Booths & Booth Types

In this article, you will learn how to create, edit, and delete booth types and booths. We will also show you how your booths are displayed on the virtual platform and website.

To use the “Booths” module, first activate it in the “Modules” area on the left side of your navigation bar.

Then open the “Content” menu item and select “Booths.”

Overview “Booths”

When you open the “Booths” menu item, you will first see an overview of your booth types (left) and the respective booths (right) that have been created in a booth type. The “Details” of the booth type selected on the left are displayed in the upper area.

Booth types

Create booth types

To create a new booth type, click on the plus icon in the upper right corner of the tile on the left side.

In the “New booth type” window that opens, enter an icon and a name for your booth type and confirm your entry by clicking on “Add.”

Edit and delete booth types

If you want to rename your booth types or assign them a new icon, first select the desired booth type on the left side. In the “Details” section on the right side, you can now select a different icon or change the name. Save your changes by clicking the “Save changes” button.

To change the order of your booth types or delete a booth type, simply hover your cursor over the booth types in the left tile.

Use the cursor to drag and drop this icon  to change the order of the booth types. To delete a booth type, simply click on the trash can and confirm your action by clicking the “Delete” button.

Booths

Create booths

First, select the booth type you want to add a booth to on the left side by clicking on the desired booth type.

Then click on the plus sign on the right side, in the right tile.

A new window will open with the title “New Booth.” You can now enter the following information for each booth:

• Cover image
• Profile image (required field). Further information on image sizes can be found here.
• Name (required field)
• Subtitle (required field)
• Description

• Social media profiles: You can choose from Website, LinkedIn, Xing, X, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, YouTube, Vimeo, Spotify, E-mail, etc.

After you have saved the information you have entered using the “Add” button, the newly created booth will be added to the overview within the respective booth type.

Edit and delete booths

First, select the booth type on the left-hand side in which you want to edit or delete a booth by clicking on the booth type.

Then select the booth you want to edit from the overview of your created booths on the right-hand side. Clicking on the desired booth opens the editing mask.

You can add additional information to the information you have already defined when creating a new booth on the right-hand side.

Streams

At this point, you have two options:

• You can either link an existing stream to your booth by simply selecting it from the drop-down menu.
• Or you can create a new stream. To do this, click on the plus sign in the upper right corner of this area and then proceed as described in this article. Then select your newly created stream from the drop-down menu.

Schedule items

You also have the option of adding your booth to a schedule item. For example, is one of your sponsors also appearing as a speaker, or is one of your listed products being demonstrated in a schedule item? If so, link this schedule item to your booth.

Cover image

Click on the pencil icon in the “Cover image” section to edit and insert an image. This image will then be displayed on the virtual platform at your booth.

Reorder and delete booth

To change the order of your booths or delete a booth, simply hover your cursor over the booths in the right-hand tile.

Use the cursor to drag and drop this icon  to change the order of the booth. To delete a booth, simply click on the trash can and confirm your action by clicking the “Delete” button.

Display connect (Virtual platform)

Depending on whether you have set up one or more booth types, these will be displayed on the left side of the navigation bar on the virtual platform. In the example above, the booth types Sponsors, Networking, and Products were created.

Once one of the booth types has been selected, the respective booths of that booth type are displayed in the middle of the page.

We will show you how to set up the virtual platform in this article.

Display website

When creating your website, you can decide whether you want to display all booths or only certain booth types.