Manage Calendar categories and users

Objectives:

Add new Calendar categories, which are used to display events by type
- (e.g. Sports, Administration, Holidays, etc).
Add new user accounts for users who will edit the calendar.

Log into the Admin panel

Log into Joomla as an administrator by going to http://yourschool.eq.edu.au/wcms/administrator

or by clicking on the Administrator link on the Main Menu.
Create new filter Categories
1. Open Components > JEvents to view the JEvent CPanel (control panel).
2. Click on Manage Categories then the New button on the next page.
3. In the new Categories window:
  - Enter Sports in the Title.
  - Click the Choose Colour link and select bright red.
  - Click the Save button (top-right) to create the new Category.
  - View your new Category in the index (repeat step 3 to create more as required).
  - Click the CPanel button (top-right) to return to the CPanel.
Add a school user with Calender edit permission
1. Click the Authorised Users button in the CPanel.
2. Create an edit Calender new user profile
  - Note: users will need to log into the website Members Area before they will appear in the "User" dropdown list.
  - Select a user from the dropdown list.
  - Fill out the calendar access permissions for the user as required.
  - Ensure "Yes" is selected for most of the edit user options.
3. Click Save button (top-right) to save the user profile and return to the CPanel.
4. This user can now log into the Members Area on the website - go to the calender and add events according to the settings you selected.
5. To add more Calendar editors repeat steps 1-3 as needed.
Log out as required

This page was last reviewed on 27 Aug 2010