Adding an event feed

An Event Feed Callout can be added to sites on Forge that dynamically display the next three upcoming events from a particular events category on calendar.lafayette.edu.

  1. Log in to your site on Forge
  2. Navigate to the page you would like to add the event feed
  3. Click the “Edit Page” link in the black quick links bar at the top of the page
  4. Scroll down to the section called “In-Content Callouts”
  5. Click the [Add Callout] button
  6. Choose “Events Feed” from the pop-up menu.
  7. A new “Events Feed” component is added to the page. Edit its options:
    • Color: Click on the dropdown menu and choose one of three colors for the block: red, blue, or tan
    • Event Category: Click on the dropdown menu and choose one of the event categories from the calendar (note: tags are not supported by this component)
    • Link URL: Add the web address for the category from the College Calendar (e.g. https://calendar.lafayette.edu/category/43 is the “ITS” category). (Note: If not category is specified, the component will link to the College Calendar’s homepage).
  8. After configuring the component’s characteristics, scroll up to the top of the page and click [Publish] (if it is a new page) or [Update] (if it is an existing page) within the “Publish” block in upper right-hand column.

Updating an event component

  1. Navigate to the page containing the Events Feed Callout
  2. Click the “Edit Page” link in the black quick links bar at the top of the page
  3. Scroll down to the section called “In-Content Callouts”
  4. Make any necessary changes to the component via the “Color” and “Event Category” dropdown menus or by updating the Link URL field.
  5. After configuring the component’s characteristics, scroll up to the top of the page and click [Publish] (if it is a new page) or [Update] (if it is an existing page) within the “Publish” block in upper right-hand column.
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