Create a New Event
To create a new event, open the event folder of your gig in the list view. Then click on the plus icon in the "Items" table to create a new event (see screenshot "Create new event").
After that you can edit the data of your event. In the following, we will explain which settings you can make in the different tabs.
General
Type
By default, the "Event" type is selected. Other options are not available.
Headline (Mandatory Field)
Enter the title of the event in this field.
Speaking URL Segment
The URL path of the event is stored in this field. After a heading has been specified, click on the icon with the two arrows to the right of the field to generate the URL path from the heading. Important: Once an event has been published, the URL path may no longer be changed. External accesses (e.g. from search engines) would otherwise produce no results.
Short Teaser (for List View)
If you leave this field empty, TYPO3 automatically generates a short teaser from your entries in the Teaser field (directly below this field) and shortens them to 150 characters. Since this is not always optimally readable, you can store a short version of your teaser in this field, optimized to 150 characters, which appears as a short teaser in the list view. The number of characters in this field is accordingly limited to 150 characters.
Teaser
An introductory text for the event can be stored in this field. Unlike the "Short Teaser" field, the number of characters is not limited. If you have entered a version of your teaser optimized for 150 characters in the "Short Teaser" field in advance, the text in the "Teaser" field will only be displayed in the detail view. If the "Short Teaser" field was left empty, the text in the "Teaser" field will also be used as a short teaser in the list view. However, it will be shortened to 150 characters, which may affect readability. If you leave neither short teaser nor teaser, TYPO3 generates the required short teaser from the content of the rich text editor.
Date & Time (Mandatory Field)
Enter the start date of your event here. If you create a new event, the date of creation is displayed here by default.
Date & Time End of Event
If the specification is required, the end of the event can be entered here.
All-Day Event
Check this box to create an all-day event.
Alternative Date
If you do not want to specify a numerical date on which your event takes place, you can enter other time specifications here (e.g. "Winter semester", "Every second Saturday"). This alternative date specification overwrites the numerical date and is displayed both in the off-canvas menu and in the list view. An exemplary view can be found in the screenshot "alternative date specification".
Event Location
Here you can enter the location of the event.
Rich Text Editor
In the rich text editor you can store a descriptive text for your event. Note: If the fields "Short teaser" and "Teaser" were left empty, TYPO3 generates the short teaser of the list view from the first 150 characters of this text. If this causes a text link to be included in the short teaser, this will result in display errors in the frontend. Text links should therefore not be used in the first paragraph.
More Tabs
The configuration of all other tabs is done in the same way as the configuration of these tabs when creating a news article. You can find more information on our topic page.
Good to Know!
In the central image pool you will find specially created icons for events, as you can read in this news item.
