Adding an event in Congressus Manager is quite simple. This article explains exactly how to do this and what information you can add when creating an event.
Create a new event
Go to Events and click Add event at the top right. In the New event window, fill in your event's details:
Name and Category - read more about categories and how to create your own.
Description - the text visitors see on the website.
Start and End - when the event starts and ends. If it lasts all day, tick Whole day.
Location and Organizer - where the event takes place and which group organises it. Leave empty what does not apply.
Click Create concept event. The event is now saved as a concept and you land on the Event tab. There you add images under Media and set what visitors see under Website options.
Website options
On the Event tab, Website options controls what visitors of your website see.
Published
A new event is a concept: visitors of your website cannot see it or sign up for it. Until it is published, every page of the event shows the alert This event is a concept. Its Publish event button takes you to this option. Tick Published and click Save.
Published for
Here you can specify who the event is visible to. You can choose from:
Everyone
Logged-in members
Members in a filter
Reactions enabled
This option allows members to respond to the event on the website.
Show participants
Here you can choose how participants are displayed on the website:
Do not show participants
Show numbers of participants
Show number and names of participants
Show waiting list
Choose whether you want the waiting list to be displayed on the website.
Career
If you use the Career functionality, you can select which career partners are involved in the event.
The event will also be displayed on the company profile of the selected partner(s) on your website.
