There are various ways you can make the Events page accessible to your site's users and patrons, this could be through menu links, other Stacks features, or by adding a content block on your homepage or another landing page.

While multiple roles have the ability to create and edit events, only users with the administrator or moderator role can perform the functions mentioned in this article.

Menu Links

Add a link in your Stacks main menu and/or top menu that directs users/patrons to your Events Listing page.

From the Dashboard, click the Menus tile
Click the List Links button to the right of Main Menu or Top Menu, depending on where you wish to place the link
Click the +Add link button
1. Menu link title, enter a title for the menu link, this is the value users/patrons will see in the menu
2. Link, enter the link or path to the desired events page
  1. Use /events, to direct to a list view of events
  2. Use /calendar, to direct to a calendar view of events
    1. Note: for internal Stacks pages, the full URL is not required in the link field, just the path mentioned above
3. Enabled, ensure this box is checked to enable the link to appear in the menu
4. Description, if required, enter a description for the menu link
5. Show as expanded, when checked, this will expand the menu link if there are child links added under the main link
6. Language, select the appropriate language, if applicable
7. Parent Link, select the appropriate option
  1. <Main menu>, select this option to display the link in the main menu
    1. Please note, if adding to the Top Menu, you will initially see <Top Menu> here
  2. <--link name>, select from other menu links listed to embed this link as a child link under the selected option
8. Weight, enter a numerical value to determine the order of appearance
  1. Alternatively, after saving, click and drag the 4-way arrow in the list link page to change the order of appearance
9. Click Save to complete the creation of the menu link

Other Stacks Features

To direct users/patrons to your Events page through another Stacks feature, such as a Callout or Slider as example, navigate to that feature in the Dashboard. Whether creating new content or editing the information on existing content, ensure the desired event path (/events or /calendar) is added to the appropriate Link or URL field.

When viewing events from the /calendar view, patrons will be able to see past events. When viewing past events, an indicator will appear to inform the viewer the event has already occurred; also, if a past event had registration enabled, this will be disabled once the event has occurred.

For more information on creating or editing content such as Callouts or Sliders, please see the associated Hub article(s) for the desired feature type.

Home/Landing page

Another option allows for a list of your upcoming events to be added to your homepage or another landing page. This lets users/patrons to quickly see a list of upcoming events; from here they can view the event name, as well as the date and time of the event, clicking on the event will direct the user to the detail view for that event.

Ensure you are logged into your site as an Administrator or Moderator
From your homepage, or the landing page you wish to add the content block to, click the Layout tab (just below your header)
1. Content can be added to a new or existing section on the page, for more information on adding new sections, please see the article Adding and Editing Content on Landing Pages
To add the content block
1. Click +Add block, in the desired section
2. In the window that opens on the right, scroll to the Stacks Events section and click Upcoming Events
  1. Helper Text, optional - if required, enter helper text that can direct users/patrons on how to use or interact with this feature
  2. Subheading, optional - if required, enter a subheading to appear under the heading
  3. Items per block, select a numerical value, this will be the number of upcoming events that will be displayed in the content block
  4. Overide title, optional - if required, check this box to display the heading field, then enter a new value for the heading
    1. The default heading that will be displayed is Upcoming Events
  5. Click the black eyeball icon to the right of the helper text field name to hide the Heading
    1. Please note: hiding the heading will also hide the helper text
  6. Click Add block, to add the block to the page
3. Scroll to the top of the page, then click Save Layout to save the changes to your page