Add Calendar Base Event Records

This how to will show you how to populate your Calendar Base extension with appointments.

At this point, we assume you have installed the CalBase extension and have added the necessary pages and configured the plugin.

1. Begin by clicking on the List Module and then selecting the page where you will keep your Calendar Base records.
2. To add events, you will need to add the following records:
   
   A Calendar Record
   Calendar Category Record/s
   Event Records
   
   Begin by clicking on the "Create new record" icon and selecting Calendar from the list.
3. Give the Calendar record a name. You can also optionally choose the Frontend User Group/s who will be able to view the appointments assigned to this calendar (we will visit this again in a few minutes). Then click the Save and close document icon.
4. Click the "Create new record" icon again. This time select Calendar Category from the list.
5. The Calendar Category gives Frontend users the ability fo filter the calendar. For instance, if someone was only looking for Music Program events, they could use one of the provided filters in the calendar and view only related events.
6. Give the category a name.
7. Next, select which calendar you want this category to be assigned to. In this case, we will select Public, since that's the name we gave the calendar record we created earlier.
8. When you are finished, click the "Save document and close" icon.
9. Finally, it's time to add an event. Once again, click on the "Create new record" icon. Scroll down and select Calendar event.
10. Give your event a title. Then give it a start day and a start time. Event times must be entered using the 24 hour clock (3 PM = 15:00). Then give the event a stop day and a stop time.
11. Next, scroll down the form and ensure the correct calendar has been selected. Then select the category for this event. Finally give your event a description and then save your work.
12. You can now look at your Frontend to view your calendar.
13. Now, we'll look at adding a second calendar that will only be viewable by staff members of your church. In this case, you will create a new calendar, and then a new category and event that is associated with that new calendar.
14. This time, we'll select the Owner of the calendar to the Frontend User Group "Staff" and then save your work.
15. Next, we'll create a new Category called "Pastor Pauls Day Off" and associate it with the Staff Calendar.
16. Next, create an event and associate it with the Staff Calendar and the Pastor Pauls Day Off category.
17. Of course, Pastor Paul gets a day off every week, so we'll want this to be a recurring event. To make the event reoccur regularly, scroll to the top of the form and click on the Recurrence tab.
18. Once you've saved the record, you can go to your Frontend to see your work. Login as a staff member (in our example, the user "pastor" signed in) and view the calendar.
19. You can create as many Calendar records, Categories, and Events as you'd like.