Custom Styling JEvents

JEvents features a tool to edit the layout of the event detail page, event list pages and the monthly calendar cell/tooltips (JEvents 2.0+ only) .  This video gives a quick demonstration of this in action for the event detail page.  NB when editing the monthly calendar cell or tooltips it is essential that you disable the WYSIWYG editor. .....

In JEvents 2.1+ we added special module positions to allow you to display instructions to site visitors/event creators or to place the other related modules like the filter module in more helpful positions. Please be aware that you need to enable the core Joomla! plugin 'Content - Load Modules' for this feature to work The positions include: Before JEvents is loaded:jevprejevents, jevprejevents_year.listevents, jevprejevents_week.listevents, jevprejevents_cat.listevents, jevprejevents_day.li.....

This document will show you how to recreate the Iconic Layout used on the Demo Site. .....

The custom fields addon allows you to extend the functionality of JEvents as well as the Managed Locations and the Managed People addons by offering a wide range of custom field types. There is a dynamic interface for creating these fields and assigning them to event editing tabs. .....

JEvents 3.1 features layout editing for the event editing pages.  This feature is quickly described here but will require fuller documentation which will be available soon. Edit the layout page to move the avilable fields around - at present there is no input/select fields tool available (we are working on this!) but the default layout shows most of the fields that are available to you. Key Points 1. Standard Tab headings :  {{Tab Start:TABSTART#JEV_TAB_COMMON}} - will be replaced.....

The JEvent club layouts come in a range of fixed widths that you can select in the JEvents configuration page. However because of your site template you may need to tweak one of these widths slightly to fit the size of your template perfectly. .....

Since JEvents 3.1.11 we have the option of showing specific parts of JEvents view in a module position. This is very helpful for instance for showing a map of locations for the events in a module position instead of showing it in the component position. As the module content will be extracted from the component data, the module data will be completely consistent with what you are showing. Go to the Custom layouts editor of the layout you want to show the module with, for instance if you want.....

In JEvents its possible to apply multiple template overrides for the latest events module.  This means that you can have one module that displays "Today's Events" and another displaying "This Weeks Events" and have these formatted in completely different ways. This article describes this process based on a specific example.  We want to create a module to show "This Weeks Events" as in the partial screenshot below. .....

In JEvents its possible to apply multiple template overrides for the latest events module.  This means that you can have one module that displays "Today's Events" and another displaying "This Weeks Events" and have these formatted in completely different ways. This article describes this process based on a specific example - where the latest events appear withing a vertical auto-scrolling element (known as a marquee in HTML). .....

In some situations you do want to show Locations Map outside your Event area in a sidebar module or any other place of your page for design purposes. This can be easily done using JEvents Custom Module. In this article we explain how you can get it. .....

If you want to customise the information presented in the list views you need to create a template override for a helper file. This article assumes that you have read, or at least printed for reference , the article about customising the event detail page. .....

This article sets out in more detail how to create a template override for the event monthly calendar page with a particular emphasis on the popup window/tooltip.  It assumes that you have read and are familiar with the general introduction to template overrides. We will cover the available methods and variables. .....

JEvents Custom Layouts feature allows you to modify JEvents output easily just using your Joomla! editor with no need to deal with PHP code or template overrides. Nevertheless sometimes you need to modify the output of the layout Fields to adapt it better to your needs. For instance, to make Contact URL to open in a new window or to adapt the output of one of your Custom Fields. This documents shows you how to combine your Custom Layouts with a template overrides to highly and easily personaliz.....

On a more advanced topic, if custom layout for edit page is not enough to cover your needs, it is possible to create a template override for the JEvents event editing page. .....