Alamo First Christian Church

Calendar Events are integrated into the site to help remind visitors of important dates and gatherings. Upcoming Events are defined as Calendar Events happening within the next seven days. These events are displayed in the sidebar throughout the site. Calendar Events can be viewed individually or subscribed to so you can automatically see the church’s events in your existing Outlook or iCal calendar. This tutorial will explain the details associated with posting a new event into the Event Calendar.

Calendar events are added similar to other posts. To add an event to the calendar, you must first be given access to the site. If you do not have a username and password, you have two choices: fill out the contact form and request to be given access to the site to modify postings (then you can follow this tutorial to add the event), or fill out the contact form requesting the event be posted by the site administrator.

To start, navigate to the site dashboard. If you are already logged into the site, you should see a “Site Admin” link in the sidebar. If you are not logged in you see a “Login” link. Select either link to be taken to the dashboard.

Since you want to add a new event, select “Write” from the top menu as shown below.

You should now see the editor. In the “Title” field enter the event title. Under the “Post” field, add the details of the event. The image below shows the location of these fields.

Now you need to add the time of the event. To do this, scroll to the bottom of the editor page. You will see a field labeled as “Event Editor”.

To add a time for the event, select the “+” sign under the start column. This opens two text field representing the start and end of the event. You can also use the pop up calendar to select the event date by clicking on the button just to the right of each field. Remember the event times are represented in military format so 4:00 pm is 16:00. If the event lasts all day, be sure to check the “All Day” check box. This selection is shown below. (Note: if you are having problems getting the calendar chooser to open, try using a different web browser.)

Now you have defined the Title, Description, and Time of the event. If you scroll back to the top of the page, under the category field, the “Event” category should now be checked (grayed out). Self Check: This is a good self check to make sure your event will get posted as an Event. It should look like the picture below.

Now just scroll to the bottom of the event editor and select “Publish”.

Your event has now successfully been added to the church Event Calendar. If your event’s time is within the next seven days, check to see if it appears in the sidebar under “Upcoming Events”. If your event does not show up in the calendar. There is a possibility that it did not get posted as an “Event”. The default posting is “Administrative” so check that category to see if it is there. If you do not see the event, try modifying the event per these instructions.