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Thanks Nancy - that's a great idea, and one of the focus areas for this site (businesses and events).

The 'Featured' profile in each category is just a display portlet, although I noticed we don't yet have one
in the Events category. I hope to include that when I upgrade to the next point release of ConcourseConnect.

Once the featured event portlet works on its own category page, I'll add it to the main page as you suggested. The selection of what's featured is still somewhat random, but it will include a thumbnail of the primary photo for that profile.

We now have a 'Featured Event' display portlet in the Events category, but not currently on the home page.

Featured profiles in each category are mostly random, but only draw from their own top-level category (Businesses, Organizations, Groups etc.). There's a featured profile in each category.

The home page is a little different. There we need to strike a balance determined by the site focus, which is regional business and tourism promotion including events, plus social interaction.

The 'Upcoming Events' display portlet currently used on the home page displays not just top-level events, but also calendar entries from individual profiles. The 'Featured Events' portlet only draws from top-level events.

I think at some point we can have both on the home page, but that might wait until we see what grows.

I still don't see how to add a featured event. I have a nice graphic for the Armed forces Day Concert, May 15, that would be nice to add. - Nancy

The 'Featured <category>' function randomly selects a profile from the selected category, so there's no way to add or mark an event as featured. Another issue is that there's currently no logic to specify only future events, so a Featured Event display would also randomly display old events.

I though that might be confusing to site visitors, or at least disappointing to click on an event from last season; however I'd be happy to add that back to the Events page if you think it would help.