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Using the Events Tool

by lbb_Kris

Do you host or promote events? If so, the Events Tool is a great way to share your events information with your visitors. Keep reading to learn how to take advantage of this useful tool.

The Events Tool allows you to maintain a simple calendar of events on your Blog. This tool allows you to share the date and time, title and description of an event. It also allows your visitors to quickly share these events with their friends!

Adding the Events Toolbar
To add the Events Toolbar to your Blog, follow these simple instructions.

•Log in to your Blog
•Click the Open Dashboard link
•Click Tools Manager
•Click the enable under the Events Tool

This will add the Events Tool to your Toolbar.

Add Event
To add an event, click the “+ new event” link in your Event Toolbar.

You’ll see a form which will allow you to describe the event. The Events Tool has several components:

Does your Event span multiple days?
If your event is longer than one day, put a check in this box.
Start Date – the first day of the event. Click the button on the right to select the first date of the event.
End Date – the last day of the event. Click the button on the right to select the last day.

Does your event last all day?
If the event does not have a particular start and end time, put a check in this box, and skip the next two boxes.

Start Time, End Time
The start and end time of the event. You may enter many styles of times, including “5:30am”, “0530”, “5pm”, etc.

Event Title
Enter the name of the event, for example, “Popcorn Festival”

Event Description
A brief description of the event. This would be a good place to answer questions like: who, what, when, and where?

After you’ve described your event, click the Save button to add the event to your Blog.

Current and Past Events

After an event occurs, it will automatically be moved into the past events category. This will allow you keep tabs on your previous events. It will also hide the event from your Blog’s visitors. We’ll be adding the ability to display past events for your visitors soon!

Events that haven’t yet occurred will be displayed in the current events category. Your visitors will only see items listed in current events.

Editing or Removing an Event
Need to make a change to or remove an event? No problem. To change events:

•Log in to your Blog
•Click the (+) button on the Events Toolbar to expand your events.
•Look for the pencil or delete icons at the bottom of the event :

Sharing Events
LocalBizBlogs allows your Blog’s visitors easily share event information. When a visitor clicks the share link at the bottom of an event, it brings up the Share This Event window, which allows them to quickly email a friend about an event.