On Friday, I had a good meeting with Theresa Conlin, the principal at the St. Jane school in Wilson.
I showed her how to post events here, and she got right to work, putting up a calendar item about today -- and Monday's -- open house at the school.
If you're a regular reader, you know by now that I post these "Patch 101" pieces about once every 10 days. But I'm also more than happy to meet with people in the community to offer an in-person demonstration on how to post events.
In the meantime, people who feel comfortable enough can follow these steps to learn how to add your event, and help us fill our calendar.
- Select "Put an event on the calendar" at the bottom of the page in the contribute box, or choose "Events" from the tool bar. Once on the events page, you can click "Add an Event."
- Give your event a title. IE: Troop 151 to Host Bake Sale
- Enter a date and time for the event.
- Either search for a location in the "Where" spot, or enter the address of the event.
- Add a description letting the community know what the event is for, who can come and anything else you think is relevant.
- Choose a category for the event.
- You can add a link to the website, contact information, price and a ticket website, but it isn't necessary to post the event.
- Click "Post My Event," and it will show up on the events calendar shortly.
Now the whole Patch community will know about your event, and it might even be featured in our "5 things" feature at the start of the week, or in our weekend events round-up each Friday.
If you have any questions/problems, e-mail me at tom.coombe@patch.com
