Widget: Event Calendar

Configuring the Properties tab

1. In your advanced channel layout, click the Event Calendar widget under the Widgets section.

2. In the Widget Properties window, configure the common tabs as per this article: Widget: ConfigureWidget Properties.

3. In the Widget Properties window, click the APPEARANCE tab, and edit the PROPERTIES section as per description below:

   • Template: Preset layouts to display the event information.
   • Resolution: The dimensions of the text.
   • Context: The option to display events in the current hour, the current day, current week or current month.

   Note

   The below is a description of how the widget timing works when you select one of the available options in the context field:

   • Day

     • Start: Start of the current day
     • End: End of the current day
   • Week
     • Start: 7 days before the current day (from 00:00)
     • End: 7 days after the current day (to 11:59pm)

   • Month

     • Start: 30 days before the current day
     • End: 31 days after the current day
   • Preroll Time: How long before the start of an event will the event be displayed, expressed in minutes. For example if the event starts at 9am, specifying 30 minutes as Preroll Time means that the event will be displayed starting at 8.30am.
   • No of Events: Number of events to display per page. If there are more events, the widget will cycle through all the events.
   • Item Range: The total range of calendar items to display.
   • No Event Msg: What message to display when there are no events scheduled in the calendar.
   • Rotate Duration: Duration to display each page of calendar events.
   • Show Past Event: The option of displaying past events.
   • Filter Location: The ability to display events based on the location property. (Location names must not have spaces).
   • FONT: Utilizes tabs for customizing the look of the calendar.
   • EVENT and TIME: using a variety of formatting options, including font type, size, alignment and color.

Configuring Additional Field Names

Field names are additional configurable fields that can be used for event related information. For example, you can add the number of people involved in an event’ as a field name. To add and configure field names:

1. In the Widget Properties window, click the CONFIGURATION tab.

2. In the Additional Fields section, enter in the field name and select a field type. Click the green tick to add.

   

   Repeat the step to add more fields.

3. Click Save once done.

   You will see a notification when the field name has been successfully saved.

4. This field name will be available when adding a new event.

   

Adding a New Event

To add an event to the calendar widget:

1. In the Widget Properties window, click the CONTENT tab.

2. Click the Add New Event link from the selected month and year.

   

3. Fill in your event details and click Apply to save. You can choose to add another event by clicking the Apply & Add Anotherbutton.

   

Editing or Deleting an Event

To edit or delete an event:

1. In the Widget Properties window, click the CONTENT tab.

2. Select the event to be edited or deleted from the calendar.

3. To edit the event, make your changes to any field and click Apply.

4. To delete the event, click Delete followed by OK when the confirmation window pops up.