You can publish your nonprofit's calendar on your website.
The goal: keep your audience informed about your latest news and upcoming events. The good news? It's really easy to do! Here's how:
- Where to find your calendar
- Add an event to your calendar
- Delete an event from your calendar
- Show your ticketing events and Membership Campaigns on your calendar
- Add ticketing events and Membership Campaigns from advanced groups to your calendar
Let's get started!
Where to find your calendar
Your calendar is accessible from Website > Calendar, in the “Smart pages” section.
If it doesn't appear in this section, the Calendar app hasn't been activated yet. To activate it, go to Settings (at the bottom of your left sidebar) > Feature selection and enable the Calendar app, as explained here.
The Calendar will instantly appear in your left sidebar when you return to your platform.
Add an event to your calendar
From your Calendar page, you can create a new event to display it on the calendar. Simply click the "New event" button in the top right corner of the page.
Start by filling in the required information: event name, color, and start and end dates and times.
If needed, add more details to your event by clicking the "+ options" button.
From there, you can:
- Enter the event address;
- Write a description for your event;
- Add a sign-up link for the event (for example, a Facebook event);
- Set the event visibility — that is, choose who can see it (for example, members only). Depending on the visibility setting, visitors to your site will need to be logged in and meet your chosen criteria to view the event.
Don't forget to save your event or any changes you've made by clicking the "Publish" or "Update" button.
Please note: recurring events cannot be published.
Delete an event from your calendar
To delete an event from your calendar, go to the calendar and click on the event. A window will open showing the event details, with a "Delete" button in the top right corner.
Warning: deletion is immediate — there is no confirmation prompt.
Show your ticketing events and Membership Campaigns on your calendar
When you create a Membership Campaign or a ticketing event, you can choose to display it on your calendar.
You can do this directly from your campaign or ticketing event. Once created, go to the "Distribution" tab. From there, you can choose to publish your ticketing event or Membership Campaign to your calendar.
đź’ˇ Please note: publishing is only possible if dates have been set (step 1 of the setup). If no dates are configured, a message will let you know.
Add ticketing events and Membership Campaigns from advanced groups to your calendar
If you have advanced groups (dependent or independent), their events and campaigns will appear on the main platform's calendar depending on the site type selected.
- An advanced group that has selected "Space within the site" as its site type (meaning the main platform's site) will share a shared calendar with the main platform;
- On the other hand, an advanced group that has selected "Dedicated website" as its site type (separate from the main platform's site) will have its own separate calendar.
To learn more about advanced groups and how they interact with the main platform, click here.
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