Fields and templates

Help links

Custom fields

Create fields

Steps for creating your own custom event fields.
Field types and default values

Describes your field type choices and helps you choose.

Location fields

Location types

Track in-person, online and hybrid events.
Enable location types

Steps to enable location types on an existing template.
Custom location fields

Replace the built-in Location field with your list of custom mapped locations.
Custom map pushpins

Replace the default pushpin icon with your own custom icon(s).

List of choices fields

Overview

Learn how these unique fields simplify event entry and support rich values.
Apply a custom sort order

Changing order can make event entry quicker and filter values easier to scan.
Convert field values to links

E.g., link each facilitator to a bio page or each venue to a description.
Field icons

Use icons to help visitors quickly identify event types.

Event templates

Modify and create templates

Customize the default template and create, apply, and remove new templates.
Override field values

A field's value can differ by the template and/or calendar in which it's used.

Overview

The first step in any Trumba Connect implementation is identifying the combination of event templates, custom fields, and calendars that will best organize and present your events.

The following museum calendar gives you a sense for the powerful and flexible ways in which calendars, templates, and fields work together:

Custom fields in event details and filter spuds

The museum calendar uses an event template that includes a Categories list-of-choices custom field.
Event editors use the custom field to assign one or more categories to each event they add.
Each Categories custom field value has a unique icon assigned. The icons make it easy for visitors to distinguish event types at a glance.
Enabling Show Icon settings displays the icons (outlined in red) with the main calendar event titles and the categories list in the Search By Categories filter spud.