Adding Events
How to add Events in the portal.
Plone web sites have a built-in system for managing and showing calendar events.
Use the Add new... menu for a folder to add an event:
You will see rather large Add Event panel:
From the top, we have the following fields:
- Title - REQUIRED
- Description
- Lead Image
- Lead Image Caption
- Event location
- Start date and time - REQUIRED
- End date and time - REQUIRED
- Event body text (visual editor panel)
- Attendees
- Event type(s)
- Event URL
- Contact Name
- Contact Email
- Contact Phone
- Change note
Note that only three fields, title and start and end date and time, are required. So, although this is a large input panel, if you are in a hurry, just type in the title and the start and end times and save. Of course, if you have the other information, you should type it in.
You also notice tabs along the top:
- Default, for entering the Title and Description fields,
- Categorization, for specifying categories that apply to the folder (you may know these as keywords or tags). Tags are required if you want your items to be made available in other areas of the portal, or if you want to make your items more likely to be picked up by search engines (both internal and external).
- Dates, for setting the time period when the folder should be available for view on the web site,
- Ownership, for specifying the creator and/or contributors for the content item,
- Settings, for allowing comments about the item, adding next and previous links, and choosing whether it shows in the navigation menu for the web site.
