[Imc-web] upcoming events

Tue Oct 26 20:38:59 CDT 2010

At the top of the "Create Story" page, there is this help text:

      Submit an article, news item or other report. To submit an event,
create a "Community Event" instead.

We can add more help text, explanations, we can write a story explaining it,
but I think most people are getting it. Events are showing up on the
community calendar: http://ucimc.org/communitycalendar/

Maybe we can list the upcoming events in more of a "mini calendar" style?

What are your thoughts? What part of it is confusing?

On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 8:18 PM, Brian Dolinar <briandolinar at gmail.com>wrote:

> So how do we make it easier for our web page users to distinguish news
> story postings from upcoming events? BD
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 8:05 PM, Chris Ritzo <chris.ritzo at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I respectfully disagree. This isn't a flaw but the correction of what was
>> a flaw.
>>
>> Before this change was implemented, tech received many requests to make
>> "upcoming events" and events in general on the website more clearly
>> delineated from news stories. The main complaint was that stories about past
>> events were getting categorized and billed as "upcoming events" which
>> couldn't have been further from reality. Listings under upcoming events now
>> truly are *future* events, not stories about past events.
>>
>> I concede that there are occasions where a story will be written about an
>> upcoming event, in which case the event and story can be written separately
>> prior to the event. I could investigate a way for an event to be created
>> when a story is created, but based on the stories I reviewed prior to this
>> change, very few stories actually were written prior to the event or
>> contained the "Date & time of event" scope.
>>
>> Looking at the site now, I see the story you're perhaps referring to- the
>> Israeli anarchist group.. It should be a Community Event- and after it's
>> over, it should become a news story.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 5:26 PM, Brian Dolinar <briandolinar at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Well, this seems to be a flaw in the system. Is there a way to correct
>>> this? BD
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Chris Ritzo <chris.ritzo at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> You can't. You have to create an event in addition to the story.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Brian Dolinar <briandolinar at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> It clarifies, but doesn't explain how I can move something posted as a
>>>>> story to what should be an event. BD
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Chris Ritzo <chris.ritzo at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> We separated the "events" from stories/articles so that they could
>>>>>> have real date fields, thus sortable & displayable on the calendar. One
>>>>>> caveat is that if you have an article about an upcoming event, you actually
>>>>>> have to create both an article and a community or ucimc event.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you have editor rights, you can publish UCIMC events immediately
>>>>>> when you are creating or editing the event. If not, the event get's queued
>>>>>> up for review by shows- KeJuan and Ed both get an email. This is in place so
>>>>>> people can submit an event or meeting that they plan to have at the IMC, but
>>>>>> actual scheduling is reviewed, approved and published by shows.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A community event should show up on the community calendar
>>>>>> immediately.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The list of "upcoming events" on the front page is a combination of
>>>>>> both upcoming UCIMC and Community events.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hope this helps clarify. -Chris
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Mike Lehman <
>>>>>> rebelmike at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  That I'm not sure about.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thought I'd copy this to the Tech list. Since we changed the
>>>>>>> configuration of how people publish events -- moving them from the article
>>>>>>> publishing page to a choice made before getting to Publish -- there has been
>>>>>>> some confusion by users. Not a big deal, but once something is published as
>>>>>>> an article, then you can't simply move it to an event, if that's what it
>>>>>>> should be. Maybe there's a way but I don't know what it is.
>>>>>>> Mike Lehman
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 10/26/2010 10:01 AM, Brian Dolinar wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But the event is already created and I want to edit post and move to
>>>>>>> upcoming events.
>>>>>>> How do I do that now?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> BD
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 9:55 AM, Mike Lehman <
>>>>>>> rebelmike at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  Brian,
>>>>>>>> On the toolbar under the mainpage banner click Publish, the choose
>>>>>>>> either "Submit a UCIMC Event" or "Submit a Community Event."
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I think that the Navigation selections under Create Content labeled
>>>>>>>> Community Event or Event do the same thing.
>>>>>>>> Mike Lehman
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 10/26/2010 9:40 AM, Brian Dolinar wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  Hey all,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Tell me again what one has to do to post to "upcoming events"?
>>>>>>>> Used to be "time and date" type selection in menu for posting news
>>>>>>>> stories.
>>>>>>>> Now it's all filled up with Pride and Prej rehearsals.
>>>>>>>> Need to move Against the Wall event to Upcoming Events.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> BD
>>>>>>>> --
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>>>>>>>> 303 W. Locust St.
>>>>>>>> Urbana, IL 61801
>>>>>>>> briandolinar at gmail.com
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>> 303 W. Locust St.
>>>>> Urbana, IL 61801
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>>> Brian Dolinar, Ph.D.
>>> 303 W. Locust St.
>>> Urbana, IL 61801
>>> briandolinar at gmail.com
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