Events

Events lets you build a calendar of activities, meetings, and occasions that your club's visitors and members can browse on your website. Each event record holds the details — name, description, dates — and your site displays them automatically, sorted with the earliest upcoming events first.

Creating or editing an event

1. Go to Events in the Club Management Portal.
2. Click Create Event, or open an existing event.
3. Enter the event Name — this is the title visitors will see.
4. Add the Details using the rich text editor. Include everything attendees need: location, time, cost, registration info, what to bring.
5. Set the Start Date. If the event spans multiple days, also set an End Date.
6. Choose any Categories if you want this event to appear in filtered teaser sections on other pages.
7. Adjust the visibility settings:
   • Active is the main on/off switch.
   • Activation Date delays when the event starts appearing (leave blank to show immediately).
   • Deactivation Date automatically hides the event after a certain date (leave blank to stay visible until you turn it off).
8. Save.

How events appear on your website

Events show up on your site in two ways:

Full event list — Add an Events Page section to any page in Pages. This displays all active events in start-date order, showing the event name, dates, and full details. Most clubs put this on a page with a slug like events.

Event teasers — Add an Events Teasers (3) Section to a page for a compact preview showing up to three upcoming events. This works well on home pages or landing pages. Teaser sections can filter by category, so you could show only "Meetings" on one page and only "Shows" on another.

Why a list instead of a calendar grid

Clubistry uses a list-based event display rather than a traditional month-by-month calendar grid. For clubs that host events occasionally, a grid calendar shows mostly empty months — visitors end up clicking through blank pages trying to find the next event. For clubs with a packed schedule, grid cells don't have enough room to show meaningful detail. A chronological list puts upcoming events front and center with full names, dates, and descriptions visible at a glance, so members can quickly see what's happening without hunting through a calendar.

When an event is visible

An event appears on the site when all of these are true:

• Active is on
• Activation Date is blank or already past
• Deactivation Date is blank or hasn't arrived yet

Active events are sorted by Start Date, with the soonest events shown first.

Categories

Categories are shared across Events, News, and FAQs. They're optional for events and only matter if you're using teaser sections that filter by category. The full Events Page section shows all active events regardless of category.

If an event isn't showing up

Walk through this checklist:

• Is the event marked Active?
• Are the activation and deactivation dates set correctly?
• Is the page where you expect it to appear also active?
• If you're checking a teaser section, does the event have one of the categories that section is filtering on?
• If you're checking the full events page, is the Events Page section present and active on that page?

Related topics

• Page Content Sections - Events Section - Add the full event list to a page.
• Page Content Sections - Events Teasers (3) Section - Add a compact event preview block.
• Pages - Manage page settings, permissions, and content sections.
• Categories - Create and manage categories for filtering.