Add or update an event’s title, description, short description, banner, and thumbnail from the Details tab in the Event Dashboard.

Use the Details tab in the Event Dashboard to set the text and images people see on the public event page, in chapter listings, and when the event is shared. This article covers title, description, short description, event banner, and event thumbnail. For opening an event and using other tabs (Registrations, Recordings, Tracking), see Manage and edit an event.

Open Details

1. In the Chapter Dashboard, select Events in the left sidebar.
2. Open the event from the hosting chapter.
3. Select the Details tab.

You can edit these fields for draft and published events. Save or publish when you are finished so the public page updates.

Add a title and description

1. In Title (required), enter the event name (up to 255 characters).
2. In Description, write the full event description that appears on the public event page.

Optional: use the AI prompt at the top of Details (“Use AI to fill out your title and description”) to draft or revise both fields from a short prompt. You can adjust tone and length, then regenerate if needed.

Add a short description

The short description appears in chapter event listings and newsletters. It is optional.

1. On Details, select Add short description.
2. Enter up to 400 characters.
3. Save or publish the event.

If you leave the short description empty, Bevy generates one from your main description for listings and newsletters.

Upload an event banner

The event banner is the wide image on the event page header area (depending on your page layout).

1. On Details, under Event banner, select the image area to upload or replace an image.
2. Crop or zoom as needed, then confirm.
3. Save or publish the event.

Suggested size: 2560 × 650 pixels (wide landscape, about 4:1). The cropper supports common wide ratios such as 4:1, 3.5:1, and 3:1.

Upload an event thumbnail

The event thumbnail (sometimes called the event picture or logo) is the square image used in listings and for social sharing.

1. On Details, under Event thumbnail, select the image area to upload or replace an image.
2. Crop to a square if needed, then confirm.
3. Save or publish the event.

Suggested size: 1080 × 1080 pixels (1:1). For social-crop guidance, see Optimize chapter and event thumbnails for social sharing.

Image sizes at a glance

Default images (fallbacks)

If you do not upload a custom banner or thumbnail for this event, Bevy uses defaults in this order:

1. Event type defaults — the default banner or thumbnail configured for that event type (Admin Dashboard → Event Types), when set.
2. Community / instance defaults — the fallback event banner and default event thumbnail from Style / branding settings, when set.

Uploading an image on Details for this event overrides those defaults for that event only. Removing a custom upload returns the field to the next available default.