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  • 1.  How to add day of the week to Agenda header Widget

    Posted 08-16-2022 14:46
    Basically the title!

    I have a 4-day event and I'm trying to list the day of the weeks alongside the dates on the header. So it should display "Monday, September 19, 2022" instead of just "September 19, 2022." I'm using the Agenda Widget. Does anyone know a way to add the days of the week and still keep the sessions in chronological order by date/time? I saw a similar question was asked previously, but I was hoping there was a recent workaround since that question was asked over a year ago. Appreciate any tips that people have.

    Thanks!
    #Flex-Creating/ManagingEvents

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    Shonda Williams
    Communications Assistant
    Equitable Growth
    United States
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  • 2.  RE: How to add day of the week to Agenda header Widget

    Cvent Staff
    Posted 08-16-2022 15:25
    Hi Shonda,

    Great question! We can accomplish this by creating a Custom Session Field. The Custom Field would require you to enter in the preferred formatting of the date and time into each session. We can then use this Custom Session Field to sort/display on the agenda. 
    Using Custom Session Fields

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    Madeline Mason
    Lead Client Success Advisor
    Productive UtilizationUnited States
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  • 3.  RE: How to add day of the week to Agenda header Widget

    Posted 08-16-2022 17:38
    Hi Madeline,
    Can you explain a little further? I'm not sure I understand how the Custom Session Field will help. Are you talking about entering the information as text? If so, when you sort it, it will sort alphabetically, right? Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday will show in the correct order, but Thursday will not. Maybe I'm not understanding the fix correctly.  

    Thanks.
    Jill

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    Jill Campbell
    Cvent Specialist
    Chubb INA Holdings IncUnited States
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  • 4.  RE: How to add day of the week to Agenda header Widget

    Posted 08-17-2022 09:25
    Exactly! I've tried this before too.

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    Lauren Becker
    Event Technology Coordinator
    Aflac
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  • 5.  RE: How to add day of the week to Agenda header Widget

    Posted 08-17-2022 10:23
    I ended up putting the day of the week after the date so it would sort correctly.  My 4 day event starts on a Thursday and that was the only way to get the day to display and have it in order. September 22 (Thursday)

    Classic events had including the day of the week as an option, not sure why it isn't an option in Flex.  Classic also had a tabbed agenda widget, which was wonderful for a multiday event with a lot of sessions.

    Custom fields works, but then they display after the session description if you have the custom fields display, which looks strange.  You can't choose some of the fields to display and others to be hidden, at least as far as I have tried.

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    Christina Strubbe
    New England Veterinary Medical Association
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  • 6.  RE: How to add day of the week to Agenda header Widget
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    Cvent Staff
    Posted 08-17-2022 10:49
    Hi All,

    Great questions! When creating a session custom field, we have the ability to select the field type to be "open ended text - date/time." When using this type, the system will order them appropriately. You would first create this field in admin, then update this field within each session. You can then add this field to the set order criteria within the agenda widget. 

    See attached screenshots!

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    Madeline Mason
    Lead Client Success Advisor
    Productive UtilizationUnited States
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  • 7.  RE: How to add day of the week to Agenda header Widget

    Posted 08-17-2022 17:41
    Edited by Shonda Williams 08-17-2022 17:41
    Hi All,

    Madeline, I followed your instructions to a T, and after adjusting some settings, I was able to successfully add the days of the weeks to my sessions and still keep everything in chronological order, thank you so much! The screenshots were extremely helpful as I had no idea what I was doing. 

    What Christina mentioned about the custom field displaying in the session description is true though. Would love to know if there's a way to remove it completely, but this is what I did to mask the text. Attendees won't be able to see it unless they're trying to copy the session description or something:
    • Go to the Customize section within the Agenda Widget
    • Within the "Custom Field Label" and the "Custom Field" tabs, make the font and background of these the same as your Agenda background color
    • Set the font sizes to the smallest size

    If anyone wants detailed steps of what I did, please let me know!

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    Shonda Williams
    Communications Assistant
    Equitable GrowthUnited States
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  • 8.  RE: How to add day of the week to Agenda header Widget

    Cvent Staff
    Posted 08-17-2022 19:01
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    Hi Shonda,

    I am glad to hear that was helpful! 

    You are correct with the custom session field displaying underneath the session itself. When we choose to order by a field, it does get displayed with the session. Your workaround is exactly as I would suggest. We can hide the field by changing the text color to match the background of the website within two areas: Custom Field Label & Custom Field.

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    Madeline Mason
    Lead Client Success Advisor
    Productive UtilizationUnited States
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