How to Create a Calendar

• Folder setup
• Page Setup

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Page Setup

Now that our folder structure has been set up, we can begin setting up the pages that will form our calendar.

For each Configuration Set that you have created for a type of page, there will be different DEFAULT region assignments that need to be set at the Configuration Set level.  There may also be Data Definitions as well as Metadata Sets that need to be set at this level as well. There are listed in the following table: 

	Block	Stylesheet	Data Definition	Metadata Set
Index Page	/common/blocks/current folder	/common/stylesheets/index/folder summary	none	none
Category Page	/intranet/_internal/blocks/index/calendar	/common/stylesheets/index/calendar category view	none	none
Event Page	none	/common/stylesheets/data definition/calendar event	/Common/Calendar Event	/Types/Common Inline Required
Event View Page	/intranet/_internal/blocks/index/calendar	/common/stylesheets/index/calendar events view	none	none
Month View Page	/intranet/_internal/blocks/index/calendar	/common/stylesheets/index/calendar month view	none	none

The page setup for the pages is as follows:

1. Create an index page in the Calendar folder. In the DEFAULT region for this page, assign the block '/common/blocks/current folder' (included in the default database). Then attach the stylesheet '/common/stylesheets/index/folder summary' to the same region (also included in the default database).
   
   
   
2. Every addional folder within your created folder structure with the exception of the "Categories" folder will have an index page.  Create index pages for the remaining folders using the same steps as used in step 1.
3. Create the individual category pages (applying the Configuration Set created for this type of page - see chart above) within the category folder.  There are 19 categories:
   1. alumni
   2. arts
   3. business
   4. computing and technology
   5. education and training
   6. engineering
   7. environment and earth sciences
   8. events
   9. faculty
   10. health and medicine
   11. international
   12. law
   13. natural sciences
   14. opinion
   15. philantropy and development
   16. public policy
   17. research
   18. sports and athletics
   19. students
       
       
       
4. Next, create an event page, as well as an event view page within their respective folders remembering to apply the Configuration Sets created for these types of pages (see chart above).
   
   
   
   
   
5. Create a page for each month of the year within the month view folder, applying the appropriate Configuration Set (see chart above).
   
   
   
6. For the Calendar index block make sure that the settings are as follows:
   
   Calendar Index Block Settings:
   
   • Index Folder: Set to the top folder of your calendar
   • Depth of Index: 4
   • Max Rendered Assets: 0 (unlimited)
   • Indexed Asset Types: Pages
   • Rendering Behavior: Render Normally
   • Page XML: Render Page XML inline
   • Block XML: Do not render
   • Indexed Asset Content: Regular Content, User Metadata, Append Calling Page Metadata
   • Sort Method: Folder Order
     
     
     
7. Finally, after you have created all the desired pages within your folders, create an Asset Factory of the Year folder, as well as one of your Events page to ensure proper duplication of your Calendar for future years.

*NOTE: These calendar stylesheets were created for demonstration purposes only. This stylesheet can be modified to suit the layout of your site. However, it is recommended that you make a backup copy of this XSL stylesheet before making any changes to it.