Event Settings

Event Settings let you customise how events appear and behave across your Vepple experience. These settings help create a consistent and branded experience for users interacting with event content.

Navigation steps

Sorting

Enabling Priority

• Toggling this option allows users to sort events by ‘Relevance’. You can control which events appear higher in this sort order by setting their priority in each event’s priority field. The default value is 100 (lowest priority), and the lower the number you enter, the higher the event will appear in the list.

Default Order

• This controls the order in which event cards are displayed when a user visits the events section of your Vepple. It determines how events are sorted by default on the frontend.

Starting Soon Threshold

• Similar to the Q&A Threshold, this sets how many minutes before an event’s start time it should be marked as ‘starting soon’. This affects when the countdown begins, when the ‘Starting Soon’ label appears on the event card, and when the ‘Join Event’ button becomes active.

Copy

• Title: Input the title exactly as you want it to appear on the frontend, including correct spelling and capitalisation. This title will be shown in the site sidebar or footer and at the top of the event listing page.
• No events copy: Enter the message to display when no events match the selected filters. This will appear on the event listing page if no results are found.
• No favourited events: Enter the message that will be shown when a user has not favourited any events. This will display in the ‘Favourites’ view within the Profile Page.
• Back to events list: This is the text for the link or button that returns users to the main event listing page.
• Launch event: This is the button text shown on the event page when the event is available to join.
• Q&A and media placeholder text: This is the message shown in place of the Q&A when the event is not yet live and the Q&A Threshold is used in your CMS for the event.
• Search Events: This is the placeholder text shown in the event search bar. It prompts users to begin typing to search the available events.

Styling

Colours

• Primary Colour:
  • Used on session pages as the context bar icons and background (e.g., On Demand or when a presenter does not have an image)

• Loading Indicator Animation

• Secondary Colour: Used for the Month text in event cards

• Text Colour: All text (titles, body, headings) apart from description colours…
• Description Colour: Used for Event Card context items (Time, On Location, Virtual tags) and the short description

Buttons

• Primary Button: used across the events platform for primary actions
  • Events and Event Header: "My Schedule" button
  • Map in Events Page: "Get Directions" button
• Secondary Button: Event Page "Watch Event" and "Launch Event" buttons

Best Practices & Use Cases

• Use lower priority numbers (e.g., 10, 20) for featured or high-importance events so they appear first in relevance sorting. Set the Starting Soon Threshold to 10 or 15 minutes before an event to give users a clear heads-up and ensure timely joins.
• Customise all fallback and placeholder copy so it matches your tone of voice and provides a helpful user experience.

FAQs & Troubleshooting

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