2. Task 6.1 - event - with sessions

Essential guide

It is recommended that you read the essential guide prior to completing the task.

Event guide

Events are comprised of 2 parts: the Event, and Sessions. Every event must have at least one Session, but they can have multiple Sessions.

For instance an all day event may have several lecture sessions and a workshop session.

Create an event

Step 1

In the administration menu, go to Content > Add content > Event.

Add Event Menu

Step 2

  1. Title
  2. Event Summary - Optional. Displays in teaser and card views where the event is referenced in a list. Doesn't appear on the page.
  3. Event Description

Create event 1-4

  1. Event type - Taxonomy term used for grouping events.

event type selection

  1. Registration required - Tick if registration for the event is required. Additional registration fields will appear.

event-details-5

The registration fields display.

Registration URL - Label and url for the registration button.

Registration dates - The register button will only display between the start and end dates.

Event registration details

  1. Payment required - Tick if payment is required. Additional payment fields will appear.

Payment required

The payment fields display.

Payment description - Recommend: costs, instructions for where/who to make the payment to.

Event payment details

  1. Contacts - Optional. Provides event contact name and details. Multiple contacts can be added.

Add event contact

The contact fields display.

Event contact details

  1. Teaser image - Optional. Displays in card and teaser views. Advice on images.
  2. Hero image - Optional. Replaces the default page header with a hero banner header.

event images

  1. Tags - Optional. Tag events to filter list of events on other pages. See tagging.

event tag

  1. Add sessions to complete the event.

Add sessions

  1. Click Add new session to display the session detail fields.

Add a new session

The session detail fields display.

  1. Enter the Session name
  2. Session status - The status defaults to scheduled. If a session is cancelled, the status can be updated to cancelled

Session details

15. Tick the box to display the field to complete a Session status message to the event. 

Session

The status field displays.

Session status message

  1. Session date - Enter the start and end date and times.
  2. Tick repeat sessions if additional sessions follow a pattern.

session dates

The repeat options display. Select if applicable

event repeat options

  1. Session summary - Displays in teaser views where a link to the session is displayed in a list.
  2. Session description - Displays below the event description on the session page.

Session summary and description

  1. Click Add new location for the session.

Add-location

Location fields display.  Enter the location details

enter location details

  1. If registration is required, tick the registration required box.

registration required selections

The option to use the parent registration details is automatically selected. If however, this is unticked, additional fields to provide specific registration details for the session are provided.

specific session registration details

  1. If payment is required, tick the payment required box.

Payment required

The option to use the parent payment details is automatically selected. If however, this is unticked, additional fields to provide specific payment details for the session are provided.

Session specific payment details

  1. If required, add a Teaser image for the session.

Teaser image

  1. Select tags to categorise the session.

Categorise the session

  1. To publish the session, tick published.

Tick published

  1. To save the session, click Update session.

Click update session to save

  1. The  saved session is added to a table.  Click Add new session to add additional sessions to the event.

Saved session

  1. URL path settings - a friendly URL is generated automatically if the tick box remains ticked.

URL path settings

  1. Revision Information - if create new revision remains ticked, a new version of the article is saved each time. The versions are accessible from the revisions tab.

Revision information

  1. Authoring Information - The information of the author is recorded. After the article is saved, the "authored on field" is updated.

authoring information

  1. Publishing Options - Click the tab Publishing options to finalise the publishing settings.
    To publish - The published field is automatically ticked. Keep it ticked to publish
     To create a draft - untick published to save as a draft.

publishing options

  1. Save - Click Save to update the article. 

Task instructions

Create an Event content type with at least two (2) sessions and follow the numbered actions below to populate the fields before publishing. Use an example of your own to complete the fields for the event. 

  • Refer to the Event guide, if required, to create the event and sessions. 

You can save your unpublished event content type at any time by clicking Save.

  1. Title - insert a title

    Title

  2. Event summary - insert a summary

    Event summary

  3. Event description
    • If you need inspiration for an event, consult UQ Events for ideas.
    • Style the exercise text to assist users in scanning the content by improving the usability
    • Insert heading styles where applicable

      Event description

  4. Event type - select an event type

    Event type

  5. Registration - insert details

    Registration details

  6. Payment required - insert details

    payment details

  7. Add event contact - insert details for a contact

    event contact details

  8. Images
    • Teaser - upload a teaser image

      teaser image

    • Hero - do not upload a hero image
  9. Tag - select the tag sample event from the drop-down list

    tag

Sessions

  1. Session name - insert a session name

    session name

  2. Session date - insert a start and end date

    session dates

  3. Session summary - insert a summary; different from the event summary

    session summary

  4. Session description - different from the event description
    • If you need inspiration for an event, consult UQ Events for ideas.
    • Style the exercise text to assist users in scanning the content by improving the usability
    • Insert heading styles where applicable

      Event session description

  5. Location - insert location details

    location

  6. Registration - insert details if not using the parent registration details

    registration details

  7. Payment required - insert details if not using the parent registration details

    event session details

  8. Images
    • Teaser - upload a teaser image which is different to the event teaser image

      teaser image

  9. Tag - select the tag sample event from the drop-down list

    tag

  10. Publishing options - publish the event