Events pages

1. In the Home menu, click Pages, then click the + icon.
2. Under Collections, click Events.
3. Select an events page. You can add or remove other types of sections on your page later.
4. Enter a page title, then press Enter. You can change this later.

1. In the Home menu, click Pages, then click the + icon.
2. Select Events from the pages menu.
3. Enter a page title, then press Enter. You can change this later.

1. In the Events page panel, click the + icon.
2. Add a title for your event under Event title.
3. Click Date and time to select a start date and time under Event start.
4. Click Event end to select an end date and time.
5. Click Back, then click Location to add a location.
6. Click Save.
7. Add text or other content to the event description with blocks.
8. Hover over Done to publish the event, schedule it for later publication, or save it as a draft.

Keep in mind:

• Start and end times are set in five-minute increments on a slider.
• Events need to have an end time. End times can't be hidden.
• Depending on your site language, the start and end times may display in 12-hour time or 24-hour time. It's not possible to change the date or time format separate from your site language.
• You can schedule events for up to two years in the future.

After saving, you can open the event settings to customize your event more.

Edit existing event titles and content

In version 7.1, edit the title and content of an event directly on the event item page. It's not possible to edit the title or content in the event settings. To do this:

1. In the Pages panel, click the events page, then click the event.
2. Click Edit in the top-left corner.
3. To change the title, click into the title field and edit the text.
4. To change the content, click into the blocks and edit the content, or add new blocks.
5. Hover over Done and click Publish.

1. In the Events page panel, click the + icon.
2. Add a title in the title field.
3. Select a Start and End date and time. Events need to have an end time. End times can't be hidden.
4. Add text or other content to event description with blocks.
5. Continue editing other settings.
6. Click Save to save the event as a draft, or Save & publish to publish it immediately. To learn more, review Save or publish the event.

Content

• Date and time - Edit the start and end date and time for the event. These are based on the time zone set in Language and region settings, and won't change based on a visitor's time zone. It's not possible to change the time format, such as to 24-hour time.
• Featured image - Add a featured image to have an image representing the event display on the main events page and elsewhere on your site, like in calendar and summary blocks. The featured image won't appear in the content of the individual event. Add it to the event as an image block instead.
• Excerpt - Add an excerpt to provide a short description that displays on the main events page and elsewhere on your site, like in summary blocks. If you don't add an excerpt, the full event content displays on the main events page.
• Event URL - Edit the event's URL slug.

The Author and Source URL options aren't supported by events pages.

Options

• Status - Set the event's publication status
• Tags - Add tags to organize your event based on its content
• Categories - Add categories to organize your event based on its content
• Featured event - Set it as a featured event

Comments aren't supported by events pages. You can embed a third-party commenting service, like Disqus, using the code block. Note that we’re unable to offer troubleshooting support for advanced modifications like custom code.

SEO

• SEO title - Add an SEO title to help search engines
• SEO description - Add an SEO description to help search engines

Social image

Add an alternate social sharing image to display when the event is shared on social media.

Share

Automatically share your event to your social media profiles when you publish. You need to have connected accounts to share content this way.

Note: Pushing an event to Facebook doesn't create a Facebook event. Instead, it displays a link to the event on your site with a featured image and description.

Location

In the Address fields, add a location for where the event will take place. When you start typing an address, the fields populate with a list of autocomplete suggestions powered by Google. This creates a pin on the map at that location.

Content

• Event title - Add a title to your event
• Event text - Add text to the body of your event
• Tags - Add tags to the post to organize your event based on its content
• Categories - Add categories to organize your event based on its content
• Status - Set the event’s publication status

Comments aren't supported by events pages. You can embed a third-party commenting service, like Disqus, using the code block. Note that we’re unable to offer troubleshooting support for advanced modifications like custom code.

Options

• Featured image - Add a featured image to have an image representing the event display on the main events page and elsewhere on your site, like in calendar and summary blocks. The featured image won't appear in the content of the individual event. Add it to the event as an image block instead.
• Event URL - Edit the event’s URL slug.
• Excerpt - Add an excerpt to provide a short description that displays on the main events page and elsewhere on your site, like in summary blocks. If you don't add an excerpt, the full event content displays on the main events page.
• Featured event - Set it as a featured event.

The Author and Source URL options aren't supported by events pages.

Location

In the Location fields, add a location to correspond to your event

SEO

• SEO title - Add an SEO title to help search engines
• SEO description - Add an SEO description to help search engines

Social

Add an alternate social sharing image to display when the event is shared on social media

Share

Social - Automatically share your event to your social media profiles when you publish. You need to have connected accounts to share content this way.

Note: Pushing an event to Facebook doesn't create a Facebook event. Instead, it displays a link to the event on your site with a featured image and description.

To open an event's settings, tap the events page, then tap an event. Tap …, then tap Page settings or Settings. Tap a setting to make changes:

• Event title - Add a title to your event
• Starts on - Add the event's start date and time
• Ends on - Add the event's end date and time
• Location - Add a location for where the event will take place. When you start typing an address, the fields populate with a list of autocomplete suggestions powered by Google.
• Publish status - Set the event’s publication status

Tap More options to make more changes:

• Event URL - Edit the event's URL slug.
• Excerpt - Add an excerpt to provide a short description that displays on the main events page and elsewhere on your site, like in summary blocks. If you don't add an excerpt, the full event content displays on the main events page.
• Social - Automatically share your event to your social media profiles when you publish. You need to have connected accounts to share content this way.
• Featured event - Tap the toggle on to set it as a featured event.
• Tags - Add tags to the post to organize your event based on its content.
• Categories - Add categories to organize your event based on its content.

The Author, Source URL, and Comments options aren't supported by events pages.

When you're done, tap Done or ✓ to save your changes.

After creating an event, hover over Done:

• Click Publish to make the event visible on your live site.
• Click Schedule to schedule the event to go live at a specific date and time.
• Click Exit to save the event as a draft that's hidden from your live site.

After creating an event:

• Click Save to save your event as a draft that's hidden from your live site.
• Click Save & Publish to make it visible on your live site.

1. On the events page, click Edit.
2. Hover over the events section and click the pencil icon.
3. After making changes, hover over Done and click Save.

These settings apply to all events pages on your site.

Style events

The font and color styling of individual events matches the style settings for the rest of your site. It’s not possible to edit the layout of events or what information displays, like pagination links to events before and after.

Choose a layout

You can display events as a list or a calendar, and styling options vary based on the layout. If you have multiple events pages, you can display some as calendars and some as lists.

1. In the Pages panel, hover over an events page and click .
2. Use the Default event view drop-down to select either List or Calendar.
3. Click Save and refresh the page.

List layout

Events display in a list with descriptions, excerpts, and featured images. You can display up to 250 upcoming and 30 past events.

Calendar layout

Events display in a calendar with interactive features:

• If an event has a featured image, the featured image displays. It's cropped to fit the square.
• If an event has an excerpt, it displays on hover.
• Arrow controls appear at the top to navigate by month.
• Any days without events will be gray.

Keep in mind:

• If a day has more than one event, each event's time and title display in the day's box. The height of the week expands, and featured images won't display.
• If an event is set to end at midnight, Calendar view displays the event on both days. To only display the first day, change the end time to 11:59 pm.
• Calendar view URL slugs include a date. Visitors have to click the back arrow twice to return to the previous page. To avoid this, choose List view or display events with calendar blocks.

What the calendar layout displays changes on smaller browsers to ensure it looks great on any device:

• When the block width is smaller than 600 pixels, titles, event times, and excerpts display, but not featured images.
• When the block width is smaller than 300 pixels, only titles display.

Style the events page and individual events

To style the events page:

1. Go to your events page.
2. In the Home menu, click Design, then click Site styles.
3. Use the Events tweaks to change the landing page style.
4. For tweaks specific to individual events, first ensure Disable item pages is unchecked. Then exit site styles, open an event, and reenter site styles.

Keep in mind:

• If you have multiple events pages, style changes will apply to all of them to create a consistent look.
• Your template may support more features, such as banner images or page headers, that affect how the events page looks.
• Calendar view displays one month at a time, with each week in a Sunday to Saturday format. It's not possible to change this.

Events page tweaks

Use these site styles tweaks to style your events page. Keep in mind, the tweaks that appear depend on your layout and template:

• Disable item pages - Disable the title links to individual event pages. When left unchecked, clicking an event's title opens the individual event page
• 24-hour time - Display event times in 24-hour international standard time display

These tweaks appear for List view only:

• Stacked view - Change the layout of the list
• Show past events - Show or hide past events
• Show thumbnails - Show or hide the featured image as a thumbnail that displays above or to the left of the event
• Thumbnail size - Set the shape of the featured image
• Show date tag - Show or hide the date tag that displays over or in place of the featured image
• Show date tag w/ time - Include a time stamp with the date tag

These tweaks affect the event listing in List view:

• Show categories - Show or hide the categories
• Show date - Show or hide the date
• Show time - Show or hide the time
• Show location - Show or hide the location
• Show export links - Show or hide export links to Google Calendar or iCal
• Show social buttons - Show or hide likes and Share buttons
• Show show excerpt - Show or hide the event description or excerpt text
• Show button - Show or hide a View event button

These tweaks affect individual event pages:

• Show export links - Show or hide export links to Google Calendar or iCal
• Show social buttons - Show or hide simple likes and Share buttons
• Show back link - Show or hide a Back to all events link
• 24-Hour time - Display your event time using the 24-hour international standard time display
• Stacked view - Change the layout of the individual event pages

1. Click Edit in the top-left corner of an events page.
2. Hover over the events section and click the pencil icon.
3. Switch the Show past events toggle on. This makes past events visible on all events pages on your site. If you use the Side Tag date style, date tags for past events appear crossed out.
4. Hover over Done and click Save.

1. Open an events page and ensure it's set to List view.
2. In the Home menu, click Design, then click Site styles.
3. In the Events section, check or uncheck Show past events. If you have Show Date Tag checked, date tags for past events appear crossed out.
4. Click Save to apply your changes.

In Calendar view, past events always appear. Past events display in the same style as upcoming events.

The discontinued Marquee family can't show past events.

In the Events panel, events are organized into Upcoming events and Past events tabs.

To edit an event, click the event in the Events page panel, then hover over the preview and click Edit. To delete an event, hover over it in the Events page panel and click ..., then click Delete.

In the Events panel, events are organized into Upcoming events and Past events tabs.

To edit an event, hover over the event and click ..., then click Settings. To delete an event, hover over the event and click ..., then click Delete.

1. Click Edit in the top-left corner of an events page.
2. Hover over the events section and click the pencil icon.
3. Switch the Show export links toggle on.
4. Hover over Done and click Save.

1. Open an events page.
2. In the Home menu, click Design, then click Site styles.
3. In the Events section, check Show export links.
4. Click Save to apply your changes.