Syndicating content to other third party calendars has become an increasingly important factor in facilitating our Artsopolis Network members’ ability to develop or enhance local/regional partnerships. Our ability to provide for a centralized community database as a single point of content entry and distribution is a critical part of improving efficiency in the sharing of calendaring content and the community building effort, in general. The Content Syndication module allows a site administrator or content manager to create an unlimited number of custom XML/RSS feeds or calendar “widgets” for distribution to third party calendars.
FILTERS INCLUDE:
- Category Type
- Date Range
- City or Zip Code
- Organization
- Venue
OUTPUT TYPES INCLUDE:
- RSS
- XML
- ICS/ICAL
- JSON
- IFrame Widget
- WordPress Plugin
BLACKOUT FUNCTION:
This function allows you to select specific category types that should NOT be included in the feed output, whether a primary category, secondary category or sub-category.
XML Feed
Example: Visit Milwaukee Events Calendar powered by Milwaukee365.com
In the XML feed example, the partner site (Visit Milwaukee) receives the content via a ‘raw’ data feed. It is their Web developer who handles the look and feel of the content within their website to adhere to their brand standards.
Other examples:
- Visit Salt Lake Events Calendar powered by NowPlayingUtah.com
- Downtown Sac powered by Sacramento365
iFrame Widget
Example: Folsom Presents powered by Sacramento365.com
An embeddable calendar widget that can be used on third party sites. The iFrame calendar widget allows your syndication partner to easily embed your event content onto a web page with little to no difficulty. The iframe calendar is a simple ‘turn key’ solution. The only drawback is that it’s not as mobile friendly or ‘responsive’ as the other solutions listed.
Other examples:
- Photography Month Sacramento powered by Sacramento365.com
- Downtown York PA powered by York365.com
Artsopolis Calendar WordPress Plugin
Example: JazzBoston Events Calendar powered by ArtsBoston.com
To use this plugin solution the partner’ website must be on WordPress.
List view
Tile view
Month view
Other examples:
- Pikes Peak Event Calendar powered by PeakRadar.com
- A Parent in Silver Spring Events Calendar powered by CultureSpotMC.com
- St. Petersburg Arts Alliance Events Calendar powered by ArtsTampaBay.com
- KC Live Arts powered by ArtsKCGo.com
- Springs Media powered by PeakRadar.com
- In Birmingham Events Calendar powered by Birmingham365.org
- Arlington Arts powered by ArtsBoston
- Downtown Providence powered by ArtsNowRI.com
Sister Site
Example: CapRadio Events Calendar powered by Sacramento365.com
The microsite solution is basically its own stand-alone Artsopolis website that is skinned to emulate the look and feel of the parent website. Sister Sites are typically a sub-domain of the parent website, in this case using “events.” as the sub-domain.
Other examples:
- Discover Stillwater Events Calendar powered by StCroixSplash.org
JSON API
Example: Houston Arts Alliance Events Calendar powered by HAATX
Questions or suggestions? Contact: networksupport@artsopolis.com