Events List Module Documentation

Introduction

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Promote your events on your own pages and change the settings for selected events lists on your website.

You can show events for specific event types on your own pages. For example, you could show Group-wide events on a Trustee Board page or show events for a specific section night on a page just for that section. you could show Trustee Board (or any other team) meeting dates on the Trustee Board (or other team) page.

The Events List module may be used to display events from a Google Calendar, and even merge these events with events from your website.

You can choose a Display Type to control the styling of your events list, including Calendar, Programme, Training Modules, Image Grid and more.

Use Cases

The following panels show specific tasks. Click on a panel to see the procedures.

Setup a Basic Events List

Setup a events list module or add one to your own pages.

Setup a events list module or add one to your own pages.

Some of the event lists on your website may be configured to show different event types and styles. You may also add an events list to your own pages.

To do this, follow these steps:

  • Click the settings below the module and override the default settings (see here) or add a module to your own pages, using the Page Designer
  • Select a Display Type
  • Tick all the Event TypesSections that you want to show events for
  • Set the Animation Fields as required
  • Click Save to keep your changes or Cancel to abandon your changes

You may also add a title to your events list by editing the Text/HTML module above the events list.

NB. If you make a mistake, you may reverse the change in the Admin/Admin Audit Trail

Fig. 1: Basic settings fields

Fig. 1: Basic settings fields

Change the Display Type

Select the type of events list that best fits your purpose.

The events list comes with a selection of different display types that control the appearance of your events list.

To change the display type, follow these steps:

  • Click the settings below the module and override the default settings (see here) or add a module to your own pages, using the Page Designer
  • Change the Display Type. See Fig. 1
  • Click Save to keep your changes or Cancel to abandon your changes
  • Change the Display Type again until you find a layout that works for your page

NB. If you make a mistake, you may reverse the change in the Admin/Admin Audit Trail

Fig. 1: Display Types

Display Types

Brief

Calendar

Detailed

Image Grid

Programme

Striped

Striped Details

Training Calendar

Limit the List Height

To ensure other content on your page can be seen, you may want to set a maximum events list height.

To avoid having a very long list of events, you may limit the display height and add a scrollbar, if required.

To do this, follow these steps:

  • Click the settings below the module and override the default settings (see here) or add a module to your own pages, using the Page Designer
  • Set the Max Height field to the maximum number of pixels to display, with a "px" suffix. E.g. 500px - See Fig. 1
    You will see that the events list shown in Fig. 2 now has a vertical scroll bar, to allow all events to be viewed, but without having a long list on your web page.
  • Click Save to keep your changes or Cancel to abandon your changes

NB. If you make a mistake, you may reverse the change in the Admin/Admin Audit Trail

Fig. 1: Max Height field

Fig. 2: Events List with Max Height set

Display a Google Calendar

Use the Events List to display events from a Google Calendar.

You may use the Events List to display events from a Google Calendar.

The advantage of this is that you can set the styling of the events list to fit in with the rest of your website. You can also change the Display Type, and even merge events from your website and events from a Google Calendar into one list.

To edit a module, follow these steps:

  • Click the settings below the module and override the default settings (see here) or add a module to your own pages, using the Page Designer
  • Add a description of the Google Calendar into the Title field. NB. This is not displayed on the web page.
  • Paste in your Google Calendar ID
  • Select a Calendar Colour to use when displaying events from your Google Calendar in a 'Calendar' Display Type
  • Select the Image Type to use for the website to pick a random image of this type, when displaying a header image in an events list
  • You may also tick website Sections Event Types to show Google and website events in the same events list.
    In the example shown in Fig. 1, en.uk.official#holiday@group.v.calendar.google.com is used to display UK Bank Holidays. You could paste that into the Calendar ID of any Events List to highlight Bank Holidays.
  • Click Save to keep your changes or Cancel to abandon your changes

NB. If you make a mistake, you may reverse the change in the Admin/Admin Audit Trail

Fig. 1: Google Calendar Fields