ArtSites Updates

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This week, we received an email from an artists asking us to clarify How to Best Use the Events Page.

As part of our discussion, we realized that we really haven't explained How the ArtSites' Events Page Works.

In short, your Events page is really optimized for "Upcoming Events" (in fact, you may want to rename it "Upcoming Events" so it's clear ;-)

In other words, the Events page displays posts based on the earliest event being at the top and later events further down the page.

For example, if you have 2 Exhibits coming up, the one that is happening sooner will show up first and the one happening further in the future will show up below it.

The date used to sort your Events is the Start Date associated with each Event (see image above).

Now, in contrast, your Blog page displays posts based on the most recent entry first.

Older blog entries (or events) will be further down the page.

If you want to create a list of "Past Events", our advice is to use your Blog.

(You can simply rename it "Past Events" (or whatever you'd like ;-).

So, in summary ...

• Use your the Events Page to talk about activities that will happen in the future.
• And your Blog Page, to talk about activities that have happened in the past.

I do hope I haven't confused you further; if you have any questions, just let me know! ;-)

We just want to make sure that you're marketing and publicizing all your activities and accomplishments to your website visitors!

Want more details?! Here's a mini-tutorial ...

How to Create and Modify ArtSites Events

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Your Event Title and Details (which can include images, text, etc.) will be displayed below (or next to) the time, depending on your layout.

The Expire Date is the date after which the event will no longer be displayed publicly on your website (although it will still show up on your Administration Events Page).

(Please note we have the Expire Date to allow you to display your events for a short time after they've finished. This gives you time to consider creating a blog entry and generally, lets people know what they "just missed" when looking at your Events. :-)

The End Date does nothing other than display a date range, if the event is a multi-day event.

The bottom part is the list of events that you've already created. (see below)

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You can edit or delete an event by clicking on the pencil or X beside the event title.

When you click on pencil to edit, the contents of that event will automatically appear in the top part, where you can modify it.

Here's how you Create a New Event on your Event Page:

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1. Go to the Events tab in your Admin Panel
2. Fill in the all the applicable fields, i.e. Title, Details, Start Date, End Date (if it's a multi-day event), and Expire Date.
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3. Click the "Add Event" button when you are done.

Default dates for a new Event are "today" (for your Start and End Dates) and the event's Expire Date is in one week.

These are unlikely to be the actual dates so adjust these to match your actual event dates.

That's it!

I do hope this mini-tutorial has helped and if you have any further questions or are still confused, just let us know! :-)