About

An event is a content type that will show up in the Events section of a page.

Creating your Event

After logging in by visiting engineering.case.edu/user and clicking "Login", you will see a bar on the top of the screen. To create your news article go to this bar and click "Add content"

 

This will bring you to a page of a list of different types of content you can create. From here select "Event" which appears like this image:

 

Click this button to begin creating your event.

Title

 

This is the title of the event to be displayed.

Event Image

 

This field is unused. Please leave it empty.

Date and Time

 

Provide the date and time the event will run.

Location

 

See this image to how the Location Name, Location Address, and Body parts come together:

 

Location Name: Name of the location of the event. After clicking on the event, it will expand to show the location name, location address, and body.

Location Address: Address of the event. This will appear right below the Location Name.

Body

 

A more detailed description of the event. This will appear right below the Location Address. If you would like to use formatting tools such as bold, italics, and underlines, change "Text format" on the bottom of this section from "Filtered HTML" to "Full HTML".

Learn More/Register Link

 

After reading the body of the text, a "Learn More" option will appear that people can click to go to an external site. The title is to help you know what the URL leads to, and will not affect the content of the event. Next to the title is a text box for a URL. If you would like to make use of the "Learn More" link, provide a URL here. Clicking on "Learn More" will redirect to this link.

CSE Homepage

 

This section is unused. Leave it unchecked.

Metadata

 

Submit to CSE Homepage: This section is unused. Leave it unchecked.

Research Thrusts: This section is unused. Leave it blank. 

Subsites: If any subsites are associated with the event, add them here. In order for this event to show up on your subsite, you must add your subsite here. Click on "Add Items" below "Subsites". Then, check the subsites associated with the event. Finally, hit "Submit" to add the event to that subsite.

 

Associated Staff or Faculty: This section is unused. Leave it blank.

Tags: This section is unused. Leave it blank.

Sidebar Content

 

This section is unused for events. Leave it blank.

Save

 

After editing the above sections, make sure that you save your work. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to find a green "Save" button. Hit that. You are now finished. It may take up to 24 hours for your cache to refresh. After that, you should see the changes on your page. 

Revisions

Upon making any changes to your page, you should create a new revision so that you can back to a previous state if you need to. This can be done by selecting the following options and entering what changes were made in the current revision. 

 

To access your old revisions, simply click the tab at the top of the page editor, which will bring up options to revert to that old revision, or to delete revisions.