Adding an Event

Events are used to communicate happenings and deadlines to the Baylor community.

  • Mouse over Content then Events then Add Event
Add Event Link
Screen capture illustrating the location of the "Add Event" link within Drupal.

On the Create Event page, notice two tabs, Basic Options and Advanced Options.

Information Basic Options fields:

  • Title (required)
  • Start Date (required)
    Note: the date and time fields are required, even if the All Day? field is selected.
  • End Date (optional)
  • Summary (optional).
    Used when displaying a list of events.
Create Event
Screen capture illustrating the appearance of the create event page (1/3).
  • Body (optional)
    Strongly recommended that content managers add information about an event.
  • Image (optional)
    Encouraged for major events. Used in lists of events.
  • Tags (optional)
    Free-form tags can be used to organize information on your site. Please contact your web consultant if you have questions about how this may be helpful.
  • Categories (optional)
    Depending on your site's configuration, you may not see any Categories. Department administrators can create and modify the available categories.
Create Event 2
Screen capture illustrating the appearance of the create event page (2/3).

Step 4

  • Share This Event?
    Strongly recommended to leave this checked. Unchecking this disallows sharing for the event and means that it won't appear on the University's federated calendar.
  • Workflow (required)

Click Save after adding event information.

Create Event 3
Screen capture illustrating the appearance of the create event page (3/3).

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