Publishing events

For an event to appear publicly on a website, it needs to be published. To remove an event from a website but keep it as 'draft' in the Footlight CMS, you unpublish it.

User Rights for Publishing

  • Editors and Admins can publish and unpublish all events.

  • Contributors can publish and unpublish their own events.

  • Guests can submit their events for review, and then an Admin or Editor will review and publish it for them.

Minimum Requirements for Publishing

Events must meet minimum requirements to be published or sent for review. The minimum requirements are set by the Admin and are configured in the Footlight calendar.

Minimum requirements may include event details such as title, date, location and event description. Each required event detail is marked with a red asterisk in the Event details view.

How to publish and unpublish events

To send an event that is ready to be published for review:

  1. In the Event details view, add the event details and then click the Send to review button.

    If the event details meet the minimum requirements, it is submitted for review. The next time you open the event, it will be read only. If you want to make a change, contact the calendar Admin.

To publish an event:

  1. Do one of the following:

    • In the Event calendar view, right click the Quick Action menu to the right of an event, and then select Publish event.

    • In the Event details view, click the Publish button.

    If the event meets minimum requirements, it is published on the website.

To update a published event:

  1. In the Event calendar view, click the published event you want to edit. The Event details appear.

  2. Edit the event details and then click the Save button. The event details are updated in Footlight CMS and on the website.

To unpublish an event:

  1. Do one of the following:

    • In the Event calendar view, right click the Quick Action menu to the right of an event, and then select Unpublish event.

    • In the Event details view, select Draft from the Published dropdown button.

    The event is set back to draft.

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