By jacannon2 on

I'm new to Drupal. I'm trying to create a family website and I need to use the events module. I can't seem to find clear instructions on how to use it after it's installed. Could someone please provide me with a step by step guide on how to install the events module (just in case I missed a step) and how to use it to add new events and show them on the front page.

I have Drupal 4.6 and I think I installed the module correctly. The calendar is showing up on the frontpage along with the upcoming events, but I can't find a place to add events nor do I know how to change the colors of the calendar to make it match my website.

I would just ask how to add an event, but I figured if someone could lead me through the whole process then it could help someone else later.

Any help would be appreciated.

- JC2 <><

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rayray’s picture

rayray commented

I can quickly say that you have to "Create Content" to add an event... and when you installed the event module, it came with its own css file that you need to edit to match your site's color scheme. Hope that helps!

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jacannon2 commented

I clicked "Create Content" and a page came up that asks if I want to create a "page" or a "story". Is it supposed to say "Create Event" or is there some option I have to check when I create a story/page?

tostinni’s picture

tostinni commented

Do you set up the correct permissions in admin/access to allow your user to create event ?

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jacannon2 commented

Okay, after much clicking I figured this out...

On the sidebar you click "administer" then the subcategory "content".

On the page that pops up you click the "configure tab". (The "list tab" is chosen already and the config tab is right next to it.)

Then underneath the "list" and "configure" tabs are "settings" and "content types". I clicked "content types".

Underneath that are the different types of content with the option to configure them. I clicked "configure" next to "story".

This brought up a page where towards the bottom it gives you an option to "Show in Events Calendar" with three choices:
- Never
- All Views
- Only in views for this type

I chose "All Views".

Then I created a story and I noticed that there was now an option to put a start and end date.

Everybody else may know this, but I didn't. Just trying to make sure that others don't get left behind. :-)

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jacannon2 commented

I guess I didn't search hard enough. Here's a good site with everything I needed to know...

http://civicspace.advomatic.com/node/48

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Torenware commented

The new event module doesn't create a "node type", so nothing shows up in the "Create Content" page. But you can get any content type you like to have basic event info like a start time and an end time.

Configuring is a little tricky, since it's a bit hard to find where to enable the event fields for a content type. Here's how you do it:

  1. Go to the admin/content page.
  2. Select the link "content-types" on the page (not the menu; that does something else)
  3. Chose the edit field for whatever content type you want to "event enable"
  4. Scroll to the bottom of the page to find the event enabling options

The "powers that be" are recommending that you use flexinode to create custom content types, which you then "event enable".

Rob Thorne
Torenware Networks