Create an events page

Misty Flowers

January 22, 2024 19:53

An events page in Composer is built using a Calendar element paired with an optional Calendar Tools element, which together let visitors view, filter, and subscribe to school events. The Calendar element supports four display formats: List, Grid, Slideshow, and Event.

💡Quick answers

Which two Composer elements are used to build a calendar events page? The Calendar element (displays events) and the Calendar Tools element (adds filtering, search, and subscription controls for visitors).
What are the four display formats for the Calendar element? List, Grid, Slideshow, and Event.
Deciding where to put the events page in the site navigation? Consider what your community already calls it ("Events" or "Calendars") and place it where visitors are most likely to look based on your current site structure.

Two calendar elements

There are two elements that are available to you from the Element Library:

Be creative with adding these two elements and other Layout Elements to allow your community to:

view events and all the happenings in your district or school
filter / choose certain calendars to view while deselecting others they don't wish to see
subscribe to certain calendars to view on their phone and/or receive notifications about

Create or find your events page

Decide where in your main navigation or website you'd like your community to find your events. You may have an events page already created for you. Will you call it "Events" or "Calendars?" What is your community familiar with already? Move it to the place where you feel it fits best.

Add a Calendar element to display your events

Step 1: Choose your format

There are four different "formats" you can display events on a Composer page:

List
Grid
Slideshow
Event

Step 2: Configure the Element settings for this calendar element