We will give you an overview of the admin area of the Event application.
Navigate to Admin > Events, you will land on the Events admin panel where the configuration is separated into two sections:
The admin side & events permissions
To access the admin panel of the Events application, you will need to be granted permission as an Events admin.
As an Events application admin, you will be able to configure the areas covered in this guide.
For more information on how to assign application admins, click here.
Permissions & Settings
The first section available is Permissions & Settings.
You can assign certain user groups and roles to have permissions over the following options
- Create new events: Allows user(s) to create new events from the front end.
- Create and publish events: Allows user(s) to create an event and enable the event to go 'Live' without requiring approval from another user with this permission.
- Edit & delete all events: Allows user(s) to edit and delete all existing events including events that have been created by other users.
In this section, you can also choose whether the iCal link will be available for all users or to select users who will be attended the event:
The iCal link refers to an event link that can be added to your personal calendar (i.e. Outlook or Google Calendar). For more information, click here.
Categories
The next section available is Categories.
The categories section allows you to create a series of categories that can be selected when creating a new event and change any existing category name.
As an events admin, new categories can be created by selecting the 
button:
From here, you can type the name of the category and add the new category:
Please note: There are no permissions tied to individual categories, they are simply used as a filtering tool to help with search functionality for users.
