An Events Listing Page can be configured to allow website visitors to filter Event Detail Pages using Event Types, Event Categories, Event Audiences, Offices and Centers, and Departments.
Event Types describe the general style or format of an event. They should not be so specific that filtering an Event Listing Page to the type narrows the content down to just one event; types should be higher-level bucket labels. Event Type tag options will only appear in a website’s Event Type filter if they’ve been applied to a published event.
It is a best practice to limit the number of actively used Event Type tags on a website to 10. This ensures that the drop-down Event Type filters are usable on a mobile device.
University Communications and Marketing worked with communications professionals across campus to develop a global taxonomy framework offering many Event Type options. Expand the accordion tab below to view the suggested Event Types for units wishing to align with the university global taxonomy.
Units should choose up to 10 type tags for use:
If a unit has questions about recommended Event Types, please contact Katie Kelly to discuss.
To add a new Event Type tag in Content Editor:
To edit an existing Event Type tag in Content Editor:
To deactivate an Event Type in Content Editor:
In Content Editor:
Event Categories generally describe an event. Event Categories are a global taxonomy designed to enable a future campuswide events calendar.
It is a best practice to limit the number of actively used Event Category tags on a website to 10. This ensures that the drop-down Event Category filters are usable on a mobile device. Event Category tag options will only appear in a website’s Event Category filter if they’ve been applied to a published Event Details Page.
University Communications and Marketing worked with communications professionals across campus to develop the global taxonomy framework offering many options for Event Categories. Expand the accordion tab below to view the available options.
If a unit has questions about available Event Category tags, please contact Katie Kelly to discuss.
In Content Editor:
Event Audience tags indicate who the event is intended for. Event Audiences are a global taxonomy designed to enable a future campuswide events calendar.
Event Audience tag options will only appear in a website’s Event Audience filter if they’ve been applied to a published Event Details Page.
University Communications and Marketing worked with communications professionals across campus to develop the global taxonomy framework offering many options for Event Audiences. Expand the accordion tab below to view the available options.
Units should select all relevant audiences from the available list:
If a unit has questions about available Event Audience tags, please contact Katie Kelly to discuss.
In Content Editor:
Backend Tags and Department (i.e., Unit) Tags are used to further tag and categorize events, news and people within a website. These tags are referenced by Sitecore Search when delivering search results within the page. In the future, website managers may be able to use these tags to control a prefiltered view of news, events or people on a page. University Communications and Marketing is documenting use case requests to see if this functionality is needed.
For example, within a college website:
Units interested in using these additional tags to create prefiltered Events Listing Pages should contact University Communications and Marketing.
Most units associated with an MAU have been created in the system under the Departments field. A unit tag may be nested under another unit tag.
If a content author believes that a tag is missing and would like it added to the system, contact Katie Kelly to discuss the need. Katie will provide guidance on if the tag exists (and where) or if it can be added to the global taxonomy.
| Page Builder | Explorer | Content Editor | |
| Create, edit and archive Event Types | - | - | Optimal |
| Create, edit and archive Backend Tags | - | - | Optimal |
| Create and edit a Department Tag | - | - | Contact University Communications and Marketing |
| Apply taxonomy tags to an Event Details Page | - | - | Optimal |
Documentation updated: June 12, 2025
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Note: The name field when creating a tag does not allow for special characters, such as the slash. You can use special characters in the tag value field that displays to website visitors. The examples above were designed as label values, not Content Tree item names.