General Settings
Settings → General Settings gathers most of the module's global options, organized by panel.
Globals
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Manager per page | Events per page in the admin list (items) |
| Enable Ping Service | Enable the ping service |
| Ping Service | Ping service URLs, one per line. When enabled, publishing an event notifies these update services automatically (similar to WordPress Update Services) |
| Searchable | Include events in DNN site search |
| Searchable Items | Number of items indexed |
| Color Schemes | Front-end color scheme — 5 presets: light, dark, black_and_white, navy, green |
| Google Map API Key | Google Maps API key, required for maps; a Get an API key link is provided |
Media Library
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Media Library Visibility | Library visibility — Public (authors can see it) / Private (admins only) |
| Enable Compression | Compress front-end resources — fewer JS/CSS references and smaller files (on by default) |
| Compression Quality | Compression quality, 1~100 |
Author Settings
Multi-author collaboration options:
- Author Roles: roles that may publish events as authors. Note: the role must also be granted module edit permission.
- Review New Event: whether events submitted by authors require admin approval before going live.
- Manager Module Roles: role names that may manage the module, one per line. Users with module edit permission but not listed here can only view and use part of the features.
- Advanced Permissions: when checked, module managers can see the entire admin menu.
Author Panel
Controls which setting panels authors see when editing events — turn off to keep the author interface simple:
Display Rating, Display Sitemap, Display Items, Display SEO, Display Color, Display Categories, Display Tags, Display Share, Display Featured Image, Display Gallery Image, Display Attachments, Display Permissions, Display Categories Menu.
RSS Feed Settings
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| RSS display the latest | Latest items included in the feed |
| Display Excerpt | Summary / Full text |
| Fill Excerpt | When showing summaries for events without one, fill it from the event body |
| Display "read more" links | Show "read more" links |
| Display Picture | Show pictures |
| Rss Title | Feed title, optional — falls back to the module title |
| Rss Description | Feed description, optional |
| Rss Stylesheet | Feed stylesheet, e.g. /DesktopModules/DNNGo_xEvent/Resource/css/rss_style.css |
| Rss Style xsl | Feed XSL, e.g. /DesktopModules/DNNGo_xEvent/Resource/css/rss_style.xsl |
Sitemap Settings
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Sitemap display the latest | Latest items included in the sitemap |
| Sitemap Priority | Default priority |
| Sitemap Changefreq | Default change frequency — always / hourly / daily / weekly / monthly / yearly |
| SiteMap Url | The sitemap output URL generated by the module — submit it to search engine webmaster tools |
Per-event overrides
Each event can override the sitemap priority and change frequency — see Add New Event. Author visibility of that panel is controlled by the Author Panel switches on this page.