Posting Live Trainings on CAS.org

Last Updated: August 12, 2026 | Audience: Content Editors

Live trainings publish at cas.org/live-trainings/{slug}. There are 10 items in the collection.

How Live Trainings Differ from Webinars

A webinar is a one-off session with a registration page and, afterwards, an on-demand recording. A live training is a recurring instructor-led session that runs the same content on multiple dates, each with its own WebEx registration link, and does not become on-demand content.

The practical consequence: one live training item holds up to six sessions. You do not create a new item for each date. When a date passes, you replace it with the next one on the same item.

Session Fields

There are six session slots. Each has three fields:

• Session N date (Date/Time) — The session start.
• Session N timezone — The label shown to the visitor, either ET or CET. This is a display label, not a converter. It does not change the stored time.
• Session N registration URL — The WebEx registration link, which will look like https://casevents.webex.com/weblink/register/...

Watch the timezone carefully. The date field stores a moment in time and the timezone field is just text next to it. If the stored time and the label disagree, the page will confidently show the wrong hour and nobody will notice until people miss the session. After saving, open the published page and check that each session reads the way the training calendar says it should.

Typical pattern across the CAS live training calendar: sessions alternate between an ET slot for the Americas and a CET slot for EMEA. Fill the slots in chronological order and leave unused slots empty.

Other Fields

• Name — The training title, e.g. "CAS SciFinder® onboarding for new users." Include the trademark symbol where the product name requires it.
• Slug — Short and stable. Because the same item is reused as dates roll over, this slug will be linked from emails and in-product alerts for a long time. Do not change it.
• Description (Rich Text) — What the session covers and who it is for. State the duration and the level in the first sentence.
• Eyebrow, Hero summary, Hero image — Hero treatment. Optional.
• Schedule summary — A line of context above the session list, e.g. how often it runs.
• Registration footnote — Small print under the session list, such as what happens if you cannot attend.
• Audience level — Who the session is pitched at.
• Topic 2 / Topic 3 title, description, icon — Optional "what you will learn" blocks.
• Presenters and Show presenters (Switch) — Only turn the switch on once presenters are populated, or the section renders empty.
• Related CAS solution — Cross-links the training to its solution page.
• Meta title, Meta description, OG image — SEO and social. Several existing items have these empty; fill them on anything you touch.

Keeping Sessions Current

This is the ongoing maintenance job and the thing most likely to go wrong.

1. Check the collection at the start of each month.
2. For any session date that has passed, replace that slot with the next scheduled date, its timezone label, and its new WebEx registration link.
3. Reorder so sessions read chronologically. An out-of-order list looks broken even when every date is valid.
4. Publish the item.
5. Load the live page and click at least one registration link to confirm it resolves to the right WebEx event.

A live training page with only past dates on it is worse than no page, because visitors read it as "CAS stopped running this."

Common Mistakes

• Creating a new item per session date. One item, up to six sessions.
• Mismatched date and timezone label. The label does not convert anything. Verify on the published page.
• Stale sessions left in place. Sweep monthly.
• Show presenters on with no presenters populated. Renders an empty section.
• Changing the slug. These URLs live in in-product alerts and email nurtures for months.
• Reusing a WebEx link across sessions. Each session has its own registration URL.