[qiskit.org] events
The events page is populated according to an Airtable managed by the IBM Quantum Community Events team. Downloading the list of coming and past events happens once per build, right before the site generation.
The following table summarizes the Airtable columns involved in the generation of the event list. It includes the column name, a description of its function in the UI, and the expected type of values. The picture below displays the different regions in the UI (pink squares), and event fields (in purple), referenced by the summary table (in bold).
| Old column name | New column name | Purpose | Type of the value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Name | Used for the field Event name | Single text |
| Start Date | Start Date | Populates upcoming and past events tabs in the Tab region (31 days in the future and 31 days in the past) | Single date |
| End Date | End Date | In addition to "Start Date", used to fill the field Event dates | Single date |
| Type of Event | Type of Event | For the tags in the event card labelled Event type and also used for filtering according to the types checked in the Filter region. If the user selects no type, the UI shows all the events, without filtering by type. | Multiple texts from a list |
| Event Website | Website | Used for the field Event link | Single text |
| Event Location | Event Location | Used for the field Event location | Single text |
| Region | Region | Used for filtering the events according to the regions checked in the Filter region. If the user selects no region, the UI shows all the events, without filtering by region. |
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| Picture? | Image / Icon | Used as the Event picture | An image URL* |
| SUZIE - for website? | Add to Event Site | Indicates if it should appear in the event's page | Yes/no |
* The image URL is automatically provided by Airtable when adding an image to a column.
Important: Airtable columns and tables are identified by name so a change in a column or table name will likely break the UI. A change in the type of values for a column could also render the UI useless.