{"id":5439,"date":"2025-08-01T11:21:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T11:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mediastore.support\/?p=5439"},"modified":"2026-01-30T13:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T13:34:08","slug":"create-an-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mediastore.support\/?p=5439","title":{"rendered":"Create an Event:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MediaStore Events pages are highly customizable based on the Client UI layout.<br \/>As a result, some features in the Create Event modal <\/span><b>may not apply<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to all users <a href=\"#options\"> (<span style=\"color: #0476d9;\">see below<\/span>).&nbsp;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">navigation sidebar<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, click <\/span><b>+ Create New<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Select <\/span><b>Event<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review <\/span><b>General Information:<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Required:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">enter a title for the event in the <\/span><b>Name<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> field<small><sup>1<\/sup> <\/small><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An <\/span><\/i><b><i>Identifier<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is auto-generated from the event name but can be edited at this stage<br \/><\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">select <\/span><b>Access Level<\/b><small><sup>2<\/sup><\/small><b> <\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Optional:*<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">set a <\/span><b>start and end date<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and choose whether to <\/span><b>display countdown<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the Client UI<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">enter a <\/span><b>Location<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">upload a<\/span><b> Preview image<\/b><small><sup>3<\/sup><\/small><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">add a <\/span><b>Description<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and format with the description toolbar<small><sup>4<\/sup> <\/small><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;\u2192 Click <\/span><b>Next <\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" value=\"4\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review <\/span><b>Layout<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><b>Upcoming*<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Optional:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">upload a<\/span><b> featured image<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (displayed as the event thumbnail in the Client UI)<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">upload a<\/span><b> background image<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (displayed as a blurred background on the event page in the client UI) <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;\u2192 Click <\/span><b>Next <\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" value=\"5\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review <\/span><b>Attendees*<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;\u2192 Click <\/span><b>Next <\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" value=\"6\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Select <\/span><b>Products <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to screen as part of the online event*<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review <\/span><b>Summary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and click <\/span><b>Create<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to finish<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To display the event on the website, the event <\/span><b>must<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> be added to the Homepage Event Showcase: see <\/span><span style=\"color: #0476d9;\"><a style=\"color: #0476d9;\" href=\"https:\/\/mediastore.support\/?p=5600\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manage Collections, Events and News Showcases<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><small><sup>1<\/sup> Displays on the <strong>homepage<\/strong> of the website, and as the <strong>title on the event page<\/strong> (unless replaced with a Featured Image)<br \/><\/small><\/p>\n<p><small><sup>2<\/sup> <strong>Public<\/strong> access is required to display on the Client UI homepage<\/small><\/p>\n<p><small><sup>3<\/sup> Displays as the event <strong>background banner<\/strong> (dimmed) on the client UI <strong>homepage<\/strong><\/small><\/p>\n<p><small><sup>4<\/sup> Displays on the <strong>event page<\/strong><\/small><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a name=\"options\"><\/a><strong><small><big>*&nbsp;<\/big><\/small><\/strong><small>The following options are available for specific custom Client UI layouts only:<\/small><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><small><strong>Password<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>protection<\/strong><\/small><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><strong><small>Sub-events<\/small><\/strong><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><small><strong>Persistent<\/strong>&nbsp;timed events<\/small><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><small>Layout&nbsp;<strong>Headlines<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Introductions<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/small><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><small><strong>Ongoing<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Logged-In<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Finished<\/strong>&nbsp;Layouts<\/small><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><small><strong>Attendees<\/strong>&nbsp;options<\/small><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><small><strong>Asset<\/strong>&nbsp;options<\/small><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571,549],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-marketing-3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediastore.support\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediastore.support\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediastore.support\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediastore.support\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediastore.support\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5439"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/mediastore.support\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6655,"href":"https:\/\/mediastore.support\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5439\/revisions\/6655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediastore.support\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediastore.support\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediastore.support\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}