Search Hubs

Event Cards

Event Cards are used to display details tied to a specific time. They typically appear in calendar Search Hubs. They have many optional fields, allowing authors to share as much or as little information as is needed.

Overview

Component type: Content Fragment

Content Fragment name: Event Cards

Authors who can use: any

Templates/page types that can use Content Fragment: must be added in configured Search Hub

Required or optional: optional

How to add Event Cards to a Search Hub

1. The Author can open the Content Fragments from the assets view or on the main navigation via Content Fragments.

2. Navigate to the Agency specific folder where the content fragment should be created.

3. Click create Content Fragment

a. Select the fragment model (for this example, Event Card).

Content Fragment selection screen, with Event Card highlighted.

b. Click Next and add the title of the Content Fragment. This title is only used within AEM and must be unique. Once added, click create.

Content Fragment creation screen, where author enters a title, and may optionally enter a description and tags.

4.  Author the fields that need to display on the search result card. Not all fields are required. Required fields are bolded

a. Event Type- Required. This is a tag and is used to identify the Search Hub.

b. Event Title- Required display title

c. Short Description

d. Display Event Time

i. If checked, display date and time. If unchecked, only display date

e. Event Start Date - Use the calendar icon to select date and time

f. Event End Date

g. Repeated Event - Check if the event repeats

i. Select days for repeated event - Check days of the week during which the event repeats

ii. Select months for repeated event - Check months during which the event repeats

h. Event Series

i. Category Tags - This is the field for all filter tags such as Agency and Topics. All tags should be added here.

j. Location Type Tag – A selection list of event locations: In person, Hybrid, etc

k. Primary Link Label

l. Primary Link- Internal, Primary Link- External

i. Can only use one, not both, for the first link display

m. Contact Name

n. Contact Label

o. Address Line 1,2,3

p. City - Text field

q. County - Tag field

r. State - Tag field

s. Zip Code – Text field.

t. Fee – Text field

u. Phone number- Format phone numbers as 555-867-5309

v. TTY Phone Number

w. Email

x. Secondary Link Label

y. Secondary Link- Internal, Secondary Link- External

i. Can only use one, not both, for the second link display

z. Long Description- Rich Text Editor field

aa. Image- Add link to image in Assets. Image will display at 220 px on the card.

Other tips

  • Preview Event Cards in the Stage environment. In Stage, author the Content Fragment, publish, and check that it displays correctly in the Stage page's Search Hub.
  • Not all fields are required in the Content Fragment.
  • Contact Sapient if the following is needed:
    • New tags.
    • New Search Hub.
Partial authoring of an Event Card in the Content Fragment. Figure A: Authoring dialog of the Event Card, with several Content Fragment fields authored.
Event Card, with fields displaying according to Content Fragment authoring in Figure A. Figure B: The Event Card as it displays in the Search Hub.