{"id":21285,"date":"2025-09-26T10:53:51","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T14:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webservices\/?p=21285"},"modified":"2025-09-26T10:54:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T14:54:06","slug":"upcoming-launch-of-the-new-university-event-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webservices\/2025\/upcoming-launch-of-the-new-university-event-calendar\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Launch of the New University Event Calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Upcoming Launch of the New University Event Calendar\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                                    \n\n<p>We\u2019re excited to announce that the University Event Calendar is being upgraded to a new, modern version.<\/p>\n\n\n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>The updated calendar is built on the same core functionality provided by <strong>cutheme<\/strong> and is fully aligned with our latest web brand guidelines through the <strong>Raven Design System (RDS)<\/strong>. This means a more consistent look and feel across university websites, along with improved tools for managing events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"transition-timeline\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Transition Timeline<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Morning of October 1:<\/strong> The current event calendar will be unavailable during a planned outage while we complete the upgrade.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Later on October 1:<\/strong> The new calendar will officially launch and be available for use.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"whats-changing\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">What\u2019s Changing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Event migration<\/strong>: Past events from the previous <strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">three years<\/strong> will be moved into the new system so nothing is lost.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Registration model<\/strong>: The old registration system is being retired. Historical registration data has been securely archived and will remain visible for past events.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Flexible forms<\/strong>: Event owners will now be able to create their own forms instead of being limited to a single option.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"support-resources\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Support &amp; Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To help you get started, we\u2019ve prepared updated documentation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cutheme-docs\/advanced\/module-1-advanced-content-types\/events\/\">Working with Events<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cutheme-docs\/mastery\/module-5-forms\/\">Working with Forms<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We encourage event organizers to review these guides ahead of the launch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"looking-ahead\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Looking Ahead<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re confident the new calendar will provide a better experience for both event organizers and attendees. Thank you for your patience during this transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any questions or run into issues, please submit a support request in the <a href=\"https:\/\/itsjira.carleton.ca\/servicedesk\/customer\/portal\/5\/create\/168\">ITS Help Centre<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re excited to announce that the University Event Calendar is being upgraded to a new, modern version.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21274,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[382],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legacy-systems"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21285"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21287,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21285\/revisions\/21287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}