Creating an event

1. On Events page perform one of the following:
   • If you have not created any events, the system displays the following in the center of the screen:

     

     NOTE: If you are working in multilingual mode, the first event you create is in the default language.

   • If you have already created one or more events, the system displays a list of all created events and the following button in the toolbar of Events page:

     

     NOTE: If you are working in multilingual mode, before creating an event, you must first choose the language in which you want to create the event. Select the language from Languages dropdown box in the right of the page.

   • For more information about different languages, see Managing languages.
2. Click Create an event.
   The Create an event page appears.
3. In the Title input field, describe the event.
4. In the text editor enter information for the event.
   For more information, see Using the text editor.
5. To enter a summary of the event, click Click to add summary.
6. To schedule the starting and the ending date and time of the event, use the Event start and Event end input fields.
7. You can classify your event using the Categories and tags section.
   For more information, see Adding categories and tags to a content item.
   Classifying content helps you organize it. For more information about classifications, see Classifying your content.
8. To assign a location of the event, click Location.
   In the input fields that appear, enter the address of the event.
9. To provide contact information for the event, click Contact information.
   In the input fields that appear, enter contact details.
10. By clicking More options, you can change the following:
• The automatically generated URL of the event.
  To change it, click Change and enter a new URL name.
• Allow or forbid comments.
  To allow or forbid users to leave comments about the event, select or deselect the Allow comments checkbox.
• Configure multiple URLs for the event
  1. To configure an event to have more than one URL, select Allow multiple URLs for this item... checkbox.
  2. In the input box, enter the additional URLs that you want this event to have.
     Enter one URL per line.
  3. If you want all the URLs that you have entered to point to the default URL of the event, select All additional URLs redirect to the default one checkbox.
     If you uncheck the checkbox, each URL will display the event without redirecting.
11. If you have added any custom fields for events, all created fields are displayed after the More actions section.
    Using custom fields, you can, for example, add a custom field Dresscode n image to the event.

    IMPORTANT: Some of the above fields may not be displayed when you create an event, because they have been hidden.

    For more information about creating custom fields and hiding default fields, see Adding custom fields to content items.

12. When you are finished creating the event, you must set its status, using the buttons on top and at the bottom of the event. For more information, see Setting the status of a new page or content item.

    NOTE: While creating you event, you can use the Preview button to see a preview of the event and its properties.