Publishing Custom Links

Preset Filter Links

Helios Calendar includes a filter for public calendar event browsing allowing users to select which event cities and categories they are most interested in and hiding any events not assigned to their selected criteria.

Admin users can create links for the public calendar that preset this filter showing only events meeting the filter criteria.

Filter Settings

• Cities - Cities to include in the filter. Only events assigned to selected cities will be displayed in the public calendar.
• Categories - Categories to include in the filter. Only events assigned to selected categories will be displayed in the public calendar.

Once the criteria has been selected the filter link will be presented in a textbox that you can copy & paste to activate the link.

Link to Search Results

Results for all searches performed in the public calendar include a link that contains the criteria of the search.

Keyword search matches fulltext against Event Title, Event Description & Location Name.

Note: Location Name is searched for Custom Locations only.

Building Search Links

In addition to links being present in search results, users can build custom links to search results by using the following URL arguments.

• &r - Recurring event setting. 0 = Show All, 1 = Show First Occurrence Only
• Default: 0 = Show All
• &s - Starting Search Date (Format: Unix Timestamp)
• &e - Ending Search Date (Format: Unix Timestamp)
• Default: Default Search Window Setting
• &k - Keyword/Phrase to search for.
• &t - Numeric IDs of the Categories to include.
• Default: All Categories

Additionally: one of the following can also be included:

• &l - Numeric ID of the location to search. All locations are used if this is omitted.
• &c - The City to search within.
• &st - The State/Region to search within (must use option value from language pack SelectRegion.php file).
• &p - The Zip/Postal Code to search within.

Note: All values should be url encoded.