Shows

The show records are stored as _shows/YY_YY/show_name.md with YY_YY being the academic year ‘span’. The synopsis is the content of the page, i.e. goes after the attribute section.

Attribute Reference

Attribute Job Description
title
string 		Show title

Displayed at the top of the show page and on various other pages. Should be the title of this performance, may not quite match the title of the play – see canonical.
canonical
 List of canonical titles for reverse lookup.

Specify titles in a list. See #486.
period
string 		Autumn, Spring or Year Long. Omit if unknown.
show_type
string 		Show_type show belongs to

Choices: After Dark, Culture, Daytime, News or Sport.
show_type_path
string 		Absolute path to show_type page

Path instead of document as show pages data is generated before show_type documents exist.
show_type_sort
number 		Order which this show comes in the entire year

Use multiples of 10 for ease of additions.
ignore_missing
boolean 		Suppresses missing detail warnings

Is true when show_type matches External, Postgrads or STUFF.
year
string 		Year identifier

YY_YY
year_page
document 		Year page
seq_index
number 		Index of set of all shows

Zero is youngest show.
seq_next
document 		Show page next in sequence

seq_index + 1
seq_previous
document 		Show page previous in sequence

seq_index - 1
redirect_from
array 		Array of URLs to redirect to this record

Used to migrate from old URL scheme to new; jekyll-redirect-from generates the redirects (pages with meta redirect tags).
venue
string 		Venue show was performed in.

Used to match all shows performed in venue, ensure text matches.
venue_sort
string 		Group of venues venue belongs to.

Will group show together with other shows with the same sort. For example C cubed, C nova, C soco, C too can all be grouped as C venues.
venue_path
string 		Absolute path to venue page

Path instead of document as show pages data is generated before venue documents exist.
date_start
date 		Date of first performance

In the format YYYY-MM-DD.
date_end
date 		Date of last performance

In the format YYYY-MM-DD, omit if show only ran one day.
excerpt
string

Generated excerpt of synopsis for use in search results and other summaries.
trivia
array 		List of trivia hashes.

List of trivia / anecdotes / short stories about the show. See trivia list.
cast
array 		Cast members

Uses the person list format.
cast_incomplete
boolean 		Incomplete Cast

Enforces the ‘Missing Details’ box to appear regardless of cast size.
cast_note
string

Replaces the text in the default ‘Missing Details’ box with a custom string (does not replace the call to action). Only appears when cast_incomplete is set to true, as there is no minimum cast size.
crew
array 		Crew members

Uses the person list format.
crew_incomplete
boolean 		Incomplete Crew

Enforces the ‘Missing Details’ box to appear regardless of crew size (automatically appears when there are fewer than 5 crew).
crew_note
string

Replaces the text in the default ‘Missing Details’ box with a custom string (does not replace the call to action).
prod_shots
string 		SmugMug album ID for production shots

Use util/smug-albums to find the AlbumID. Fetch is limited to the first 350 items.
smugmug_album
hash 		SmugAlbum object for prod_shots
assets
array 		Publicity and other materials
poster
hash 		Selected asset to use as show poster

Currently identical to display_image.
display_image
hash 		Selected asset to use as show display image

Used to represent show in search results, people records &c. Order of precedence: override assets, posters, flyers, programmes.
comment
string 		Reserved for editor comments

Displayed in editors’ mode.

Example Show

---
title: The Game Show
show_type: Daytime
show_type_sort: 70
period: Autumn
venue: Portland A Floor
date_start: 2016-10-12
date_end: 2016-12-15

canonical:
- title: The Pillowman

cast:
  - role: Producer
    name: John Smith
  - role: Presenter
    name: Joe Doe
---

On a Tuesday afternoon be brought into a land of digital wonder as all things gaming are disscused on the show, everything from Mass Effect to F1 to Undertale. Join John and Joe as they regail you with there thoughts of upcoming games and give up to date news of what's going down in the gaming industry.