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Events

The Sprocket Events web part is a valuable tool for organizations and teams to promote and manage existing events within their SharePoint sites, making it easier for users to stay informed about upcoming activities and engagements. This web part is specifically designed to display events or calendar information on a web page for easy viewing. Events web part allows you to showcase events, meetings, or appointments in a visually appealing, color coded and organized manner.

This web part is applicable when a calendar and event is created. To create an event in the calendar click here.

To configure the Events web part

tip

Only 'Events' list type is currently support. Custom Lists with the Calendar view are not supported.

Hover over the Alt text icon and type ‘Events Sprocket 365’

  1. Select Edit details Alt text at the top of the web part
  2. Provide a Calendar title
  3. Provide a Calendar name
  4. Enter the Site URL from your relevant SharePoint site (see below TIP)
  5. Nominate a calendar color for individual color customization
  6. Nominate an API filter if desired
  7. Select the amount of items per page
  8. Select Layout (List or Block)
  9. Click ‘Republish’

*TIP – Ensure you nominate the relevant site URL where the event was created, otherwise the event will not appear in the calendar or in web page view.

Layout​

The Events web part supports two layout modes, selectable in the web part property pane under Layout:

  • List – Default layout. Event cards show in a clean list style with image, date, title, time, location (with clock and location icons when present), and category/site tags. Image size adapts by section width.
  • Block – Same structure as List with a block-style appearance: card background and outline, and 120×120px event images in all section widths for a consistent block look.