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Events

Allows you to post events that can be shown on a calendar, as a list and/or in iCal format.  The flavor for UMC conferences has three calendar slices: Conference, District and Church.  It also allows visitors to find events within "areas" which are basically categories or types of events.

The URLs for things

• The base events list is at: site/events
• The calendar is at: site/events/calendar
• The iCal is at: site/events/ical 

A video walkthrough

Check out the video walkthrough

Some examples on live sites

• http://www.westmichiganconference.org/events
• http://www.ctcumc.org/events/calendar 

Fields and related tables

The events are within the EVENTS console section and here is what the fields mean.  Keep in mind that there is a fair amount of variation from one Conference to the next to your organization may have added or removed certain fields.

• Event - the name of the event
• Start and end dates - date of start and end.  Start is required.  If you put in an end date the event will show on the calendar every day from start to end.
• Location name - the title of the place of the event
• (only some have this) Feature on homepage - If you have this checkbox, it would likely make the event featured in a data-driven list on your homepage.
• Type of event -  this is your "calendar areas" and on the front-end users can filter events by type.
• Address information - basic contact information that will show on the /events/detail page
• Directions - shows on the /events/detail page 
• Attached file - allows you to upload a file and shows on the /events/detail page
• Related link - If extra info is available on another website, put in the full URL and it will show on /events/detail
•  (only some have this) Show on Conference calendar - If you have this checkbox and it's function is baked into your module, it is meant as an override to allow a district or church event to ALSO show on the Conference calendar slice. 
• Church hosting - associates it with the church and shows only on the church events calendar slice.  Will also show on that church's /churches/detail page in the site
• District hosting - associates it with the district and shows only on the district events calendar slice.  Will also show on that district's /districts/detail page in the site
•  Inactive - will hide it if checked 
• (only some have this) Needs approval - often used if you're allowing people to submit events via a console form on your website. Those events would come in as inactive and needing approval.
• Display start and end dates - controls when events start or stop showing on your site.