Calendar Help: Add/Edit Events

When you first login to the calendar administration interface, and you select a calendar, you will be presented with a form entitled "Add Event". Here is a description of the fields in the Add Event form and their function:

"Add Event" Form Field Descriptions


[checkbox] This is a featured event. -- This checkbox allows you to indicate if the event title will be listed on the front of the calendar. If this box is not checked, the user will have to click on the date link to view the listing for the event (see, the end user documentation for further explanation).

[listboxes] Start Time -- These list boxes allow you to indicate the time an event starts.

[checkbox] To be announced. -- Checking this box will display the letters 'TBA' in the time field of the event listing.

[listboxes] End Time -- These list boxes allow you to indicate the time the event will end. Optional.

[listboxes] End Date -- These list boxes allow you to indicate the date an event will end. Optional.

[textbox] Subject -- This field allows you to enter an event title.

[textbox] Location -- The location of the event.

[listbox] Category -- This list box allows you to define a category for an event. For example, a sports oriented calendar could have categories like: Football, Hockey, Tennis, etc.

[textbox] New Category -- This field allows you to define a new category.

[textfield] Text -- This field is for descriptive text about an event.

[textbox] Website -- This field allows you to add a URL to an event. Optional.

[textbox] Contact -- This field allows you to add a contact e-mail address to an event.

Editing, repeating, and deleting events


Events are displayed in a distinct box of their own. At the bottom of each event box in the calendar administration interface you can see three links:

Edit Event -- which, of course, allows you to edit an event.

Repeat Event -- which displays a form for repeating an event over consecutive days, weeks, or months, or allows you to repeat an event on an arbitrary date.

Delete Event -- which, of course, allows you to delete events.