Categories

Settings

Before you start creating your schedule, you need to define the categories for your event.

Categories are "keywords" you can use for your event formats, such as

• keynotes, parallel sessions, poster sessions, symposia, etc.

or for your topics or tracks, such as

• Eventtopic 1, Eventtopic 2, Eventtopic 3, etc.

Note: When creating a session, specifying a category is a mandatory field.

Add categories

Navigate to
> Program planning
> Settings
> Categories

Click the Add category button. A form will open.
You can create as many categories as you like.

• Category Name
  Enter the name of the category.
  

• Author list layout
  Optional – select the layout you want to use when exporting to MS Word.
  

• Special layout for
  Please leave blank – this field is only required in special cases.
  

• Visibility in the application
  Please leave blank – this field is only needed in special cases.
  

• Highlight category by colour
  An individual color value can be stored for each category. When a session is assigned to a category, the color value is automatically applied to the session. How to assign colors is explained in "Assigning colors" below.

• Save your settings by clicking Save.

Assigning colours

Click on the square with the current color value to open a color picker.

1. Move the color bar in the centre of the display to the desired basic color.

2. Drag the white circle in the color box to the desired color or enter the hex value or RGB values of the desired color.
Close the colour picker by clicking outside the picker.

3. If you have selected a dark color, set the text color to "light" for better legibility.

Changing the order

You can change the order of the categories by dragging and dropping them.

Note: Pay attention to the order!
The order of the categories affects the sorting of the programe for export.
You can change the order using drag and drop.