Event Highlights

The Event Highlight component allows you to display a Single Event or a Single Occurrence of an Event in a page on Tridion.

Tridion uses Event and Calendar data from the Profile System to fill out the Event Highlights.

The following instructions provide information on creating Event Highlights in Tridion using Profile System data.

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Creating an Event Highlight Component

The first step in creating an Event Highlight is to create an Event Highlight component.

Open

In the Building Blocks folder of your respective website, click New Component (highlighted in blue above) in the Create tab (highlighted in yellow above) of the navigation bar.

You will be taken to a new page for creating the component (shown below):

Open

1. Enter an appropriate Name for your component.

2. Choose Event Highlight from the Schema drop down menu (highlighted in yellow above).

3. ID of Event Occurrence you would like to highlight: Enter the ID of the Occurrence that you want to highlight.

   • For a Single event, there is only the one occurrence.

   • For a Multi-Session or Recurring event, you need to specify which Occurrence you want to highlight with its individual ID.

   • You can find the Event’s Occurrence ID in the Profile System:

     • Click Calendar in the top navigation, and you will be taken to the Update and Edit Events page.

     • Find the Occurrence you want to highlight in the list of Events (you can use the filters to make it easier to find) and click on it to open the Occurrence.

     • You will be taken to the Publish Info tab of the workflow for adding/editing an event

     • You can find the Occurrence ID in the Event Info section of the Publish Info tab.

Once you have entered the ID, Save and Close the component, and you are ready to add it to a page.

Adding the Event Highlight Component to a Page

After creating the Event Highlight component, you can add the component to a page as an Event Highlight template.

1. Navigate in the Root folder to the page you'd like to add an Event Highlight to and double-click to open the page.

2. In the window that opens, click the Component Presentations tab.

3. Click Insert at the bottom left of the page window.

4. Browse to the Event Highlight component you created and click to select it.

5. From the Component Template dropdown, select the Event Highlight template.

6. Click the Insert button at the bottom right, then the Close button.

7. Save and Close the page, then you are ready to publish.

Example of an Event Highlight on a Page

The screenshot below shows what an Event Highlight component looks like on a page:

The Event Highlight (highlighted in yellow above) is large and takes up the full width of the main column of the page. The displayed information includes:

1. The Date and Time of the occurrence.

2. The Speaker(s) at the occurrence.

3. The Title of the occurrence.

4. The Audience of the event.

5. Links to the Occurrence and the ability to add the event or occurrence to a Calendar.

Additionally, if you click on the Title, you can see the rest of the information for the event.