Events-plugIn

Events under the news - can be set up for each page.

An event plugin is not configured by default and needs to be set up by us first. Display on the website: two news and two events are displayed as previews. It is set up for example on the page of the university library https://ub.uni-graz.at/.

Note: In the backend, new images with the current size have been added to the News image pool that you can use for your events. Pay attention to the title new_news..

How to use the event-plugIn

You will be provided with a folder (like news) where an article will be created. This can be used directly by you or you create a new entry. You have the same entry options as with a news item, only with additional options to specify the location, organizer, contact and participation options.


Important: The event plugin is based on the start date of the events. If the event takes place on 12.1, it will not be displayed on 13.1. This can be changed by us, (but only for your entire event folder and not for specific events) because for longer events e.g.: if they last a month, they would no longer be displayed on the website from the start (first day) of the event.

To request an event plugin you (the web responsible of the area) send an email to the service desk. We need the area you work for (with the PageID of the entry page) then the setup can be done by us.

If you have a page Events or Events in use, please rename it, only then the calendar representation of the Events plugin will be displayed correctly.

The required image format for events is 3:2 and the minimum width of an image should be 800px. This means that the height of the image must be 533 px for a width of 800 px. If you have a different image size, the appropriate size must be calculated by you.

If you have events that should appear on the main page of the university or on https://events.uni-graz.at/, you have the option to add a publication request on uni.events for your message in the Categories tab. Please make sure that you add the category only after you have finished your entries, because as soon as the category has been added and the announcement has been saved, it will be sent to the press office immediately, even if not all content (text, images...) has been added yet.

In the event folder (in the list view) there is the possibility to display further options. For example, if you have submitted a publication request to uni.events for an event, you will not see this category in your list. To turn this option on, click on the small arrow to the right of the Article heading, wait for the display to load. Scroll all the way down (below the listed events), you will be presented with several query options that you can click on. If you click on "Set fields", your setting will be applied and the additional fields will be displayed in the event overview.

You can subscribe to news and events from Uni Graz websites in Outlook. The URLs are:

Instead of "subdomain" you have to use the subdomain of the desired web presence (e.g. sociology.uni...)!

Outlook for Office 365 Outlook 2019 Outlook 2016 Outlook 2013:

  1.     Click the File tab, click Account Settings, and select Account Settings from the drop-down menu again.
  2.     On the RSS Feeds tab, click New and in the New RSS Feed dialog box, enter the RSS feed URL and click Add.
  3.     Now you can specify the feed name, delivery location, downloads, and update limit. When you have set the feed to suit you, click OK.


Instructions from Microsoft - Subscribe to an RSS feed via Outlook