Publish Custom Objects

To publish a Custom Object, you first enable that Object on a calendar. The calendar on which an Object is enabled owns the Object's records.

I'm not sure how to enable a Custom Object on a calendar.

When you publish the owning calendar or mix the owning calendar into a calendar you publish, you also publish the enabled Custom Objects.

After a Custom Object is published, you use the Publishing Control Panel to customize the behavior and appearance of the Object spuds.

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How to customize a Custom Object

1. On the Calendar Page, select the calendar that owns the Custom Objects you want to publish. Click Publish.
2. In the Publishing Control Panel, do one or more of the following:
   • Select and customize Object views and popups
   • Take advantage of child views
   • Add control spuds
   • Add promotion spuds
   • Customize Object spuds to match your website design

Select and customize Object views and popups

When you publish a Custom Object, you automatically create a set of spuds that you can embed into your website. You have many of the same options for customizing these Object spuds as you do for calendar spuds.

For example, on the [Object] Spuds tab in the Publishing Control Panel, you can:

• Choose default and alternate views for each Custom Object spud and edit the settings and styles for each view.

  

  Customizing a view in the Publishing Control Panel

• Customize the detailed view of a Custom Objects record.

  

  Customizing the detail view in the Publishing Control Panel with a preview of the detail view behind.

• Customize the detail popup for a Custom Objects record. The popup appears when you hover over the record name in a published calendar or Object view.

  Tip For each Custom Object, you have the option of turning popups on or off.

  

  Customizing the popup view in the Publishing Control Panel with a preview of the popup behind.

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Take advantage of child views

A child view is a view of events or other Custom Object records that you add to an Object detail view.

For example, for this detail view of a studio, the Yoga Center added two child views called Classes and Teachers.

Studio detail view with two child views

The Classes child view lists only class events held at the West Seattle studio. The Teachers child view lists only teachers who teach at the West Seattle studio.

By including child views in each studio detail view, the Yoga Center provides site visitors with a complete picture of each studio's activity in one handy location.

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Add control spuds

Use control spuds in connection with Custom Objects to make Object records easier to find.

For example, on the page where the Teachers Object spud is embedded, the Yoga Center included a Studio filter spud. This allows site visitors to see only teachers that offer classes at the specific studio they attend.

Studio filter control spud with Teachers Object.

How to add and customize Custom Object control spuds

1. In the Publishing Control Panel, from the Object list, select the appropriate Custom Object, and then click the Control Spuds tab.
2. Click Add a Control Spud, select the type of spud you want to add, and then click OK.
3. On the Edit Settings page, set the options you want, and then click OK.
4. Embed the control spud into the appropriate page on your website.

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Add promotion spuds

Use promotion spuds in connection with Custom Objects to promote the information the Object contains and to direct site visitors to the page where the Custom Object spud is embedded.

By setting a custom field filter, you can tailor promotion spuds for specific purposes.

For example, the Yoga Center might create Teacher promotion spuds filtered by studio and embed each promotion spud on the appropriate studio detail page.

Teacher promotion spud filtered by studio.

How to add and customize Custom Object promotion spuds

1. In the Publishing Control Panel, from the Object list, select the appropriate Custom Object, and then click the Promotion Spuds tab.
2. Click Add a Promotion Spud, select the thumbnail, and then click OK.
3. On the Edit Settings page, set the options you want.

   Tip Use the Filter/Search Options section to filter the content of the promotion spud by custom field.

4. Click OK.
5. Embed the promotion spud into the appropriate page on your website.

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Customize Custom Object spuds to match your website

By default, Custom Object spuds derive their styles, colors, and icons from the calendar that owns them. If you have configured the calendar settings to match your website, published Custom Objects will match your website as well.

As with calendar spuds, you can override the default settings by editing the styles for individual Custom Object spuds.

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