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    The Calendar Module

    The Calendar module is tied into Facebook's events system. When you put a Calendar module on a Oracle Social Marketing Content & Apps View and add an event to it, that event is added to Facebook and users can RSVP and share it like any other event created by any other user. Oracle Social Marketing Content & Apps gives you control over the event and shows you how many responses you've received.

    Adding Calendar Modules

    All modules are added to a View in the same way with our drag-and-drop interface. To get more information on this, see the Building a View: Adding Modules and Content to Views in Content & Apps help article.

    Once you have added a module and given it a name, the module will open for you to edit it or add content. Back on the View layout, you'll see a callout bubble next to your module - click the triangle for controls for your module. This callout will not appear on your published View and your new module will not appear on your Facebook Tab until you click Publish.

    Adding Events to Calendar Modules

    After you drag-and-drop a Calendar module onto your View, it will automatically open to the Edit page so you can start adding content.

    To add content to an already-placed module:

    1. Click a view to work with it.
    2. Next to your Calendar module you’ll see a callout bubble. Click the triangle next to the title to show your options.
    3. Click the Edit Events button. The Events Calendar window will appear.

      4. Note: As with any change to the layout of your Content & Apps View, the new Calendar module won't be visible on Facebook until you click Publish. Once you've clicked Publish, any events in that calendar will be visible on your Faceboook Page. However, because the module is tied into the Facebook events system, any event you create, whether the module has been published or not, is immediately present in Facebook, although not publicized.

    4. Click the Import Events button.
    5. Select the calendar you want to add the event to. All the Calendar modules you have created on the view will appear in a drop-down menu. Click on the calendar you want.
    6. Select a time zone for the event from the drop-down menu.
    7. Enter the Event ID for the event in the provided text field. You can find the Event ID on the Facebook page for the event. It will be the long series of numbers at the end of the URL for the event page. Here's an example:
      • https://www.facebook.com/events/1928604997366274/

        Where 1928604997366274 is the Event ID

    8. If you want, you can add an image from your computer. This image will appear in the event description below the calendar.
    9. Click Update Calendar to add the event.

    About Metrics Recorded for the Calendar Module

    Content & Apps captures metrics for:

    • Module views
    • RSVP click-thrus
    • Guest click-thrus
    • See all guests click-thrus

    Customizing Calendar Modules

    All customization happens in the brand CSS page.

    All modules take up 100% of the containers they are in, so you can resize them to whatever size you need with CSS.

    What Can I Customize?

    The following items in the calendar are customizable:

    • color of the month
    • background
    • colors
    • fonts
    • size of the calendar

    The following items in the list of events are customizable:

    • Colors and fonts for any of the text in the event.
    • background

    What Is Not Customizable?

    • The layout will always be 3 separate stacked boxes: 1) event name and time 2) description 3) guests.
    • Previous and Next buttons

    Class Name Constants

    There are 2 class name constants for a Calendar module:
    calendars
    module_container

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