Marking a page as 'upcoming event' (Races site)

1. Click on Mark as event/news item (the first tab below the 'body' field)
2. Select either 'upcoming news item' or 'upcoming events item'.

Selecting Options

After choosing 'This page will go under the upcoming events section", more fields will appear. These will allow you to supply information so the site can be displayed on the global front page (and other places on the site). You also have the option to display this information on the page itself, on a sidebar similar to the old Plone sites.

Note: If you don't see these additional fields, just click on one of the radio buttons 'This page will go under..." - This will reveal the rest of the options. The options for pages marked as 'event' will be different for pages marked as 'news' although they will still have some things in common.

Teasers

If you are planning for your item to appear in any 'views' which contain a 'teaser' description, or in the 'events' or 'news' sidebar block, you will need to specify it in the body field.

The teaser is a short sentence or two, like the first couple of sentences of a news report, enticing the reader to read more. (Basically, it's the same as the 'Description' field in Plone).

You have a choice:

• Either the teaser can be part of the page content
• Or you can have it so it is only visible in different 'views' displays, but not in the page itself

To do the first one (assuming the content is written already) just place the cursor where you want the teaser to end, and press the 'Teaser' button. A red line will now seperate teaser and cursor. The 'show summary in page view' checkbox should be already ticked, leave it like that. Be careful not to include images or any other formatting in the teaser - it should just be plain text.

To have the teaser seperate from the page content, write the teaser above the content, hit the 'Teaser' button, and uncheck the 'show summary in page view' checkbox. For best results, remove the whitespace below the red line so the content is right up against it.

Select Event type/News Category.

If you are doing a race, it is important to select the type here:

1. You can use it in listings of events generated by views
2. Even if you don't use it, selecting the event type will allow the race to appear in listings provided by other country sites, and the main site. For example, all races with the '2 miles' category can be automatically listed on the new 2 Mile Race site.

To designate an event as a 2 Mile Race, choose that in 'Available options' and use the '+' button to add to Selected Options. (It is not enough to just select it)

If an event falls under more than one category (e.g events with more than one race), you can add multiple cetegories to 'Selected Options'.

As well as events/race types there are also some categories there for news items (eg inspiring news)

Uploading Images

We can also upload an image to appear along with the news item / event item in the sidebar block and page. You can upload a camera quality image here (it will be automatically scaled down to 350px wide) but for best results you might consider resizing it yourself first. If you think the 'Latest News' section looks nicer without images, just leave this field alone.

You can include your image in the page itself by ticking the 'Image will appear on the page' checkbox, which is very convenient if you need to create your news item in a hurry!

Date

You can enter From: and To: dates. The date will be displayed differently depending on whether it is a one-day or multiday event.

There is also the opportunity to set repeat events, such as the 2 mile race (you can even specify weeks where it will not be happening).

In the Advanced menu, you can display things further - although it might not display so well if you are planning on including event details in the page body. (E.g: one thing that doesnt work so well right now is if you select 'every Saturday' - it shows 'Takes place every week every Saturday')

Location and Google Maps

• You can specify the location of your event, and at the same time add a Google Map.
• For non English countries: Enter the English name of the city in the  'City (English name)' field - then you can put the 'Location' and 'City' fields in your native language.
  
• Google will try to estimated the map location from the address you have entered, but very often (especially if the event is out in the country somewhere) you are better off specifically listing the location by scrolling to the right spot and clicking on the map until a red marker appears.  Alternatively you can find exact cordinates and add them in.
• If you choose to display the event details as a sidebar in the event body, you need to tick a checkbox to add the Google map to the sidebar.

Entry method

If you select an entry method and add the URL (and if choose to display event details in page body), nice 'Enter online'/'Download entry form' buttons will be displayed both in the page body, and in any 'views' you place in your site. You can select either/both/none as you wish.

You may wish to modify the these buttons in the page body to change the language ect. The Photoshop files to do this are:

Download entry form: http://www.srichinmoylife.com/files/psdbuttons/download-lg.psd

Enter online: http://www.srichinmoylife.com/files/psdbuttons/online-lg.psd

View photos: http://www.srichinmoylife.com/files/psdbuttons/gallerylink-lg.psd

View results: http://www.srichinmoylife.com/files/psdbuttons/results-lg.psd

Once edited the files should be saved as PNG's and placed in the 'entryimages' folder of your country site.