
Calendar Block: Display Collection Events in an Interactive Calendar Format
Calendar blocks display collection items in a convenient calendar format, making them perfect for showing events, blog posts, products, album tracks, or gallery images.
Key Features:
- Displays events with titles, times, and featured images
- Shows items from a single collection page
- Includes interactive month navigation
- Responsive design adapts to screen size
- Hover-to-view item excerpts
Setup Process:
- Edit a page or post
- Click Add Block or an insert point
- Select Calendar
- Choose a collection page to display content from
Collection Types Supported:
- Events (optimized)
- Blog posts
- Products
- Album tracks (version 7.0)
- Gallery images (version 7.0)
Display Guidelines:
- Current month shows by default
- Featured images appear in date squares
- Multiple items stack within date cells
- Empty dates appear gray or match background
- Events ending at midnight show on both days
- Future scheduled blog posts won't appear
- Upcoming events will display
Responsive Behavior:
- Full features at >600px width
- No images at <600px width
- Only titles at <300px width
Best Practices:
- Add excerpts and featured images to all items
- Adjust event end times to 11:59 PM to avoid dual-day display
- Use scheduling blocks for booking features
- Resize blocks to fit your page layout
Note: Calendar blocks lack style tweaks and don't support booking functionality.
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