Speaker Catalog Designer

Introduction

• Setting up a Speaker Catalog is very similar to setting up a Session Catalog.
• If you're familiar with one, you'll feel at home with the other.
• Each catalog is created and edited using the relevant Catalog Designer, which opens in a new browser window.
• This looks and feels different to the rest of Certain Platform.
• It may take some getting used to, but we think you'll like it.
• You can have multiple Speaker Catalogs in an event.
• You can use these catalogs whether your event is digital or in-person.

Adding and Editing a Speaker 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. At the top of the list, click Add a Catalog.

4. Enter a Catalog Name.

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

6. Copy Style and Header from – Available if there are any existing catalogs.

7. If you wish to, select another catalog to copy style and header from. This helps maintain consistency across catalogs.

8. Save.

9. Your new catalog appears in the Catalog List.

10. 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.
• But 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 Speaker Catalog Designer opens in a new browser window.

Define Layout

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 page elements, displayed from top to bottom in this order: Header, Featured Units, Basic Unit, Footer.
• Under Featured Units on the left, select one of the three illustrated options to determine how the catalog should display featured speakers: Cards, List, or Single, or None.
• Under Basic Units on the right, select one of the two illustrated options to determine how the catalog should display speakers other than featured speakers: Cards, List.
• Click Save & Next to proceed to the Theme tab.

Define Layout > Theme

• Several out-of-the-box Themes are displayed.
• The selected Theme is highlighted.
• Select a different 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 one panel on the left: Page Elements.
• The larger panel on the right is where you edit whichever page element you select on the left.
• Click any of the elements on the Page Elements illustration on the left to edit it in the panel that opens on the right.
• The default element is the header.
• You can Save that element and select another one on the left, or step through them all by clicking Save & Next.
• Edit Header.
• Edit HTML (below header).
• Edit Tabs.
• Edit Featured Speaker Layout.
• Edit General Speaker Layout.
• Edit HTML (above footer).
• Edit Footer.
• Speaker Sessions – Select and configure the template used to display the Speaker and their Sessions.
• Additional Settings – Insert scripts or CSS references separately into the DOM header and DOM footer.
• When you've configured the design elements, click Save & Next to proceed to the Data page, where you can select featured speakers.

Data – Details

• Data – Details panel.
• Featured tab – Select up to 20 featured speakers, if the design includes displaying featured speakers.
• General tab – Define: Default Filters (e.g., by Speaker Type), Grouping (e.g., by Speaker Type), Sorting (e.g., by Speaker Last name), Grouping Style (Font Color, Style, and Size for the top level of grouping).
• Final step: Save & Preview.

See Also

• Catalog List
• Session Catalog
• List of Speaker and Session Management documents, videos, and help topics

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