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Log into CMATIONŽ (http://www.yourwebsite.com/admin)
In the menu on the left under the General Tab click MANAGE CALENDAR.
You will see a link titled Tools move your mouse cursor over this link to show the View Events & View Categories tabs. Choose 'Categories'.
Name: Enter the name of your event category
Active: YES=visible; NO=not visible
Sort: Numeric value that assigns the order your categories are displayed in the admin
Calendar Colors: Choose different colors from this drop down list to represent different categoriesClick SAVE to save and continue or CANCEL to return to the overview.
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Log into CMATIONŽ (http://www.yourwebsite.com/admin)
In the menu on the left under the General Tab click MANAGE CALENDAR.
You will see a link titled 'Tools' move your mouse cursor over this link to show the 'View Events' & 'View Categories' tabs. Choose 'Tools'.
Click the ADD EVENT button located at the top left side of the page
Name: Name your event.
Category: Choose which category(ies) to assign this event to.
Active: YES=visible; NO=not visible
Location: Specify the location where your event will be taking place. It's always a good idea to Include address, links to online maps, phone number, etc . to help attendees locate the meeting easier.
Description: Add an informative description of the event. If this is a multi-date event, this general description will be attached to each occurrence.
Add / Edit Event Date / Time
Date Type: Choose Single Date, Multi Date.
Single Date is used for an events that only takes place one time OR occurs on multiple dates but not consecutively.
Multi Date events are events that take place across two or more consecutive dates.
Recurring events are events that occur repeatedly on the same day of the week over a consistent span of weeks or months.Start & End Dates: If your event is a single date event, only one date box is available. click on the calendar icon to bring up a small calendar, click on the date of your choice. If you have and end date box, do the same and choose your end date.
Time: Add the time of your event.
(Reccurring Event) Day of the Week: This option is available for reccurring events only. Check the day or days of the week on which your event occurrs.
Additional Description: This section is useful if you have information that pertains to only that occurrance of your event. EX: Friday is our 'Stop the Hunger' food drive day. Bring three cans of food and recieve $5 off your addmission!Any combination of event types can by created for any one event. Ex. Family Fun Days kicks off the first week of July, the 1st through the 4th, then repeats every Saturday for the rest of July. In August, the event only occures on one Friday one Saturday and one Sunday, on different weekends.
You would first choose Multi Date Event, enter the start date of the 1st and end date of the 4th. Be sure to enter the time. Then click 'add now'.
Then select Reccurring Event and enter the start date as the 5th and the end date as the 26th, then check the Saturday box. Make sure you enter the time for your event. Then click 'add now'.
Next you would select Single Occurrance event. Enter the date and time for the event which, in this case would be a Friday in August. Then click 'add now'. Repeat this step for each of the other August dates.
Click SAVE to continue or CANCEL.
Any event date can be edited by clicking the 'edit' icon to the right of the date.