Events Calendar
The Events Calendar integrates easily with your existing site and or Drupal, and is optimized for sharing content across social media channels. It’s easy to use and will allow you to:
- Publish, manage, and promote your events
- Increase awareness and discoverability of your events
- Increase attendance and engagement with your audience
See resources and tools below to better understand how to use the Events Calendar.
Users can sign up using an email address or log in through Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter. Those that sign up using their UCR email will subsequently log in using their netID and password.
To manage a calendar, please send a request to support-ucrevents@ucr.edu.
Events Calendar FAQs
- How do I get an account?
- What is the recommended image size for event photos?
- How do I integrate the Events Calendar into my website?
- How do I get a widget for my website?
- Will my department have its own calendar?
- What parameters do the widgets support?
- How to show past events in a widget?
- Still have questions?
Events Calendar Tools
RESOURCES
University Communications has developed a tutorial for users to familiarize themselves with the new events calendar, please see below. Additionally, you can view instructions for adding a widget to your site as well as a customized overview webinar.
SUPPORT
If you need assistance with the new events calendar or would like to request access, please contact: support-ucrevents@ucr.edu.
Event Widget Builder
Event widgets allow you to embed your events anywhere on your website and to display a specific content type (Groups/Department/Event Type) or keywords/tags.
To begin, scroll down to the Events section of the Events Calendar and click on the 3 dot filter menu to expand the menu, there is a "Share Events" section that contains the widget builder. You do not need an account to use the widget builder.
You can also get access the widget builder using this link https://events.ucr.edu/help/widget.
Event Widget Examples
The following are examples of Event Widgets created using the widget builder from the Campus Events Calendar.
Default (Card)
Template: Default; Number of results: 5; Days ahead: 31; no specific content selections
Display Options = Widget Type: List, Style: Card
UCR Card
Custom Block: Localist Events (Paste embed code into body)
Template: UCR Card; Number of results: 5; Days ahead: 60; Departments: College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Display Options: include styles
Modern Calendar
Template: Modern Calendar; Number of results: 6; Days ahead: 31; no specific content selections
Display Options: include styles
Vertical Calendar
Template: Vertical Calendar; Number of results: 5; Days ahead: 31; no specific content selections
Display Options: include styles
Modern Card
Template: Modern Card; Number of results: 6; Days ahead: 31; no specific content selections
Display Options: include styles
Photo Calendar
Template: Photo Calendar; Number of results: 5; Days ahead: 31; no specific content selections
Display Options: include styles