "Location" field.
  13. Cost
    Specify if there is a cost for the event in the "Cost" field.

  14. Participants
    In the "Attendees" field, enter who is participating in the event.
    1. Add another item
       Click the "Add another item" button to add more contributors.
    2. Show row weights
      To change the link order, click on the link "Show row weights".
    3. Accessibility
      Indicate whether the venue, furnishings and equipment are available and useful for your event and whether they meet accessibility requirements. People with disabilities should be able to visit the university and both take part in and participate in the activities there.

  15. Additional information 
    Enter the address of ex. event site in the "URL" field.
    1. Link text
      Enter the link text that describes the link above in the "Link text" field.
    2. Add another item
      Click the "Add another item" button to add more partners. 
    3. Show row weights
      To change the link order, click on the link "Show row weights".
    4. Good to know
      Enter more information in the "Good to know" field.
    5. Organizer
      Enter organizer in the "Organizer" field.

  16. Registration
    1. URL
      Enter URL for ex. registration for the event in the "URL" field.
    2. Link text
      Enter the link text that describes the link above in the "Link text" field.
    3. Registration full
      Activate the registration button if the registration is full.
    4. Registration deadline
      Enter the event's last registration date in the "Last registration day" field (date).

  17. Body text
    In the "Body text" field, enter the main text. You can also enter subheadings, links, lists, images, videos, tables and specify languages. The editor also includes functionality to paste from Word and format text.

  18. Header image/video
    The “Header image/video” tab allows you to add a header image or a header video at the top of the page.
    Video cover

    Add an image to be used as a cover image for the video before it’s played in the “Video cover” field (required). Click the grey “Open image library” button. See the instructions under 8a.


    1. Header image
      Click the grey “Open image library” button.
      1. You can now choose one of the links: “Space image” (pre-selected), “Shared image library” or “Upload new image”.



      2. Select image
        To select a previously uploaded image, click the image (green checkmark) and then the blue “Select image” button in the lower left.
      3. Alt text and Image text
        Once you’ve chosen an image, you need to complete the “Alt text” field (required) and the image text for the image in the “Image text” field. Images which are purely decorative or carry no information are not, however, to have an alt text, so enter <none> in the text field.



    2. Header video
      Click the grey “Add Video” button. If you’ve added both a header image and a header video, the video will be shown.

      1. Title
        Enter the video title in the “Title” field (required).
      2. Video URL
        Paste a link from, for example, YouTube, Vimeo or GU Play in the “Video URL” field (required).
      3. Video length
        Enter the length of the video in the “Video length” field (required).
      4. Video cover
        Add an image to be used as a cover image for the video before it’s played in the “Video cover” field (required). Click the grey “Open image library” button. See the instructions under 8a
      5. Create video
        Click the grey “Create video” button to save the settings or “Cancel” to return to the main tabs.

  19. Blurb settings
    The “Blurb settings” tab enables you to upload an alternative image for the blurb, which is shown instead of the header image. If you have a header video on the page and you upload an image here, this image will be used in the blurb (otherwise the blurb will use a background colour).
    1. Blurb image
      Click “Blurb image” to upload an alternative image for the blurb which is to be shown instead of the header image. If you have a header video on the page and you upload an image here, this image will be used in the blurb (otherwise the blurb will use a background colour).
      Click the grey “Open image library” button. See the instructions under 8a.
    2. Blurb title
      You can enter a shorter title, so that it looks good when the page is linked from a blurb, in the “Blurb title” field.
    3. Blurb summary
      You can enter a shorter summary, so that it looks good when the page is linked from a blurb, in the “Blurb summary” field. The blurb summary is limited to 95 characters.
    4. Blurb label
      You can use the “Blurb label” field to add a label to a blurb for an information page. This label appears in a smaller font above the blurb title.



  20. Documents

    To add a document, click the grey “Add document” button in the “Documents” field.







    1. You can now choose one of the links: “Browse existing documents” (pre-selected) or “Upload new document”.



    2. To select a previously uploaded document, check the checkbox to the left of the document and then the blue “Select document” button in the lower left.
  21. By default, the page is set to “Draft” and isn’t published.
    1. To publish the page, select “Published” from the “Save as” drop-down list and click “Save”.
    2. If you want to preview the page before publishing it, you can save it as a “Draft”. To save a draft of the page, select “Draft” from the “Save as” drop-down list and click “Save”.
    3. Once the page is published, you can change the page status to “Unpublished”.


You can also post events that last several days

To do this, enter the first and last day and then tick "Event date is interval". Note that times will not be printed. The time can be specified in the body text and / or Good to know.

Enter the time for events in the correct form

Time schedule for events should be set at 10am. It does not work to put the point in place of the colon between the hour and the minute.

Link in other people's events

When the Event List component is added to a page, the event's own area will automatically be added to the list. If you want to include events from other areas, go to Content and the Discover tab. There you filter on these content types. Click the arrow when editing and select Subscribe. More detailed instruction

Troubleshooting

I can't save my event.
If you use Safari on Mac, you cannot enter dates into events. Instead, use Firefox on Mac. On any PC, any browser works

The page crashes when I set the end time.
You can't just set the end time. You have to set both start and end time otherwise the page will crash.

Fix to avoid error page when searching for events.
If you do a search on their event pages, you will get an error page (404 page) at some events. To get around it, you can go to 'Content' and select 'Events', click on that event and save if the error will not be repeated. The bug only applies to events created before 15/5. The reason is updated urls.

I want to post an event that spans two days, but when I save I get the error message "If the event date is set to interval, the date field must contain exactly two dates". But I have no way to add another date.
If you have checked in "Event date is interval" before setting an end date, start by checking the box. Then click "Add additional date" and enter the second date. Then check "Event date is interval".