Event - News and Events Site Content Type
ID: 379
Name: Event - News and Events Site
Description: Add event content to the site.
The content type not only displays event information but this is also used to power the Events Calendar.
All elements within theis content type are displayed using a selective output.
The Location element will allow you to select a map using the Event location content type and a Keyword Navigation.
How to use
All event content items are kept in a single section (Home » TCD Home » News and Events » Events Listing » Events) and the events calendar will look within here to project the JSON file needed.
Page layout
As this content type is linked in to the PHP Events module we advise using the TCD - News & Events - Right Column layout as this will allow the right column search and menu to be displayed.
Example
You can view a demonstration of this content type by visiting Event 1.
Content Element Details
| Name | Description | Size | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | The Name element | 200 Characters | Plain Text | true |
| Title | Enter a title for the event | 200 Characters | Plain Text | true |
| Event Category | Select Categories from list | 80 Characters | Multi Select | false |
| Event Audience | Select Audience from list | 80 Characters | Multi Select | false |
| Start Date and Time | Enter the start date and time for the event | 80 Characters | Date | false |
| End Date and Time | Enter the end date and time for the event (for one day events, this is the same as the start date, but the end time) | 80 Characters | Date | false |
| All Day Event? | Check if this is an all day event | 80 Characters | Checkbox | false |
| Recurs Every | Select recurring state form the list | 80 Characters | Select Box | false |
| Recurrence End Date | Enter the date of the last recurrence of the event | 80 Characters | Date | false |
| Ad-hoc Recurrence 1 | Select custom recurring date | 80 Characters | Date | false |
| Ad-hoc Recurrence 2 | Select custom recurring date | 80 Characters | Date | false |
| Ad-hoc Recurrence 3 | Select custom recurring date | 80 Characters | Date | false |
| Brief Description | Enter a short description | 2000 Characters | Plain Text | true |
| Description | Enter a long description | 99999 Characters | Html | true |
| Description Tmp | 99999 Characters | Plain Text | false | |
| Location | Enter the location for the event | 80 Characters | Select Box | false |
| Button 1 Link | Enter full URL | 200 Characters | Plain Text | false |
| Button 1 Text | Enter text to appear on button | 100 Characters | Plain Text | false |
| Button 2 Link | Enter full URL | 200 Characters | Plain Text | false |
| Button 2 Text | Enter text to appear on button | 100 Characters | Plain Text | false |
| Byline | Who was this written by | 80 Characters | Select Box | false |
| Faculty and school | Select Faculty and School | 80 Characters | Multi Select | false |
| Accessibility | Yes this event Accessible | 200 Characters | Plain Text | false |
| Event Type | 80 Characters | Select Box | false | |
| Contact Name | Enter Contact Name | 200 Characters | Plain Text | false |
| Contact Email | Enter Contact Email | 200 Characters | Plain Text | false |
| Link | Enter full URL | 2000 Characters | Plain Text | false |
| Listing Image | 80 Characters | Media | false | |
| External Listing image | 200 Characters | Plain Text | false | |
| Share with News site | Check this option to share this event with the News and Events Site | 80 Characters | Checkbox | false |
| Tumba Type of Event | 200 Characters | Plain Text | false | |
| Tumba location | 200 Characters | Plain Text | false | |
| Tumba Audience | 200 Characters | Plain Text | false | |
| Trumba Categories | 500 Characters | Plain Text | false | |
| Accessibility (1) | 800 Characters | Plain Text | false | |
| Room | 800 Characters | Plain Text | false | |
| Cost | 800 Characters | Plain Text | false | |
| Contact phone | 800 Characters | Plain Text | false |