Background:

• The system can support one or more collections of events and headlines called calendars.
• After each calendar is created specific users can be given permission to add/remove events and headlines from the specific calendar.
• There is also a composite calendar which contains all the events and headlines for all the calendars.  It holds headlines and any events marked as Important for all the real calendars.
• Headlines are basically notes which are associated with a specific date on a given calendar.  Start times are used only to order the headlines, they are never displayed. 

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How do I start a calendar?

• You need a page to display the details of each page and an entry in the Calendar list.
• As the user 'Admin' (or single editor) create a Calendar Entry.
  
  • select Calendar from the links at the top of the page.
  • Enter the name of the calendar (e.g., Youth, Central High School) in the Org. Name field
  • Enter any number for the PID of Page display (we will come back with the real value)
  • Click on the Create Calendar button.
  • Note the number of the Calendar. (If you forget come back and click on the Calendar Name listed on the right of this page).
• Create a Day Detail Page.
  • Basically this is a page normal page with Month at a Glance tag, a Calendar tag, and a Day Details tag all set for the specific calendar.  See here for choice of all tags.
  • I'll assume we are dealing with Calendar number 2.
  • Enter the Name of the Calendar as the page title.
  • Enter either |.calMonthLtr:2.| (generates a calendar which should print on a letter size page), or |.calMonth:2.| (which will re-size the browser window to support legal size printouts).
  • Enter either |.ThreeCal:2.| (three months arranges prior, current and next), or |.ThreeCalF:2.| (three months listed (current, next and 2 months out). 
  • Enter |.DayDetails:2.|. The headlines followed by events for the page will appear here.
  • Add and optionally publish this page.  Note the page ID.
• Update the Page ID.
  • Go back to the Calendar line at the page top
  • Select to correct Calendar
  • Enter the real PID in the PID of Page Display
  • Click on the Update button.

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Referring to Calendars

• To put a single  month calendar on a page use the tag is |. SingleCal:2.| for calendar #2 or |. SingleCal.| for the composite calendar.   This will generate a table containing the appropriate calendar
• To reference a month at a glance  calendar from a page (say page 5 and calendar #2) use the link "/cgi-bin/complex2/printCal.plx?CalID=2&pid=5&size=Letter" to generate the same link that the |.calMonthLtr:2.| tag would generate.  Note in this case the return would be to the calling page not the Day Detail Page.  

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