Calendar - First 5 Videos - Creating a Calendar, Customizing the Calendar Settings, Displaying Event Details in a Colorbox Popup | Modules Unraveled

Free! Introduction to the Calendar Series
In this series, we're going to take a look at the popular Calendar module. We'll start out by creating a content type for events, and then create a calendar view from a template. We'll customize that View by changing the way the event date is displayed and by shortening the URLs for calendar pages. We'll also configure Colorobox to display event details in a modal popup when an event is clicked, instead of taking the visitor directly to the event's node page. Then, we'll color code our events based on Taxonomy.

Free! Creating a Content Type for Events
In this video, we will create a content type for upcoming events. This content type will have fields for event title, type of activity, start and end date/time and event details. And since it will contain date fields, let's start out by installing the Date module.

Free! Creating a Calendar View
In this video, we'll install and enable the Calendar module and all its dependencies. Then, we will create a new calendar view from a template.

Customizing the Calendar View
In this video, I will show you how to customize the Calendar view. We'll change the way event dates and times are displayed, add filter criteria, shorten the URLs and display the mini calendar in a block.

Using Colorbox to Display Event Details in a Popup
Colorbox is a light-weight, customizable lightbox plugin for jQuery, and the Colorbox module integrates the Colorbox library with Drupal. In this video, I will show you how to install and enable the Colorbox module, and configure the calendar to show event details when an event is clicked.

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