CuckooLove theme contains Events Custom Post #4. Using this custom post, you can create any type of event listing.
By default name of this post in CuckooLove theme is set to Events, but it can be changed according to your needs: go to Dashboard → Appearance → CuckooLove → Custom Posts.
Custom Post Name
By default name of this post in CuckooLove theme is set to Events, but it can be changed according to your needs: go to Dashboard → Appearance → CuckooLove → Custom Posts.
IMPORTANT!
SET CUSTOM POST SLUG BEFORE ADDING YOUR CONTENT!
After changing custom post slug, go to Dashboard → Settings → Permalinks and click Save Changes button. After changing custom post slug, all existing posts with old slug will be lost. They can be restored by changing the slug name back.
After changing the slug, all the content of Events Custom Post #4 has to be re-uploaded.
Display in Homepage
Events can be displayed in a Homepage 3 Columns Unit. Events also can be displayed using Homepage HTML unit, Super Footer unit and Page unit, when Events are added using Events Custom Post #4 shortcode.
Shortcode
In addition, Events can be displayed using one of Events Custom Post #4 shortcodes.
Create Event
Step 1
Navigate to Dashboard → Events → Add New in your WordPress dashboard panel.
Step 2
Add Title to your Event Post. It will be used in post url and will be displayed in a single Event post.
Step 3
Using Excerpt panel add short Event description.
Step 4
Using Location panel add Event address.
Step 5
Using Date panel add Event date.
Step 6
Using Time panel add Event time.
Step 7
Using Featured Image panel add Featured image. It will be used for Event thumbnail. Recommended image size is 240×240 pixels.Click Publish, when you are ready.
Optional
When Event is displayed using single Event post, an additional features can be added.
Add subtitle to your Event. It will be displayed in a single Event post.
Using page editing area add any content as usual. For example photos, videos, sliders etc.
Using Choose Sidebar panel, activate Custom Sidebar for your Event Post if needed. Select Custom sidebar from dropdown and set sidebar alignment.
Custom Sidebar can be created using Dashboard → Appearance → CuckooLove → Sidebars tab. Content of the sidebar can be modified using Dashboard → Appearance → Widgets tab.
Using Header Settings panel enter shortcode and add custom header to your Event Post. Check Hide Title if you want hide Event Post title.
Additional Customization Features
Custom Background
Using Background Settings panel, you can add custom background to any page or post. Two background options are available – Image and Video. By entering video URL, you can add any YouTube or Vimeo video as the background of your page/post. If you want to use image background option, you can add Default and Parallax style background. Moreover, using Background Settings panel, you can add an unlimited number of image background layers and create awesome multi-layered parallax background effect.
Global background settings can be managed using Color Settings tab of theme framework. Here you can also choose parallax style background or default background for specific page and posts groups.
Image Background
1. Choose Custom as your page/post background source;
2. Choose background type of your page/post.
3. Expand Layer #1* and start editing Image background settings;
4. Choose background type of Layer #1;
5. Edit other background settings.
* Using Add Layer button you can add unlimited number of background layers.
Video Background
1. Choose Custom as your page/post background source;
2. Choose Video as background type of your page/post;
3. Add Youtube or Vimeo video url;
4. Edit other Video background settings.
Custom Super Footer
Using Super Footer panel you can add custom Super Footer to any page/post. Super Footer displays any page content that is created using Default page template. Global Super footer settings can be managed using Header & Footer tab of theme framework.
The awesome thing is that Super Footer supports Full Width content. The usual width of a single pages/post content area is limited to 960 pixels. Using Super Footer you can add full width videos, sliders, maps and other full width stuff to your page above your site’s footer.
1. Choose Custom as your page/post Super Footer source;
2. Select Page Source from pages dropdown;
3. Edit Super Footer top and bottom padding.
In addition, using Header Settings panel you can add Full Width videos, sliders and maps to any page header as well.
Header Display Settings
Using Header Display Settings panel you can choose custom header appearance and functionality settings for a specific page or post.
It’s very useful when different pages display different style content in page header. For example, page displays full screen video or slider. In this case, it is recommended to use Option 5 style header. Header logo and top navigation menu will be hidden until user scrolls to the bottom of the slider.
Global Header Display Settings for Homepage and All Other Pages can be managed using Header & Footer tab of theme framework.
