Select and customize main calendar and event detail views

The main calendar spud is unique in that it displays the calendar itself and event details that appear when you click an event description in the calendar or other spud.

In addition, you can change the way the main calendar spud looks and behaves. For example, you can set a new default view, set paging and event grouping, and decide which event fields to display. You can also provide additional calendar views for visitors and customize styles for each view. You make these changes on the Calendar Spuds tab in the Main Calendar Spud section of the Publishing Control Panel.

Topic links

• Change the default main calendar view
• Add and remove alternate calendar views
• Customize styles and behavior for main calendar views
• Select and customize a view for the event details page

Change the default main calendar view

When you first publish your calendar, the first step is to select a default view for your main calendar spud. The default view determines the general look of your calendar. For example, whether it's in a list format or in a standard calendar grid.

To change the default view after you publish your calendar

1. In your Trumba account, display your calendar and click Publish to open the Publishing Control Panel.
2. Click the Publish Settings tab, click Edit Publish Settings, and on the Publishing Settings page, select a new default view.
3. If you haven't already, edit the view to give it the look and behavior you want.

Add and remove alternate calendar views

The main spud is unique in that it can display your calendar in different views. For example, you can choose a list view or a month grid. You select your calendar's default view, and you can provide your visitors with a set of alternate views from which they can choose the one they want.

The first time you publish your calendar, the main calendar spud includes five views: the default view you chose and four others. You can add more views or remove the views you don't want to provide.

To remove views for the main calendar spud

• In the Publishing Control Panel, on the Calendar Spuds tab under Available Calendar Views, for the view you do not want to include, click the Remove link.

To add alternate views for your visitors

1. In the Publishing Control Panel, on the Calendar Spuds tab under Available Calendar Views, click Add a Calendar View.
2. In the Add Calendar View page, select the view you want and click OK.
3. In the Publishing Control Panel, you can now edit the view's styles and settings.

Customize styles and behavior for main calendar views

After you provide alternate views of your main calendar spud, you might need to customize them to behave and look the way you want. Each view has two categories of customization:

• Settings that affect calendar behavior
• Local style settings for an individual view

For help with these settings, click the green Help buttons () where you see them in the form. You can get more information about how custom style settings are related to each other in Understanding the calendar style settings.

To edit the behavior of a calendar view

1. In the Publishing Control Panel, on the Calendar Spuds tab in the Main Calendar Spud section, under Available Calendar Views, find the view that is marked as the default view.
2. On the default view, click Edit Settings & Styles.

   The Edit Settings page shows the settings that are available for the view you're editing. Some views have just a few settings. List-based views have the most flexibility, with which you can set paging and grouping, select fields to display or hide, and change the order of fields.

3. Select the settings you want, and do the following:
   • Click Preview to see how the default view looks with the settings.
   • Click OK when you're finished.

   Learn more:

   • Set up Event Actions options for a published calendar
   • Mix other calendars into your published calendar
   • Organize events on a page (paging and grouping settings)

To edit the styles for a calendar view

1. In the Publishing Control Panel, on the Calendar Spuds tab in the Main Calendar Spud section, under Available Calendar Views, find the view that you want to customize.
2. Click Edit Settings & Styles.

   A style page appears and displays the settings that you can customize for that particular view. Each view has global styles as well as styles unique to it. Settings that inherit global changes are indicated.

   Caution If you change a style that is inherited from the color or font scheme, changing the color or font scheme later will overwrite your local change. Learn more…

Select and customize a view for the event details page

Every event has an event detail view, and event detail views are part of the main calendar spud. You can refine the styles and behavior of the event detail view in the Publishing Control Panel, independently of the main calendar view settings.

To select and customize an event detail view

1. In the Publishing Control Panel, on the Calendar Spuds tab in the Main Calendar Spud section, under Event Detail View, click Select a New Detail View.
2. In the Add a View page, select the view you want for event details, and click OK.

   

3. In the Edit Settings page for the view, configure the settings the way you want your event details to behave, and then click OK. Tell me more about what these settings do.
4. In the Publishing Control Panel, if you want to customize the style attributes for this view, click the Publish Settings tab, and then click Edit Styles & Icons. In the style sheet, enter new values for color and size attributes, as you would in a CSS file.

   Click Preview to see how your changes affect the view. When you're done, click OK.

Descriptions of Event Detail Settings

1. Show Event Type Select Yes to include the Event Type field on the event details view.
2. Show Field Labels Select Yes to show the labels, and then change any of the labels that you want.

   For example, if your Location or Where field shows the name of an establishment instead of an address, you can change the label to something like Venue.

3. Detail Image If you use an event type that includes event images (such as Photo Events), enter the maximum width and height in which you want images to appear in the event details.

   If you're using the Event Details - Photo view, you can also specify a position for the image.

   Automatic follows a set of rules based on the image dimensions. If the image is less than 150px wide or tall, it is placed on the left side. If the image width is 150px or wider, but the height is less than 150px, the image is placed at the top. If both the width and height are greater than or equal to 150px, the image is placed on the right side.

4. Map Image Select Yes to include an image of a map if you use map links for your location. If you do not display the image, the location field still contains a link to the map.

   By default, the map is placed on the right side of the view. However, if your image is placed there, the map will adjust to appear on the bottom-left area of the view (under the event information).

5. Field layout Select Table if you want the information to appear in columns. The labels and the event information each align in their own columns, and the event information does not wrap around images.

   Select List if you want your event information to be able to wrap around images. Labels also appear in the same column as event information.