Nora Brown Design

Adding a new event

You can view a step-by-step screencast of creating a new event, but because it is a little involved, I also wanted to provide some supplementary textual explanation.

A Basic Event

1. Get the url for a Google map of the event location (optional)
2. Create a new article in the section where your events are posted — such as “News” or “Events”
3. Click on the Event link at bottom of the page, below the Excerpt box
4. Paste the link to the Google Map into the Map URL field
   

   Some of the options you see when entering a new event. Numbers correspond to the steps listed.

5. Going back to the top of the page, put the event name in the Title field, where you normally put the article title
6. Also put the event name in the Event field
7. Add an event description
8. Choose the Start Date and End Date (if they start and end on the same day, choose the same date for each)
9. Choose a Start Time and End Time (optional). These times should be in the 24-hour format. For example, 3:30pm would be 15:30. If the event is all day, simply leave these fields blank.
10. Enter the event location (such as Chicago Public Library)
11. Enter address information for the location in the custom fields labeled street-address, city, and state.
    

    Fill in address information for the event location.

12. In the Timestamp area, enter the event End Date and Time. This is to ensure that when the event is over, the event will disappear from the event list.
    

    The timestamp you enter should match your event's end date and time.

Other Options

• You may enter an Event URL, if there is a separate page or website associated with the event
• You can add a Contact Email for the event
• You can create a recurring event by entering the interval and end date
• If you have created event categories in the Content > Event Categories tab, you can select one or more event categories.

Extra options when entering events