Our calendars have an "Editor's Pick" option to enable an additional special section that can be placed above the "Featured Events" section. This option lets your editorial team showcase events separately from those that paid for featured placement. It also helps maintain the value of featured events by preventing the carousel from becoming overcrowded.
Enable an Editor's Pick Section
The Editor's Pick section allows admins or editors to highlight selected events prominently on your calendar. Here's how to turn that on for your calendar.
- Log in as an admin or editor into the calendar backend.
- Select the site from your dashboard to enable the editor options.
- Navigate to the "Site settings" section in your editor menu.
- Select the edit option from the bottom of the site settings.
- Scroll down to find the checkbox for the option to "Display editors pick section?"
- Scroll to the bottom and click "Update Site Settings."
Note: It may take up to an hour for the Editor's Pick section to appear on your calendar, and it requires at least four selected picks to be displayed.
How to Select Your Editor's Picks
To manually make an event an Editor's Pick:
- Access the events list in the calendar backend.
- Select "Manage" for any event you wish to feature.
- Click the checkbox for the Editor's Pick option.
After selection, it may take some time for the event to be shown as an Editor's Pick on the front-end view. If an Editor's Pick section is not yet present, you will want to make sure there are enough picks made to necessitate a whole section. Having 5+ editor's picks at all times will ensure that special section will appear.
Customize the Name of Your Editor's Pick Section
Admins can personalize the title and badge text of the Editor's Pick section. To do this, navigate to the "Themes" option in the admin menu and edit the relevant theme. While editing the theme, look for the options to change the the text for the "Editor's Picks" heading and badge text.