Events
The calendar extension allows you to manage events and display them in a calendar or event list on the website. Unlike articles that are associated with a particular page, events are organized in calendars, which allows you to easily group, categorize or export them.
Calendars ¶
Calendars are used to group and/or categorize events. Each calendar can relate to a certain language or a particular topic and its events can be exported as an RSS or Atom feed. The XML files are generated automatically in the Contao root folder.
Front end modules ¶
Front end modules are used to display events on the website. They can be configured with the Modules module in the back end and have to be added to an article or page layout to actually show up on the website. The calendar extension includes 4 front end modules:
| Module | CSS class | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Calendar | mod_calendar | Adds a calendar to a page. |
| Event reader | mod_event | Shows the details of an event. |
| Event list | mod_eventlist | Adds a list of events to a page. |
| Upcoming events | mod_eventlist | Adds a list of upcoming events to a page. |
Permalinks ¶
Each event has a unique URL (permalink) that can be used to reference it:
http://www.domain.com/event-reader/events/final-exams.html
The above URL requests the event final-exams via the page events. Remember that Contao is a page-based CMS, so if the page events did not exist or if it did not include the event reader module, the event would not be displayed.
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