The Event list timeline menu item shows a timeline of upcoming events below a map. Initially is the timeline is shown for a given timeframe, specified in the options. Through the navigation button, can the visitor browse the events in time.
The map above the events list does show their locations. If there are multiple events on close locations or even on the same location, then a cluster is shown which shows an icon about how many events do appear on that spot. Clicking on the cluster icon will expand the events where the visitor can click on them to show their info popup.
There is a search area available which allows to search between dates and in content. Users are also able to search events in a certain radius for a specific location.
The basic options are empty by default, which means the global settings of component options will be used, but you can override this in the menu link configuration. The search criteria is saved in the session, which means, when the visitor comes back, then the settings are remembered.
If the user wants to search based on locations, then he can start typing a name in the location field. Instantly a search is performed which delivers a timeline of locations to choose from. These locations are fetched from the defined maps provider in the DPCalendar options.
There are tons of settings for the list view in the global DPCalendar options. We would like to explain here the most important ones. Every option has a detailed explanation as tooltip when hoovering over the label in the Joomla configuration manager.
In the timeline menu item the admin can set different filters for the events to display only what is needed.
When filtering for an author, then only events of a given user are shown within the calendar. There is a special "My" option available which displays only events of the current logged in user.
A filter to display only events from the selected locations.
A filter to display only events from the selected tags. Tags can be set while editing an event.
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