Stages help you group talks into tracks or rooms, especially when multiple talks happen at the same time. After talks are linked to stages, the public Schedule page can show a stage-aware layout so attendees can see which talks are running in parallel.
Stages are optional. If your event has a simple schedule, you can leave talks unassigned. Use stages when you want attendees to follow a theme, room, stream, or track across the event.
Create or edit a stage
Go to Content > Stages.
Select Add stage, or open an existing stage.
Add the stage title, description, and URL slug.
Optionally add a primary image, intro video, custom chat script, or custom HTML to show around the stage broadcast.
Optionally restrict the stage to specific tickets if only some attendees should be able to access it.
Save the stage.
Each stage has its own public page. If you change a stage slug later, HeySummit keeps a redirect from the previous slug.
Link talks to a stage
Go to Content > Talks.
Create or edit the talk you want to place on a stage.
Use the Stage field to select the stage.
Save the talk.
Once active talks are linked to stages, the public Schedule page uses those stages to help attendees compare talks by time and track. Stage detail pages also list the active talks linked to that stage, grouped by date.
Choose how stage broadcasts work
A stage can either help organize talks, or it can also provide a shared broadcast experience. The main options are:
No Stage Broadcast: attendees watch each linked talk individually, and each talk keeps its own broadcast settings.
Use Stage Broadcast: a talk is delivered as part of a continuous stage stream, with broadcast details configured at the stage level.
Automatic Talk Playlist: the stage plays each linked talk's own broadcast automatically based on its scheduled start time.
If a stage has available slots and you want to change the empty schedule text, such as “there are no talks at this time,” use Edit Content mode on the Schedule page and replace that text.
Hide a stage from the main navigation
When editing a stage, select Exclude from Main Navigation? if you do not want that stage to appear in the event's main navigation menu. This does not delete the stage or stop attendees from accessing it by URL when they have the link and the required ticket access.
Video walkthroughs
For a visual walkthrough, watch these videos: