Event

Creating a new event post. 

To add a new event post, navigate to Media Items and click on the ‘Add Media’ and select 'Event' from the drop-down menu. 

This will open an ‘Add’ page ready to be populated. 

• Title 
• Sticky or Featured – You can easily tick one or both if you want your media item to be sticky or featured.
• Post Date – You can backdate your posts to make them appear later in the feed if required. To set the date you can either type the date manually in the DD/MM/YYYY format or click on the field and a calendar will pop up from which you can select a suitable date. 

• Image - This will be your header image that will appear at the top of each post.
• Author – This will be displayed as a host on the front end of your site, you can select the relevant person from the drop-down list saved in your authors section.

• Tags and Categories - Similarly to the Author field there is a drop-down menu that will display all the tags and categories present. 
• Date and Time – Select/input the date and time of your event.
• Location – Specify the location of the event so your reader can find it. 
• Overview – This field will be displayed as simple text with a short overview of the event you are hosting.
• Link – You can insert a link which will redirect your reader to the booking process, whether that’s on your main website or external ones like Eventbrite or others. 

• Speakers – This will be displayed as a guest speaker, and you can select the relevant person from the drop-down list saved in your Speakers section.
• Meta Data - There are three meta fields: Description, Keywords and Canonical.

Styling and formatting

When you are populating your events, you’ll likely copy and paste from a document such as Word or Google Docs. When doing this, it’s important to remember to strip your text of styling before pasting it into the rich text editor. This will ensure that your text looks as intended on the front end of the site.

To do this, you’ll need to remove the formatting. The best way to do this is by pressing CTRL + Shift + V to paste without formatting when copying it over to Recruit, CMS, or Media Hub. This will strip the text back into its rawest form to allow you to add the stylings that you wish. You'll then need to format H1s, H2s, and more within the text editor using the drop-down options.