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Events Administration
Admin Event Category | Submit Event | Event Moderation | Administrate Pages
Submission Permissions | Custom Tag Information
The purpose of this module is to create a comprehensive dynamic events listing for people to view on
the front-end of your site. If you click on "Events Administration" in "Admin Suite" you will be
taken to the window shown below.
This first option here is "Admin Event Category". Click on it and you will be directed to the
screen show below.
Admin Event Category
From this window you can both add new event categories and edit existing ones. To add a new
category type the name of the new category in the bottom text field. Then you need to decide
whether you want this category to be active, which will make it available to the front end
of the site. If the "Active" check-box is selected then the category is active, otherwise it is
not. The same things apply to the "Protected" check-box. If a category is protected, it requires
a user login to access. When you are done making specifications click
the "add new" button to complete the process.
To edit an existing category, you can change the name in the text field. You can also
set whether or not it is active and whether or not it is protected the same way as described
above. When you are done editing a category, don't forget to click "update".
If you want to remove one of the existing categories just click on it's corresponding "delete"
button.
When you are finished, click on "Events" in the top left of the window to return to the main
events menu.
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The next option in "Events Administration" is "Submit Event". Clicking on it will take you to
the window shown below.
Submit Event
The idea behind this window is to create a new event. The first option is a pull-down list in
which you select the category of your new event. Next is a text field that allows you to
specify the name of the event.
The next three rows are dates that need to be specified with their associated pull-down lists.
"Event date" is the date the event occurs and the event will be displayed between the start and
end dates.
The sixth option is "Contact Person". This should be the name of the person to contact about
event information/registration and "Contact Email" should be the e-mail address of that person.
If the event has an associated website you can put the URL in the "Event Website" text field.
The "Location" text field should include an address, some short directions or if you know HTML
perhaps an image of a map to the location.
The "Description" text field should be filled out with any happenings at the event. You may also
want to include any important reminders or regulations that pertain to the event in question.
If you are familiar with HTML you can select "YES" for the "Allow HTML" option. This allows you to
enter HTML code in the two text fields. If you don't want to put in HTML then select
"NO " and your
text will be properly formatted.
When you are done inputting the information for your event, don't forget to click
"Submit"!!!!
If at any time you want to start your information input over you can click on "Reset" and all the
fields will be dumped.
After you have submitted click on "Events" in the top left of the window to return to the main events
window.
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The next option in "Administrate Events" is "Event Moderation". Click on it and you will be taken to
the window shown below.
Event Moderation
From this window, you can authorize and edit events. The first two options "Category" and "Status" are
pull-down lists that allow you to specify which events are listed.
Next there is a list of all the events that meet the requirements you have made in the two pull-down lists.
"Event Name" is the name of the event. "Submitter Name" is the user that posted the original
event and "Time Submitted" is as it would imply. The status of an event is indicated by a highlighted checkmark 
if it is approved, a highlighted x-mark  if it is rejected and a highlighted
question mark  if it is pending. To switch between the three states you can click
on one of the darkened buttons. Keep in mind that an event must be approved to appear on the front-end
of your site.
If you would like to edit an event, you can do so by clicking the appropriate "Edit" button to
the right of the event. From here you can edit all the same information
that you originally entered in the
"Submit Event" window.
Finally, if you would like to remove any of the listed events you can do so by clicking the "Delete"
button to the far right of the event. When you are done click on "Events" in the upper left of the window.
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The next option in "Event Administration" is "Administrate Pages", clicking on
this link takes you to the window
shown below.
Administrate Pages
The idea behind this window is to make changes to the format of the message forum pages. If you need
to make any changes, click on the appropriate "Edit" button, which will take you to the window shown below.
The two options (page name and title image) are for naming your page and you should choose one of them.
If you prefer to have an image for the title instead of the text for the page, you can click on the "Browse"
button and choose an image from your hard drive.
Note that a title image replaces the Page Name in the page content, but not on the window title.
Next you need to type your "Meta tags".
What is a Meta Tag?
"Area Content" is the next option. This text area is displayed above the link for posting article comments.
It is generally used to describe what the comments area is for.
Finally, if you are familiar with HTML you can select "YES" for the "Allow HTML" option. This allows you
to enter HTML code in this page’s text fields. If you don't want to put in HTML then select
"NO" and your
text will be properly formatted.
When you entered all your information, don't forget to click
"Submit"!!!!!
Once you are done changing the page setup, you can either click on "Page List" to edit the page setup
of the other pages in this module or you can click on "Events" to return to the main events administration
menu.
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The next option is "Submission Permissions". Click on it and you will be directed to the window
shown below.
Submission Permissions
For this window, a highlighted checkmark represents yes and a highlighted x-mark
represents no.
The first option is "Allow Visitor Event Submission", which if set to
"YES" allows users to submit events. If this
is set to no, then events can only be added from the back-end of the site. The next option is "Auto Approve Event
Submissions", which if set to "YES" automatically sets all submitted events to approved instead of pending.
The last two options on this page allow you to be notified via e-mail when someone submits a new event. If you would
like to be notified, then select "YES" for "Email Notification of Event Submissions" and put the e-mail address
you would like the notification to go to in the text field below that.
When you are done with these options click on "Events" in the top left to return to the main events administration
menu. The final option in events administration is "Custom Tag Information".
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The last option is "Custom Tag Information"
Custom Tag Information
Here you will find a list of custom tags that pertain to this module.
What is a Custom Tag?
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