VSys One: Volunteer Management Software

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Custom Calendars

Custom calendars in VSys Live let you assemble your own calendars with multiple different types of events and one or more view types. Once created, a calendar is placed on a VSys Live page just like any other content. The most common usage for these is to have two on your VSys Live site: one as the organization calendar and one as the personal calendar.

On the organization calendar you'd most commonly include:

And on the personal calendar:

Custom calendar content sources

Anniversaries

Anniversaries based on Date active or Date started for people who meet a source relationships rule below.

Assignments

Assignments for the logged-in person, for the volunteers supervised by the logged-in person, or both.

Assignments by shared job associations

Assignments for other volunteers where the logged-in person has a job association for that job.

Birthdays

Birthdays for people who meet a source relationships rule.

Calendar items

Calendar items for the current VSys Live site. Can be filtered by news/calendar item tags.

Expiring attributes

Expiring certifications and/or trainings for the logged-in person and/or people who meet a source relationships rule.

Holidays

Defined holidays.

Interviews

Scheduled interviews for the logged-in person and/or people who meet a source relationship rule.

News items

News items for the current VSys Live site. Can be filtered by news/calendar item tags and news feeds.

Notifications

Notifications for the logged-in person.

Open job slots based on job associations

Open job slots for which the logged-in person has a job association. Can optionally allow or disallow signup for a slot directly from this calendar item.

Open job slots for main calendar

Open job slots designated as Show on main calendar in VSys Live while volunteers still needed. Can optionally allow or disallow signup for a slot directly from this calendar item.

Open schedule jobs

Open schedule jobs for which the current user is eligible.

Projects

Defined projects, but only those designated as Show on VSys Live as a calendar item.

Self-reminder

Generally only for VSys One users, shows reminders that the user has created for herself.

Slots

Job slots filtered by job, location and status; optionally only those supervised by the logged-in person.

Slots as client

Slots for which the current user is the assigned client; only supported when clients are enabled as a separate module.

Training courses

Training courses which meet the given criteria, whether or not signed up for by the current user.

Trainings

Trainings for the logged-in person, for those supervised by the logged-in person, or for people who meet a source relationships rule.

All of these items let you set the background and font colors for the items as displayed. You should use high-contrast color schemes when possible for legibility.

Some of these items may include options such as:

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Example Custom Calendars

Custom Calendars Settings

See Also

Site Content

Pages

Custom HTML Blocks

Action Links

Blocks

Content Builders

Data Display

Listings Views

Lookup Tools

Downloadable Files

Images

Menus

Merge Templates

News and Calendars

Visibility Rules

Agreements

Online Trainings

Opt-out/Contact flags

Self-Run Reports