Add Events Using the Plugin Widget

Widgets allow site administrators to add stylized content and/or functionality to their website in a simple and easy-to-use way. Widgets typically present the user with options to select or fill out, then the widget uses this information to insert content on your site.

The widget is currently available for Aurora websites using SiteOrigin Pagebuilder for themes such as Beecher Stowe. We are working on a new version for Cynder. In the meantime, if you need to add events to a Cynder website, please see the Shortcode article.

The most common way to add widgets in Aurora is through the SiteOrigin PageBuilder. If PageBuilder is active on your Aurora website, select [Add Widget].

Next, select the [UConn Events Calendar Widget].

Select Edit on the widget to configure your options and display events on your website.

Once you add a calendar plugin widget to your page, you will be presented with five fields that are used to specify (or filter) which events should be displayed.

Filters Include:

Event Calendar(s)
Event Type(s)
Audience(s)
Campus(es)
Tag(s)

Filtering Behaviors

Filters from the same field are treated as “OR” combinations which expand the search.
Filters from different fields are treated as “AND” and narrow down what is returned.
In Event Types:
- If you select Online Events, non-online events are ignored.
- Events marked as hybrid events will be returned as both online and in-person events.

Selecting Multiple Values

To select multiple elements in a list (event types, audiences, campuses):
- On Windows: Hold down the control (ctrl) button and click multiple items in the relevant list
- On Mac: Hold down the command button and click multiple items in the relevant list

The Tags Field

Valid tags can be found by visiting events.uconn.edu and looking for the the Find Events section on the right side of the page. Click Show next to the Tags header. (A full list of the Tags will be available soon.)

To add multiple tags, insert valid tag(s) in the field separated by a pipe | character.
- The pipe character can be found on your keyboard, above the enter key and below the delete/backspace key.
- Press the shift key and pipe key together to render the pipe character.

If left empty, a maximum of 4 events will be displayed.

Note that this value is for the maximum amount of events to be shown, not the total. Less events will be shown if less events are available after all filters have been applied.

View-related attributes include:

Hide location
Hide time
Hide summary

By default, all of these attributes are set to false, meaning that all of these elements are visible unless explicitly turned off (via toggling the checkboxes).

Please note that not every event in the system has a location, time, and/or summary. So, even if you opt to show these fields, they will not appear on events that do not have them.

These options determine the behavior of the widget if your selected calendar(s) and their filters do not return any events.

Use a fallback calendar
- If you opt to use a fallback calendar, then events from your fallback calendar will be included in the widget in the event that your specified calendar(s) and any applied filters do not contain any events.
- Additional filters (ex. audience, event-type, etc) are not applied to fallback calendars.
No events message
- This message will be displayed if any of the following are true:
  - The specified calendar(s) (and any applied filters) contains no events and you are not using a fallback calendar.
  - The specified calendar(s) (and any applied filters) contains no events, you are using a fallback calendar, and the specified fallback calendar contains no events.
- This message links out to the UConn Events Calendar.