Calendar

Introduction to the Calendar Area

Like any other scheduling tool, the Calendar in ShoutCMS is designed to help you keep yourself organized - and to make it easier to showcase calendar-specific information.

You can navigate to it while in the back-end of ShoutCMS, where you can select and preview the different calendars you have created.

In a nutshell

To use the Calendar, create groupings (calendars) for the different types of events you want to organize. You will now be able to feature individual or multiple groupings of events.

1. Create calendars
2. Create events within your calendars
3. Select and view individual calendars

Instead of relying on third-party calendar tools to use alongside your website, ShoutCMS lets you keep it all in one place. These calendar tools are also easy to use and set up, letting you save time & energy while managing your website.

1. Showcase important events
2. Use the Calendar Block to append a calendar to a page
3. Filter by calendar in the back-end if needed

Creating Events

Within the Calendar area, you can create events that can feature links and a description. You can also adjust the duration of each event, and select which calendar you'd like to organize it under.

An event can be anything, from deals to discounts, to conferences to celebrations.

Creating new events

Consider the following when creating a new event:

1. Which calendar do you want to organize it under?
2. Should this event link to a page?
3. Does it need a short description to accompany it?
4. Who should be able to see this event?

The above questions should help you with creating a new event, and determining where to feature it in ShoutCMS.

Additional Tips & Advice

To get the most out of the Calendar area, we've prepared some helpful tips and pieces of advice. We always recommend experimenting with the features in ShoutCMS, so please feel free to get creative with how you use the ShoutCMS calendar tools.

1. Showcase upcoming events

Using the Calendar Block, you can add a calendar to a page that features upcoming events your business is involved with. This will make it easier for site visitors to learn more about the events you're trying to promote.

This is the most common use of the Calendar area, and it's also one of the easiest ways to use the calendar tools.

1. Create and place Calendar Blocks
2. Create events in an 'event calendar'
3. Select calendars across the Calendar Blocks

2. Manage internal appointments

You can create calendars for your staff regarding important or daily appointments/ events that they can view in ShoutCMS. This increases the value of your website as a tool for your staff, and makes it easier to keep all of your scheduling in one place.

1. Create calendars for your staff
2. Create and add internal events to your calendars
   

3. Use the visibility settings in the Calendar Block

Want to showcase a series of calendars to specific users on a single page? You can use the visibility and access settings in the Calendar Block to adjust who can see which Calendar Block on a page.

This will make it easier for you to organize your calendars on the front-end of your website, without showing certain groups information they don't need access to.

1. Create multiple Calendar Blocks
2. Adjust the calendars selected on each Block
3. Adjust visibility and access settings on the Blocks