Calendar BlockMarch 25, 2010 CMS Users Group Meeting

Why use a Calendar Block?

The Calendar Block is a great tool for organizing your Web site’s date-specific information.

You supply the information and the CMS automatically formats it with a consistent look and feel.

Increased visibility of meetings, seminars, events, etc. to internal/external audiences

Departmental calendar content can easily be shared/repurposed onto the InfoScope and/or Public calendars.

Common uses for the Calendar Block

Meetings Conferences Grand

Rounds Seminars Lectures

Workshops Classes Reminders/Deadlines Social Functions

Calendar Block Features Event text, links and images easily

entered via a Freeform-like block Dates, times, locations, and contact

information easy to create and edit File attachment capability to link to

brochures, flyers, etc. Day/week/month/year views

available Keyword searching option

Sample Public site Calendar

Detailed view

Sample InfoScope Calendar

Detailed view

Using Calendar data with the Filter Block

Departmental Calendars

Biochemistry Biomedical Resource Center Human & Molecular Genetics MCW Libraries Public Affairs Research Education

How do I get started?

Contact webmaster@mcw.edu and we’ll create a calendar for your site under the Calendar node located below the FileLibrary.

We’ll then contact you to discuss how to add a Calendar Block on your site and possible configurations.

The CMS walk-in sessions are a great way to explore all calendar blockoptions.

Questions?

Contact webmaster@mcw.edu for calendar block or any Titan CMS-related questions.