Calendar Sections

these are the few calendar product aspects that you first need to accomplish before you launch it as a product on your website the properties include – creating layouts, defining month and week names (in all the languages enabled), and adding public events to be displayed on the calendar (independence day or any other national and public holiday) create month/week layouts these layouts appear in the layout section of the designer studio these templates will be visible only to you (admin) using these layout designs, you can create a template design for your calendar product to create a layout, navigate to admin > templates > calendar > month/week layouts > add button select the type of layout, i e , month or week give a title to the layout select the size of the layout from predefined sizes, whether it is portrait, landscape, square, etc , or you can define a custom size layout the minimum height and width allowed in a custom size layout is 200x200 click on save and continue this will redirect you to the month layout editor in the month layout editor, you can edit the general properties of the calendar month layout, edit and format the month title, week, day, weekend days, and other month days once you make any change, make sure to click on the ‘preview’ button general properties manage the general properties of the layout layout style – the layout style can be list or grid all the months’ dates will appear in a list format or grid format no of weeks per row – add as many rows as you want to be shown in the month the calendar will adjust the month’s rows into your selected layout size no of rows choose whether the month displays five or six rows six row layouts automatically include days from the following month margin – this will add space between the borders of the two cells of the grid border and border type – set borders for the grid and decide upon a border type such as dashed, solid, or dotted border width and color – set the width of grid borders and color background opacity and color customize the month’s background by selecting a color and adjusting its opacity to match your design month title modify the font/style/color of the month title and year separately by using a box wise layout the month title is divided into three sections left box, centre box, and right box they can now have separate styles and contents for each of the boxes for example, they can have year in the left box and month title in the right box and apply different font types, colors, and sizes for each month week similar to the month title, you can customize the design and appearance of week titles (monday, tuesday, etc ) you can opt for short format names (mon, tue, etc ), change the start day of the week, change font size or color, and apply a background month day set font type, style, and size of the month days apart from this, you can set label color, background color, and opacity weekend days set the weekend days into your calendar according to your culture, traditions, and functioning, you can personalize the weekend days, apply different font types, set the size, background color, and more other month days these are the month days shown from the previous and last month usually, they are more light in color in most of the calendar designs here you can like other days, personalize the font, color, and background color event days calendars are a perfect way to remember birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, and other important days you can personalize the event days just like other month days create month/week titles in our system, we have added standard english language month names and week names, both in long and short formats it is also common to see the short month names in headlines or newspaper titles where space is a concern according to your calendar design, you can choose to use the long for or the short format of the calendar names accordingly, you can add months and weekdays’ names in your language to add, click on the add button at the top right corner select the type of title you look to add, choose the language from the dropdown and enter the month/week titles (the example above shows weekdays’ name in the french language) this will allow you to create templates on several languages and serve a broader audience range event management the calendar product allows you to create and edit events an event can be a public holiday or a national holiday, e g , easter, thanksgiving, independence day, st patrick’s day, and more add an event go to the admin panel > templates > calendar > event management the dashboard will list all the events added in the system with their title, category, and date of the event to add any event, click on the add button at the top right corner enter the title of the event, date, choose a category, and select any suitable icon for the event if required one can enable a "recurring" functionality for the events falling on the same date every year add an event category for easy management of the holidays, you can categorize them into several categories for example, the categories can be public holidays, regional holidays, national holidays, school holidays, etc to add any category, click on the add category from the main event management page fill in the category name, set the sort order, activate the status, and click on save you can also change the language and add categories based on different languages (if your calendar product is multi lingual) import events you can also import a large number of events via a csv file from the event management listing page, click on the import events button available at the top right corner of the screen with the 3 step import feature, you can upload all the events the format remains the same – title, date, and category enter 1 for recurring events and enter the icon id given in the ‘icon details’ tab