This is slightly more complicated than adding any other kind of post, because of the way the site works.
You may have noticed that events
1) light up in red
2) are dated and timed for the day that they are supposed to take place
3) make the appropriate date in the calendar light up red
When you add a new event, you have to make sure that all these things happen.
Usually, articles are shown according to the date that they were posted, most recent first. Clearly, if you just posted an event today that is to take place later in the year, it will not end up in the right place in the Events category, and the wrong date will light up in the calendar. This is how you go about it.
1) Add your event like a usual post by clicking ‘Edit’, writing it, giving it a title and putting it in the Events category.
2) Click on the ‘Advanced Editing >>’ button underneath the window where you wrote the event.
3) You now come to a slightly more elaborate page, where you can still see the text you have just written. Underneath your text you can now see a date and time.
4) Tick the box by ‘Edit timestamp’.
5) Change the date to the date and time of the event.
6) Click ‘Publish’ as usual.
Now your event will make the appropriate date light up red, and appear in the correct order in the Events category. Sadly, it will NOT appear on the front page until the date associated with it, but the calendar with highlights amply compensates for that.
If that made your head hurt, you can also just e-mail your event to Hilde and she will add it for you!
Looking forward to your event!
Hilde
