Session Catalog Designer

Introduction

A Session Catalog is set up in an event that has Speaker and Session Management and Conference Sessions sub-module enabled. The Session Catalog Designer opens in a new browser window. The Session Catalog Designer looks different from the rest of the Certain Platform. This interface may require an adjustment period. A user can have multiple Session Catalogs in a single event. Session Catalogs can be used for both digital events and in-person events. When an attendee clicks a session for which the attendee has registered, the attendee sees information about that session. If the session is configured for a webinar, the pop-up includes a link for the attendee to join the webinar.

Adding and Editing a Session Catalog

Adding a New Catalog

1. Go to Manage > Speakers and Sessions > Catalog List.

2. Click Go to Catalog List on that landing page.

3. Click Add Catalog.

4. Give the catalog a Name.

5. Select the Catalog Type: 'Session Catalog'.

6. Copy Style and Header from. Copy Style and Header from is available if there is an existing catalog. If there is an existing catalog, copy Style and Header from it. This helps maintain consistency across catalogs.

7. Save.

8. Your new catalog appears in the Catalog List.

9. Edit the catalog, as described next.

Editing a Catalog

Best Practice: When editing a newly added catalog, click Save & Next to step through the setup pages. When editing a saved catalog, you can select the pages and tabs to edit just those elements.
Note: At any stage you can click Preview to preview the catalog in a new browser window.
If adding a new catalog you've just added, proceed to Step 3.
If editing a configured catalog, go to Manage > Speakers and Sessions > Catalog List.
Click in the Actions column to edit the catalog.
The Certain Session Catalog Designer opens in a new browser window.
The first page is Define Layout. It has two tabs: Page Elements and Theme.
You land on Page Elements, as described next.

Define Layout > Page Elements

Observe the central illustration of the page elements.
On the left, select Filter Placement: Left, or Slider.
On the right, select Session Display: Magazine Style, Promoted Style, or General Sessions.
Click Save & Next to proceed to the Theme tab.

Define Layout > Theme

Select a Theme by clicking Use, or click Customize to create a new "Custom Theme" based on that one.
Click Save & Next to proceed to the Design Elements page.

Design Elements

The Design Elements page has four panels: Page Elements, Screen, My Sessions, Additional Setting.
Page Elements panel: Click any of the elements on the Page Elements illustration on the left to edit it in the panel on the right. The default element is the header. Save that element and select another one on the left, or step through them all by clicking Save & Next. Hover over an element in the illustration to see its name. The full list is: Header; HTML (below header); Tabs; Session Layout(s) (depending on which Session Display style was selected); Highlighted Session Layout (for Magazine Style); Promoted Session Layout (for Magazine and Promoted Styles); General Session Layout (for Magazine Style, Promoted Style, and General Sessions); HTML (above footer); Footer; Speaker Layout.
Not illustrated, but listed below the illustration, are these three elements you can also edit:
Screen – The popup screen on which the attendee logs in using the credentials they used to register. To make the catalog public, requiring no login, change the toggle switch from Enabled to Disabled. To restrict access only to registration of particular registration statuses, select those under Allowed Registration Statuses. One of the options is 'All' statuses – that is, no restriction.
My Sessions – The page element in which the logged-in attendee sees and can add to the sessions they've selected. Note: The administrator sets the Add to Calendar display options for this section. This is at the account level on Account Settings > Management > Add to Calendar.
Additional Settings – Insert scripts or CSS references separately for the DOM header and DOM footer.
When the design elements are configured, click Save & Next to proceed to the Data page.

Data

The Data page has up to three tabs, depending on which Session Display style was selected: Highlighted (for Magazine Style); Promoted (for Magazine and Promoted Styles); General (for all three styles).
In each tab, choose how those sessions will be displayed.
In the Highlighted and Promoted tabs, choose which sessions to highlight and promote.
In the General tab, define Filters and Grouping(s).
Video: Selecting Sessions for the Session Catalog.
Video: Selecting Sessions for the Promoted or Highlighted Sessions.