AnswerKeeper

How do I set up formatted table feeds in EventKeeper? or What is an EKFEED?

There are 2 methods of using EKFeed with EventKeeper.

1. The easiest and most common method is to include the code for an EKFEED FORMATTED TABLE in the source code of your page. Adding this snippet of javascript code will automatically draw a table of events on the page wherever the code is added. This table will be automatically updated with the events from your EventKeeper calendar.

Here is a sample of an EKFeed Formatted Table: Case Memorial Library and Manhasset Public Library

To create this type of EKFeed:

Login to Eventkeeper
Click Admin Page at the top of the Eventkeeper Calendar of Events page
In the section called "Multipublishing" you will see the EKFEED
Click on Create to create a new feed

From there, you will be provided with the following steps:

Select the Data Retrieval and Data Display parameters (data display defaults to FORMATTED table)
Click on the Create Sample Display button
Check the results in the Sample Display (REPEAT AS NECESSARY)
Click on the Create Snippet and Javascript file button
Copy the snippet into the source of your web page.

2. The second type is called EKFEED ARRAY VARIABLE. With this method, EventKeeper again creates a javascript file, but in this case, it contains just event data in a javascript array and the displaying of the data is up to you, using javascript code.

This method gives you much greater flexibilty to display the data however you want but requires that you are able to create the javascript code to do so.

Here is a sample of an EKFeed Array Variable: P ort Jefferson Free Library

The steps to creating this type of EKFeed are similar to those above but when you create the sample page, you should look at the source code for that page and use the javascript code there as a starting point for when you develop the javascript code to include in your page that will display the events.

Change the URL to HTTPS to make the feed secure

Formatting an Array Variable Feed

EK has a source code editor for Array Vairiable feeds that lets you edit the code and see the changes before publishing to your site. Once you make the feed and create the display in the editor (as detailed above) you will see a small blue Format an Array Feed link. This opens up an editor with the source code on the left and the display on the right. Once you edit the code and hit save, you can see the chnages on the right. When finished, the top of the page has 2 javascript snippets. You need both of them. One is the event data and the other is all of the styling. Copy and paste both of them into your website. They should look like the links below

Example:

Direct Link = www.answerkeeper.com/ekfeed_add_data

There are 2 methods of using EKFeed with EventKeeper.

Here is a sample of an EKFeed Formatted Table: Case Memorial Library and Manhasset Public Library

To create this type of EKFeed:

Login to Eventkeeper
Click Admin Page at the top of the Eventkeeper Calendar of Events page
In the section called "Multipublishing" you will see the EKFEED
Click on Create to create a new feed

From there, you will be provided with the following steps:

Select the Data Retrieval and Data Display parameters (data display defaults to FORMATTED table)
Click on the Create Sample Display button
Check the results in the Sample Display (REPEAT AS NECESSARY)
Click on the Create Snippet and Javascript file button
Copy the snippet into the source of your web page.

This method gives you much greater flexibilty to display the data however you want but requires that you are able to create the javascript code to do so.

Here is a sample of an EKFeed Array Variable: P ort Jefferson Free Library

Change the URL to HTTPS to make the feed secure

Formatting an Array Variable Feed

Example:

522 Direct Link = www.answerkeeper.com/ekfeed_add_data

How do I create an RSS Feed for my EventKeeper Calendar?

Overview

RSS (Really Simple Syndication) allows people to subscribe to your EventKeeper calendar and to receive updates of upcoming events through a RSS Reader. You can also use an RSS feed to push your upcoming events out to platforms like dlvrit and Twitter.

Creating

RSS Feeds can be created through the EventKeeper Administrator:

In the multipublishing section, click the Create button for RSS.
Give your RSS feed a name. You can specify how many days in the future the feed should gather events and the maximum number of events that should be included in the feed. The title dropdown list determines the title that the user will see. If you want to restrict the feed to events with a particular keyword, make the appropriate selection in the Keyword 1 and Keyword 2 dropdown menus.
Once you have adjusted your RSS settings, click on the Create Sample Display button in the right column.
Click the button that says Create the XML file to be used as the RSS feed."
EventKeeper will provide you with the URL that can be used to link people to the RSS feed as well as HTML code that can be copied and pasted into your Web page to create an RSS button for visitors.
Click on the "Click here" link if you would like to add the RSS button to your EventKeeper calendar.

Change the URL to HTTPS to make the feed secure.

Direct Link = www.answerkeeper.com/ek_rss_feed

Overview

Creating

RSS Feeds can be created through the EventKeeper Administrator:

In the multipublishing section, click the Create button for RSS.
Give your RSS feed a name. You can specify how many days in the future the feed should gather events and the maximum number of events that should be included in the feed. The title dropdown list determines the title that the user will see. If you want to restrict the feed to events with a particular keyword, make the appropriate selection in the Keyword 1 and Keyword 2 dropdown menus.
Once you have adjusted your RSS settings, click on the Create Sample Display button in the right column.
Click the button that says Create the XML file to be used as the RSS feed."
EventKeeper will provide you with the URL that can be used to link people to the RSS feed as well as HTML code that can be copied and pasted into your Web page to create an RSS button for visitors.
Click on the "Click here" link if you would like to add the RSS button to your EventKeeper calendar.

Change the URL to HTTPS to make the feed secure.

522 Direct Link = www.answerkeeper.com/ek_rss_feed

Why isn't my EventKeeper feed showing any new events?

Sometimes when you add or edit events in EventKeeper, they do not show up on your feed right away. This has to do with refresh rates. The feed has to refresh and the website that has the feed also has to refresh. Sometimes if you wait awhile, events will show up. However, you can also do a manual refresh. The steps are below:

1. Login as admin and go to the admin page

2. Scroll to the Multipublishing section. This is what we call feeds.

3. Choose any of the refresh buttons and click it. This will immediately refresh all feeds.

What if I have done this and my feed is blank?

That might be a security issue. Have you recently made your site secure? If so, our feeds are not automatcially chnaged to secure with your site. The fix is usually easy. Each feed on your site has a URL. Just edit the URL and make sure that the beginning starts with HTTPS://. It should look like the example below (which is an RSS feed):

https://www.eventkeeper.com/ekfeed/KN_EVENTS.xml

Still blank?

Please conact Plymouth Rocket and we can troubleshoot the issue.

Direct Link = www.answerkeeper.com/ekfeed_update

1. Login as admin and go to the admin page

2. Scroll to the Multipublishing section. This is what we call feeds.

3. Choose any of the refresh buttons and click it. This will immediately refresh all feeds.

What if I have done this and my feed is blank?

https://www.eventkeeper.com/ekfeed/KN_EVENTS.xml

Still blank?

Please conact Plymouth Rocket and we can troubleshoot the issue.

522 Direct Link = www.answerkeeper.com/ekfeed_update

What is a Super Feed?

Overview

Super Feeds are the next step in Multipublishing. Multipublishing is what we call the idea of getting extra mileage out of putting your events in an EventKeeper calendar. To recap, our EKFeeds have been around for years, allowing you to easily publish your upcoming events on another web page. And our implementation of RSS feeds allows your visitors to receive updates of events to their own pages/readers/browsers, etc..

Now Super Feeds come into play. For these, typically, a third party wants to collect events from multiple EventKeeper calendars and make that combined information available to the world. This could be a library association aggregating the events of its members, an ILS that wants to include event information in the catalog search, or a separate organization such as Library Thing or Burbio which offers a local search option to its visitors.

The really exciting aspect of this trend is that you are able to get the word out about your upcoming events to a wider audience and it involves no extra work on your part. You just continue to use EventKeeper and now more and more folks will have a chance to learn about the nifty things you are doing. To be clear, unlike EKFeeds, individual libraries don't create Super Feeds. Super Feeds are created by Plymouth Rocket and used by a third party

Super Feed Event Selection

If we just assumed that all of the public events on your calendar were good candidates for publishing as part of a Super Feed, we'd be done. But, after considerable thought and discussions with our clients, we realized that you might not want ALL of your events published to the larger community. For example, suppose you have a Story Time at your library that is very popular. And you have all the attendees that you can handle just by advertising in the library lobby and putting the information on your web site. Of course anyone can see the event on your EventKeeper calendar but, realistically, that's mostly your patrons that go to your web site, which is less likely to include the people that live in the neighboring towns. If this is the case, you might want exclude this Story Time event from being included in any Super Feeds created by a third party.

First, you can specify that all events should be included in any Super Feeds.
Or you can give yourself the option to include most events and reserve the right to exclude some.
Or you can decide to exclude most events but reserve the right to select individual events to be included.
Or you can decide that you want none of your events to be included in any Super Feed collections.

This first level of configuration is done by an EventKeeper administrator as part of the Organization Information.

Super Feed Filtering Configuration

First, you should set the Super Feed Filtering configuration for your organization, login in as an administrative editor and go to the Admin Page. In the Multipublishing section there is a new row for Super Feed Filtering. Click there and follow the directions for configuration.

After you have set the configuration for your organization, if you have made a choide to include some of your events, the Super Feed Filtering option will be available when you edit an individual event.

Direct Link = www.answerkeeper.com/ek_superfeed

Overview

Super Feed Event Selection

First, you can specify that all events should be included in any Super Feeds.
Or you can give yourself the option to include most events and reserve the right to exclude some.
Or you can decide to exclude most events but reserve the right to select individual events to be included.
Or you can decide that you want none of your events to be included in any Super Feed collections.

This first level of configuration is done by an EventKeeper administrator as part of the Organization Information.

Super Feed Filtering Configuration

522 Direct Link = www.answerkeeper.com/ek_superfeed

Can my EKfeed or RSS feed link back to the monthly view?

Yes, there is a setting in EventKeeper that can allows feeds to direct back to a monthly view instead of a list view. Below are the steps to set up a redirected URL:

1. Login as admin

2. Go to Org Info

3. Scroll down to EK2/EventKeeper URL and there is a blank field for a link. This is where you tell EK where to direct. Insert

http://www.eventkeeper.com/code/bigmonth.cfm?curOrg=ORGCODEHERE

4. Save.

Direct Link = www.answerkeeper.com/ek_feed_month

Yes, there is a setting in EventKeeper that can allows feeds to direct back to a monthly view instead of a list view. Below are the steps to set up a redirected URL:

1. Login as admin

2. Go to Org Info

3. Scroll down to EK2/EventKeeper URL and there is a blank field for a link. This is where you tell EK where to direct. Insert

http://www.eventkeeper.com/code/bigmonth.cfm?curOrg=ORGCODEHERE

4. Save.

522 Direct Link = www.answerkeeper.com/ek_feed_month

How can I add an EventKeeper Feed to a Wordpress site?

Adding an EventKeeper feed to a Wordpress site is pretty easy. First we make an EKFeed in EK and then we add that feed into the Wordpress site using a widget. This feed is made using Javascript and a text widget.

Note: You can also use a basic RSS feed from EK and add it to your site using a Wordpress Widget. To do that, simply ask us to make an RSS feed and use one of the many rss widgets in Wordpress. If you want more editing control, use the method below.

To create this type of EKFeed:

Login to Eventkeeper
Click Admin Page at the top of the Eventkeeper Calendar of Events page
In the section called "Multipublishing" you will see the EKFEED
Click on Create to create a new feed

From there, you will be provided with the following steps:

Select the Data Retrieval and Data Display parameters (data display defaults to FORMATTED table, choose Array variable)
Click on the Create Sample Display button
Check the results in the Sample Display (REPEAT AS NECESSARY)
Click on the Create Snippet and Javascript file button
Copy the snippet into the source of your web page.

How to Add your EventKeeper EKfeed to a Wordpress site

Here’s how to do it:

1. Login as an ADMIN to your EventKeeper page and go to the ADMIN PAGE.

2. On the EventKeeper ADMIN PAGE, click CREATE in the Multipublishing section to create a new EKFeed.

3. Here are the parameters used to build this example feed. Note that we are using an ARRAY VARIABLE:

EK_feedmaker_example1

    1. Click CREATE SAMPLE DISPLAY
    2. Click CREATE THE JAVASCRIPT SNIPPET AND SAMPLE FILE
    You will see the link to copy and paste into the HTML of your page. It looks like this, where YOUR_FEED_NAME is the name you gave your feed:

Your Web Developer must use javascript to format and display the event data. If you do not have a Web Developer, you can use our example code below as a starting point. This is provided simply for illustrative purposes. Insert your feed name for YOUR_FEED_NAME and your organization’s code for YOUR_ORGCODE.

3. In your WordPress Dashboard, go to Appearance=>Widgets. Add a text widget to your sidebar and insert your code.

For a sample of code, please click here. You can copy and paste the code onto your page.

Examples:

Peters Township Libary https://ptlibrary.org/
Derby Public Library https://derbypubliclibrary.org/
Port Jefferson Free Libary https://portjefflibrary.org/

Direct Link = www.answerkeeper.com/ekfeed_wordpress

To create this type of EKFeed:

Login to Eventkeeper
Click Admin Page at the top of the Eventkeeper Calendar of Events page
In the section called "Multipublishing" you will see the EKFEED
Click on Create to create a new feed

From there, you will be provided with the following steps:

Select the Data Retrieval and Data Display parameters (data display defaults to FORMATTED table, choose Array variable)
Click on the Create Sample Display button
Check the results in the Sample Display (REPEAT AS NECESSARY)
Click on the Create Snippet and Javascript file button
Copy the snippet into the source of your web page.

How to Add your EventKeeper EKfeed to a Wordpress site

Here’s how to do it:

1. Login as an ADMIN to your EventKeeper page and go to the ADMIN PAGE.

2. On the EventKeeper ADMIN PAGE, click CREATE in the Multipublishing section to create a new EKFeed.

3. Here are the parameters used to build this example feed. Note that we are using an ARRAY VARIABLE:

EK_feedmaker_example1

3. In your WordPress Dashboard, go to Appearance=>Widgets. Add a text widget to your sidebar and insert your code.

For a sample of code, please click here. You can copy and paste the code onto your page.

Examples:

Peters Township Libary https://ptlibrary.org/
Derby Public Library https://derbypubliclibrary.org/
Port Jefferson Free Libary https://portjefflibrary.org/

522 Direct Link = www.answerkeeper.com/ekfeed_wordpress

How do I allow EventKeeper events to show up in Burbio feeds? [VIDEO]

Click here to see the video

Direct Link = www.answerkeeper.com/ek_burbio EventKeeper How to allow EK Events to show up in a Burbio feed

Click here to see the video

522 Direct Link = www.answerkeeper.com/ek_burbio EventKeeper

How do I add a small month view calendar onto my website?

Adding a small monthview calendar to you site involves an EKFEED from us and a little javascript know how from you. Below is a link to an example. It shows a month view and if you hover over a day, it gives you a description of the event.

http://www.eventkeeper.com/samples/ekfm_LONGBEACH/

How do I get a smiliar calendar?

Click on the sample link above and look at the source code. The source code outlines how to set one up for your page. Please let us know if you have questions.

Direct Link = www.answerkeeper.com/ekfeed_month

http://www.eventkeeper.com/samples/ekfm_LONGBEACH/

How do I get a smiliar calendar?

Click on the sample link above and look at the source code. The source code outlines how to set one up for your page. Please let us know if you have questions.

522 Direct Link = www.answerkeeper.com/ekfeed_month

What are some samples of feeds that are not typical? Month view, days of the week?

Click the link below to see some special examples of EKFEEDS. They include several version of a small month view as well as a way to add in the days of the week on a list view feed.

http://www.eventkeeper.com/samples/

How do I add these onto my page?

If you find a sample that you like, look at the page source. The source code includes instructions on how to make your own.

Direct Link = www.answerkeeper.com/ekfeed_samplepage

Click the link below to see some special examples of EKFEEDS. They include several version of a small month view as well as a way to add in the days of the week on a list view feed.

http://www.eventkeeper.com/samples/

How do I add these onto my page?

If you find a sample that you like, look at the page source. The source code includes instructions on how to make your own.

522 Direct Link = www.answerkeeper.com/ekfeed_samplepage

Examples of EKFeeds on Civic Plus websites

Marlborough Public Library https://www.marlborough-ma.gov/library-0

Canton Public Library http://www.cantonpl.org/calendar

Yarmouth Town Libraries http://www.yarmouth.ma.us/818/Town-Libraries

South Kingston Public Library http://skpl.org/728/Library-Services

Fitchburg Public Library http://fitchburgpubliclibrary.org/657/Library

Direct Link = www.answerkeeper.com/ekfeed_civicplus

Marlborough Public Library https://www.marlborough-ma.gov/library-0

Canton Public Library http://www.cantonpl.org/calendar

Yarmouth Town Libraries http://www.yarmouth.ma.us/818/Town-Libraries

South Kingston Public Library http://skpl.org/728/Library-Services

Fitchburg Public Library http://fitchburgpubliclibrary.org/657/Library

522 Direct Link = www.answerkeeper.com/ekfeed_civicplus

Examples of EKFeeds with tabs for ages and views

Mishawaka Penn Harris Public Library: https://www.mphpl.org/ Shows feeds separated by age into tabs

Baldwin Public Library: https://www.baldwinpl.org/ Shows a feed with links to list and month views.

Direct Link = www.answerkeeper.com/ekfeed_tabs

Mishawaka Penn Harris Public Library: https://www.mphpl.org/ Shows feeds separated by age into tabs

Baldwin Public Library: https://www.baldwinpl.org/ Shows a feed with links to list and month views.

522 Direct Link = www.answerkeeper.com/ekfeed_tabs