[Imc-web] upcoming events

Wed Oct 27 08:40:18 CDT 2010

Ok, thanks for the explanation Chris.
Partly, it is my resistance to change.
And I'm not privy to the discussion among the shows folk.
My concern is that Sarah Lazare is an experienced IMCsta and misread the
post.
Let's see how it goes in the coming weeks and correct the individual cases.

Best, BD

On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 8:38 PM, Chris Ritzo <chris.ritzo at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Brian Dolinar, Ph.D.
>>>>>>>>> 303 W. Locust St.
>>>>>>>>> Urbana, IL 61801
>>>>>>>>> briandolinar at gmail.com
>>>>>>>>>
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