Event Agenda Set Up

Preparing the Conference Sessions Widget

• Log into the Sitefinity
• Click on the Content tab
•  Go to Conference Sessions
• Enter:
  • Title
  • Start Date and Time, End Date and Time
  • Content (this is what will display on the detail view page)
  • Add Sponsor(s)
  • This will replace adding the sponsor logos to the “Content” section above
  • PRO TIP - Add a tag. Adding the same tag to all your Conference Sessions can help you sort through the larger database of Conference Sessions more easily. Be sure to use the SAME tag on each session for the schedule you are building. For example - 24 Legal and 2024 Legal are two different tags. Then when you're looking through all the Conference Sessions you can use the funnel icon and then custom filters and filter by tag to find the sessions related to your conference. 

• Add Tracks
  • Then publish the new Conference Track.
  • You will need to go to Conference Tracks under the Content tab. Once open click on Create a Conference Track and proceed to give your new “Track” a title and an assigned hex code for color coding. You can also add a description for the “Track”.  -
  • **Adding additional custom “Tracks” for any event
    that has 9 “Tracks” which are essentially event session types already added: Keynote, Breakout, Network/Social Event, B2B Meetings, Track 1, Track 2, Track3, Track4, Track5. Conference Tracks-You will see that there is a Content Type named
  • Select and add the desired Tracks for displaying in the Event Key and adding the color coding to the Event Layout.
    are replacing “Categories” where you previously set the key color coding.Tracks
  • Add Speakers
    -Under Related Speakers, add any speakers for the session (this might be something you come back and do at a later date).
• Then publish the Session
• Note: You can Duplicate sessions to save time. Duplicating copies over all the content and categories and you can make adjustments from there.
• Note: To filter by a specific event, use the funnel icon on the right-hand side of the page listing all the Conference Sessions. Click on Custom Filters and filter by Category for sessions Categorized by a specific event. (Please note, using this feature assumes that all the sessions have been properly categorized by those who entered the content originally) 

How to Use the Event Widget

• After you have entered your Conference Sessions, go to Content and select Events.
• Note: You can duplicate an event to save time and make adjustments.
• Click the green Create and Event button.
• Enter
  • Title (this does not get displayed anywhere)
  • Event start date and time
  • Event end date and time
  • Time zone
  • Speakers Page – enter the URL for the Event’s Speakers Page
  • Schedule Page – enter the URL for the Event’s Schedule Page
  • Under Related Data, click the plus sign and select the Conference Sessions for this Event. You can search for them by title or click on Show All Conference Sessions to see the full listing.
  • Once you have added all the Conference Sessions for your Event, you can hover over the three vertical dots next to each Conference Session and a four way arrow should come up. This allows you to move the Conference Sessions so they are in the correct order.
  • Publish the Event.

Adding the Conference Tracks and Event Widget to the Agenda Page

• Go to the Pages tab at the top of Sitefinity.
• Find the Schedule page for the Event you are working on and click to open the page.
• You will need to add both a Conference Tracks widget and an Events widget to the page
• You will find the Conference Tracks widget in the widget listing to the right under Conference Sessions – Add this ABOVE the Event widget on the page
• Click on Edit once open, under Content select “Selected conference tracks and add the tracks wanted for this event for example: Keynote, Breakout, ect.
• These will then display on the Key in the order that you have added them. You are able to reorder at any time by clicking on “Selected” and dragging them into your desired order. Click done selecting.
• Click on the List settings tab and under “Sort conference tracks” in the 1st dropdown select “As set manually” and in the 2nd dropdown select “Event agenda track”. Lastly, click on “Single item settings” and set the Detail template dropdown to “Conference Track”
• It’s very likely there is already an Events widget on the page. If so, Edit the Event widget.
• On the Content tab change the event selected to the new event. On the List settings check the “No limit and paging” and on the “Sort events” dropdown select, “As set manually” on the “List template” dropdown you will want to choose “Event agenda”.
• On the Single item settings select “Auto-generated page” and “Event details” in the “Detail template” dropdown.
• Click on Advance.
• Click on Model
• Change ContentViewDisplayMode field to say Master
• Click Save.
• The Event widget will update with your new Event Conference Sessions. You can preview the page and then publish.
• If your page is currently hidden, contact Nathalie, Bianca or Kelli to unhide the page. You can also use the website help form: http://intranet.fmi.org/WebsiteRequest

How to Use the Speaker Widget

• Go to Content and select Speakers.
• Note: You can duplicate a speaker to save time and make adjustments.
  • Note: If a speaker is already in the system you don’t need to add them again. For example, Leslie Sarasin has been a speaker before!
  • Enter:
  • Title – the speaker name
  • Bio
  • Last name
  • Title
  • Related Images – add headshot. FMI Staff are sized to 125x125. Only need to resize if the file is very large. Be sure to save the image in an image file that makes sense—defaults to 2015 Community Outreach Awards (which does not make sense)
  • Note: If a speaker does not have a headshot, use one of the headshot mock ups that is branded for the event. These are saved here:
• Under Related Data, choose the event the Speaker is speaking at. This can be more than one Event.
• Publish the Speaker

Update The Conference Session with the Speaker

• Click on the Content tab
• Go to Conference Sessions
• Find the Conference Session the Speaker is speaking at and open it. Remember the Filter feature to save time.
• Under Related Data, click on the plus sign and add the Speaker to the Conference Session.
• Click Publish

How to Put the Speakers Widget on the Page

• Go to the Pages tab at the top of Sitefinity.
• Find the Speaker page for the Event you are working on and click to open the page.
• It’s very likely there is already an Events widget on the page. If so, Edit the Event widget.
• Change the Event selected to the new event. On the List Tab check the No limit and Paging and on List Template select Speaker.
• Click on Advance.
• Click on Model
• Change on ContentViewDisplayMode field the value to Automatic
• Click Save.
• The Event widget will update with your speakers. You can preview the page and then publish.
• If your page is currently hidden, contact Nathalie, Bianca or Kelli to unhide the page. You can also use the website help form: http://intranet.fmi.org/WebsiteRequest

Creating Featured Speakers Section

1. Drag in a 33% + 34% + 33%
2. In the wrapper add container equal-heights section push-down
3. In each of the three columns add card card--thirds
4. In each card, drag in an image widget and select your image. Using the same size image across all three cards is recommended
5. Underneath each image (while still within the card), drag in a 100% layout element and label the wrapper card_text
6. Within this new 100% layout element, drag in a content block and/or an image widget and fill with desired content.

Sponsor Area

1. Drag in a 100% layout block.
2. Drag in a javascript widget. Click the "Write Javascript" tab. Enter this snippet:

               window.supporterUrl = 'URL_HERE';
           

3. Replace URL_HERE with the url to your sponsors page, while leaving the quotes
4. Drag in a content block. Edit the block and click on "Advanced", scroll down to "CssClass" and enter sfContentBlock mg-thumbnails-wrapper--4-across
5. Click back to the "Simple" view and under the html tab, enter this html:

   <div class="logo-wall">&nbsp;</div>    
   

6. Underneath the content block, drag in a Supporters (non-mvc) widget and select the category of your event. In List Settings, set it to "No Limit and paging" and set the List template to "For developers - Supporters Info"
7.  To add the What Your Logo Featured Here? Use this code in a content block and change the link highlighted in yellow:
   <p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p>
   <br />
   <br />
   <br />
   <h4 style="text-align: center;"><span class="arrow-heading">Want your logo featured here?</span></h4>
   <p style="text-align: center;">
   <a class="button-secondary button--big" href="http://www.dailylead.com/fmi/index.jsp" title="Speakers" target="_blank">Become a Sponsor</a>
   </p>
   <p>&nbsp;</p>

Setting up the Attendee List

1. Add a 100% layout block to the page.
2. Add the container class to Column 1.
3. If you don't have a header image or text above, add the section-2x class to the wrapper. You'll likely want at least a content block with an h1 element and the page title here.
4. Drag in a content block for the attendees list to use.
5. In the content block, switch to the HTML editor paste this text:

   <div id="pull" data-meetingid="442BBE00000008">&nbsp;</div>

6. Change the number assigned to data-meetingid to the ID of the Maxx meeting that you wish to show the attendees of. Make sure you leave the quotes intact.