Why? Categories can allow you to manage several types of events in one Calendar Component, then show Calendar views with a variety of categories in different areas of your website.

  1. Log in with your Site Manager account.
  2. Click My Profile. The Login window showing Site Manager tools appears.
  3. Scroll down to the Site Manager Component Tools section and click Calendar Manager. The Calendar Manager window appears.
  4. Click the name of the Calendar you wish to work with. The Calendar Categories window appears.

Add a New Category

  1. Type a category name in the New Category box. Then, click Add New Category. The new category appears in the Existing Categories list.

Delete a Category

Note: When you delete a category, you also delete all the events associated with that category!

  1. Check one or more boxes in the Existing Categories list. Then, click Delete Checked Categories. A warning message appears.
  2. Click OK. The page refreshes without the checked categories in the Existing Categories list.

Rename a Category

  1. Type a new category name in the New Category box.
  2. Check the box next to the category you wish to rename in the Existing Categories list. Then, click Rename Checked to New. The page refreshes with the new category name in the Existing Categories list.

Combine Categories

  1. Type the name of the combined categories in the New Category box.
  2. Check several boxes next to categories you wish to combine in the Existing Categories list. Then, click Rename Checked to New. The page refreshes with the single category name replacing the checked names in the Existing Categories list.
Component for this Procedure: Calendar
Minimum Community Center Version: 3
User Role: Site Manager
Procedure Link: http://www.liaa.org/howtoprocedure.asp?howtoid=136