Varbase Events Base

The Varbase Events Base recipe provides a fully configured event content type with a smart date, a location, featured images, categories, and an optimized listing page with filters for Varbase sites.

Drupal.org Project

https://www.drupal.org/project/varbase_events_base

Overview

Varbase Events Base builds on top of the contributed Events recipe. It adds the fields an event needs, configures display modes, and sets up an events listing view with exposed filters for browsing and searching event content.

It also provides a related events display and the Drupal Canvas content templates for the event page and the listing cards.

Recipe Dependencies

Depends on the following recipes:

Recipe	Description
Events	The Event content type and its smart date.
Varbase Content Base	Core content configuration including node types and taxonomy.
Varbase Media Base	Comprehensive media handling with image styles and media library.
Varbase SEO Base	Comprehensive SEO modules and configurations.
Varbase Workflow Base	Content moderation, scheduled publishing, and workflows.

Included Modules

Brings in the following core and contributed modules to your site:

Module	Purpose
Varbase Components	The Varbase library of single-directory components used by the content templates.
Smart Date	The date field the event's When field is built on.
Selective Better Exposed Filters	Provide extra option for better exposed filters to show only used terms in filter.
Webshare	Adds a share button that opens the browser's native share dialog.

Configuration

The recipe applies the following configurations:

Fields

Adds the following fields to the Event content type:

Field	Purpose
When	The smart date of the event, from the Events recipe.
Location	Where the event takes place.
Description	The summary shown on the listing cards.
Featured Image	The image shown on the cards and at the top of the event page.
Event Categories	The type of the event. Exposed on the listing as the Type filter.
Tags	The shared Tags vocabulary. Keys the Related Events display.

Events Listing

• Events are shown as cards in a grid, 12 per page, with a pager and a result summary.

• Exposed filters let visitors search by keyword and narrow results by Type.

Related Events

• Shows other events that share the same tags.

• Excludes the event that is being read.

Installation

Apply the recipe using Drush:

ddev drush recipe ../recipes/varbase_events_base

This recipe is automatically applied when using the Educare site template.