---
title: "Introduction"
version: "7.2"
source: "Introduction/Index.rst"
rendered: "2026-10-09T17:07:26+00:00"
---

# Introduction {#introduction}

## What does it do? {#what-it-does}

This extension extends [EXT:news](https://extensions.typo3.org/extension/news) with additional event functionality.
This includes additional fields and an extra view to display a calendar.

## Requirements {#requirements}

The requirements for this extension are:

-   EXT:news 3.1.0+
-   TYPO3 CMS 7.6 LTS

## Screenshots {#screenshots}

Here you can see a few examples what you can achieve with "event news".

![Additional fields in the news record](../Images/WhatDoesItDo/NewsEventsBackend.png)

![Unstyled frontend](../Images/WhatDoesItDo/UnstyledFrontend.png)