For Clubs and Members, it is important to promote and know when their events are being held. This article will show Clubs how they can utilise the Bowls Australia website by incorporating a Calendar for events, enhancing engagement and informing members about upcoming activities. In addition to the Events Calendar, this article will demonstrate how to Create Pages and Create Menus, incorporating these features.
- Step-by-step guide: Adding an Event Calendar
- How to Add an Event Calendar
- Adding a Feature Image
- How to add a Calendar Page
- How to Add a Menu
Step-by-step guide: Adding an Event Calendar #
How to Add an Event Calendar #
First, login to your Club website as an Administrator and from your Dashboard, on the left-hand menu, find the Events header and expand, then click Events – Note, the Events with the calendar Icon is the correct menu item.
Next, select Add Event and complete the key details of your Event.
Details that can be added for your Event include:
- Title
- Description – this can include links and images
- Time and Date
- Location – including showing it on a map or map link
- Organiser (Club)
Adding a Feature Image #
A feature image is one that will display as part of the key Event details as mentioned above. Some feature images that may be used include, Club Logos, Flyers, Club stock images, etc…
On the right-hand side of Adding the New Event, you will see a text box option to Set Featured Image. Click Set Featured Image.
Next, you can choose from images in your media library that have already been uploaded or upload a new image altogether. Once your featured image has been selected, click Set Featured Image.
Once all the key Event details are set, click Update
Note – you can preview the changes before updating and publishing – click Preview Changes
After the Event is Updated and Published, click Events on the top menu and View Calendar
The next page will display the Upcoming Events for your club and you can see all the Event details by clicking the Event Name. Here, you will be able to view the Event details, description and feature image that have been added.
How to add a Calendar Page #
If you do not have a page setup for the Calendar, the following steps will demonstrate how these can be created and added to a website Menu.
From the Club website’s dashboard, on the left-hand menu, click the Pages > All Pages
Next, click Add Page – this will open a new page you can create. We recommend using the title ‘Calendar’ for easy navigation, however, you may wish to name this Events or a specific calendar, should your clubs have their own specific details.
Once the page has been named, click Add Block. Search for the block Events List and add
This block will show the rules associated to the list, including how many can be shown, limiting to only those that are featured or hiding altogether when there are no upcoming events.
Once these are set, you can publish this page.
How to Add a Menu #
For members to find this page, it can be helpful to pin this page to your Club’s Main Menus (or add as a sub-menu). The next steps will show How to Add to Page to Menu.
From the Club website’s dashboard, click Appearances > Menus on the left-hand menu.
Using the ‘Add Menu Items’, select the Calendar page and Add to Menu
Organise the menu structure on the right hand side by clicking and dragging the menu items as necessary.
Choose in which menus these pages will display.
Once all the Menus have been added and locations are set, Save Menu
Finally, you can view your Home Page and see where the Calendar is located. Click Calendar
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