What happens to a website event when that event is canceled or postponed in Stanford Event?
Life happens, and sometimes event plans change. This guide explains what you can expect when you make changes in Stanford Events and what action, if any, is required by you.
This page is only relevant for sites that import their events from Stanford Events.
If you want to cancel an event, use the Canceled status in Stanford Events, because that update gets pushed to your website. Other changes typically don't, as you can read below.
When events are canceled in Localist/Stanford Events, the status update will get pushed to your website. The title will change accordingly to "Canceled: [event title]."
This will happen automatically, and no additional work is required.
Postponed events
Postponements are not pushed from Localist to your website. The event is still connected to the importer, the dates haven't changed, and while the status in Stanford Events shows "postponed", nothing changes automatically on your website.
You'll need to manually postpone the event on your website as well.
To do so:
Edit the event title to "Postponed: [event title]"
If known, update the event to include the new date
If unknown, keep the original date until the event is rescheduled
Save
Unlisted events
When an event is unlisted (unpublished) on Localist, the event gets disconnected from the importer. This means the event continues to exist on your website but no longer receives updates made in Stanford Events. Relisting (republishing) the event on Stanford Events does NOT reconnect the event.
You'll need to manually unpublish the event on your website as well.
Deleted events
Deleting an event in Stanford Events disconnects the event from the importer. So the event continues to live on your website but is no longer receiving updates from Stanford Events.
You'll need to manually delete or unpublish the event on your website to remove it.
Restricted events
Restricted events aren't pulled into websites because they're considered not public.