USING THE CALENDAR - A TUTORIAL

[Steele]

OK guys, I've put together a little tutorial about how to create an entry (and subsequent match card) for our shows using the calendar.

It's very simple, just follow these easy steps and you can't go wrong (except I did go wrong a couple of times whilst trying to make this... oops)

STEP 1: GO INTO THE CALENDAR AND CREATE A NEW EVENT

It's probably quicker to just hit the "New Event" button on the main calendar page than by going into the specific day that you want to host an event. But hey, whatever floats your boat.

STEP 2: SET UP THE TIME, DATE, AND SUBFORUM

First off - when I first set this up as an "All Day Event" the calendar ended up scheduling it for the day before the one I chose. Why? Who knows.

So uncheck that box. Set your start date and end date for the same day (unless you want to have your event covering multiple consecutive days I guess) and set a start and end time.
I went for 8:00PM to 11:00PM here for realism, but put whatever man.

There is currently no "standard" for which time to use.
I recommend listing the event start time as the time you are most likely to actually post the event.
Be aware when checking the calendar that event days may differ based on your location!
(For example: AWF Prestige occurs on friday night EST, but to me in the UK, this is saturday morning.)
You may need to make a mental adjustment when checking the calendar!

Now we set up the subforum.

Subforum? Yes, that's right.
When you create an event you also have to create a page about it...
I don't know why, but by this point am I really THAT surprised that Proboards just seems to make up the rules as it goes along?

Well, since we have no choice - we are going to use this thread to list the match card.

**PLEASE IGNORE THE FACT THAT THE PICTURE SHOWS THE FEEDBACK THREAD! THIS IS OLD NOW!**

Select to post in your fed's "upcoming cards" forum and then hit "Create Event"

STEP 3: NAME AND DETAILS FOR YOUR EVENT

This is well easy. Name the thread (I recommend using something simple and concise - this is what it is going to appear as on the calendar too)

You can also put all the pertinent information into the body of the post.
You'll see here I posted the event card and RP deadlines, so anybody who is checking out the calendar can quickly check these bits of information too without having to go looking through the official Fed subforum for the official card post.

I guess you can just list "CARD TBA" if there is no card set at the time.

When you are ready, select "Create Thread"

STEP 4: ADMIRE YOUR HANDIWORK

And there it is! Isn't it pretty! Once you've posted and what not then go back into the calendar just to double-check that you got the right day and/or Proboards didn't fudge it up.

STEP FOUR IS MANDATORY AND IS PUNISHABLE BY EATING ULTRA KIRA'S COOKING

There you have it folks - hope that made things easier for anybody who wasn't 100% sure of what to do. I highly recommend all our feds use this as we have had a massive influx of members literally overnight, and at least three feds started in the past week alone. Having everyone's schedule down a month or maybe even two in advance will help everybody get on the same page as far as timings for events as well as roleplays are concerned.

[Kira Izumi]

Thank you great calendar man!

[Steele]

No problem! I did only just realise that whenever a new event is posted, it's going to push the existing threads down further. I mean it's not like we're all going to catch fire if the next thread we need isn't right at the top but it's a minor annoyance.

Just have to make sure we bump it back to the top when it's needed.

[Mongo the Destroyer]

Oh wow, if every fed uses this event-calendar stuff the calendar on the top would have everything neatly organized. Now I sort of understand what's going on. Rock on Steele!

[Kira Izumi]

only i dont understand how ta use it T_T

[Mongo the Destroyer]

THEN WE'LL NEVER KNOW WHEN SSS SHOWS ARE! So sad

[Kira Izumi]

THAT'S WHY I HAVE A TOUR SCHEDULE! LOOK AT THAT AND MY PRETTY SCHEDULE! PLEASE!?!?!

[Steele]

Oct 3, 2017 18:49:19 GMT -5 Kira Izumi said:

only i dont understand how ta use it T_T

That's what this post is for! Follow the steps to add in your first show and you'll understand it straight away after that!

[Steele]

Also Mongo - would it be possible to move the feedback forum to a more prominent position? So you can access it straight from the Central Hub instead of having to go into the efedding forum?

[Mongo the Destroyer]

I feel like using it for feedback is a waste, we should just use it for posting cards and put it in the announcement forum- then let people comment on the cards or something

[Steele]

That's a good idea. I'll edit the post in a minute.

[Steele]

OK, done and existing threads moved to "Announcements" forum. Also eliminated the unnecessary "locking the post" step so it's 20% easier now!

[Mongo the Destroyer]

So feedback can go back into its efedding corner?

[Steele]

Yeah that forum is empty now.

Might wanna check the times of those events too... I just realised they may display differently due to me being on British time.

We need to figure out a time to list events starting/finishing so that everyone who looks at the calendar will see the event displaying on the same day regardless of time zone. Not sure if that's possible though because we're all fairly spread out aren't we?

EDIT: proboards doesn't seem to have a facility for changing your timezone so I'm guessing it uses the timezone of your device. If someone could let me know what time they're seeing for those events I created, that'd be great. it's a shame it buggers up if you set an event to "all day" - I'm wondering if that might be to do with timezones?

[Mongo the Destroyer]

I always assume central time- but that's because I'm from MN, lol.

This calendar idea is so sweet though

Edit for reply: There might be a way to control the time- I forget, lol