Display Events Using Blocks
In Aurora (WordPress), blocks are modular units that allow you to add content to your website. Blocks are only available on sites using the Cynder theme.
In Aurora, there are two main ways that you can add a block to your page - using the block inserter or the slash command.
When using the block inserter, click the '+' icon in any of the following three locations:
In the top toolbar
To the right of an empty block
In between blocks
Then, begin typing the name of the block you would like to add to the page. Select the block when it appears in the picker.
When using the slash command, press ‘Enter’ or ‘Return’ on your keyboard. Then hit the forward-slash '/' key on your keyboard and begin typing the name of the block you would like to add to the page. Select the block when it appears in the picker.
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
Multiple values can be selected under each filter. By default, if you would like to include all elements within a filter (i.e. all calendars or all campuses), then you do not need to select anything under that filter.
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.
Tag Mode
If you have entered-in multiple tags, by default, the system will return items that are tagged with ALL of the listed tags (an AND relationship). By toggling this box, the system will force an OR relationship, meaning that it will return events that include ANY of the listed tags.
Date Range
The following table provides suggestions for possible start date and end date values and what results those values yield.
Start Date | End Date | Results | Notes |
2025-05-01 | 2025–05-15 | This will show events from May 1, 2025 through May 15, 2025. | Dates must be entered in the format of YYYY-MM-DD.
We do not recommend setting a hard date, as you will always have to remember to go into the system and update it. This may really only be applicable in very specific situations (ex. You only plan on showing events in a specific semester.). You should rarely use hard dates and instead should rely on tags to narrow down your events. Feel free to contact the UConn Email Calendar team with questions about properly configuring tags on your calendar(s) to allow for this. |
today | 6 months | This will show events for the next 6 months. | This syntax is dynamic. It will always show the next 6 months of events without have to be updated. You can replace the number 6 with any positive number (ex. 18 months). |
today | this Saturday | This configuration would consistently show “this week’s” events without an administrator having to make any updates to the widget configuration throughout the week. |
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today | + 1 week | This configuration would consistently show events over the next 7 days. | Be mindful of syntax and spacing. |
First Day of September | Last Day of September | This will show all events in the month of September. |
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First Day of | Last Day of | By writing “First Day of” and “Last Day of” and not specifying a specific month, the calendar will show events from the current month. For example, on the last day of September, the calendar will show any events remaining in September (if there are any). On October 1st, it will immediately begin showing events from the month of October. When coupled with the grid view, this is a great way of mimicking a month view on a traditional calendar. |
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Fallback Settings
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.
A no events 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.