Step One: Access Events, Login

To access the events section go to: http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/events-1/entry_listing

(this will open in a separate window so that you can follow along with the faq)

Before starting, make sure you log in on your left.  If you are already logged in, then you're ready to go!

Step Two: Add a New Event

All event organizers are member of a group at Digital Music News that are given permission to add a new event and publish it to the website. If you have been added to our DMN Conference group you should see green tabs on top of the content area. If you don’t see the green tabs contact support@digitalmusicnews.com and let us know.

To add a new event, go to the "add item" drop down in the green bar and select event.

Step Three: Edit Your Event

Once you have clicked on “event” you will be taken to a form that includes the following:

1. Short Name: add a short name for your new event, keep this as short and descriptive as possible the short name is what you see at the end of the url bar (e.g. http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/events-1/myevent)
   
2. Title: Enter the title of your event (keep in mind this is what will show up in the “conferences” section on the homepage.
   
3. Description: General description of your event. You can put the details in the “Event Body Text” below.
   
4. Event Starts: Start date of event. Use the drop down boxes to select the date your event starts. If there is no start time select the “-“ in the drop down.
   
5. Event Ends: End date of event. Use the drop down boxes to select the end date. Please keep in mind that the event will be removed from the listing based on what you select here.
   
6. Event Location: Physical location of your event (If it’s a web conference please indicate here)
   
7. Event Body Text: Enter more information about your event.
   
   
   
   
   
8. Attendees: Enter attendees of note. Speakers, etc.
9. Keywords: This is not a required field but you can add keywords related to your event in the "new keywords" field.
   
10. Event URL: The url to acquire more information about the event
    
11. Contact Name: Name of person for interested parties to contact
    
12. Contact E-mail: Email for contact.
    
    
    
    
13. Contact Phone – Phone number for your contact.
14. Related Items - This is for administrative use only.
15. Save - Saves your event in the private state (only viewable to you when you are logged in).
    

Using the Visual Editor

The Visual Editor works much like Microsoft Word. Most of the buttons are self-explanatory. The “B” for bold, “I” for italics, etc.

There are three buttons in the editor that need a little explanation:

If you would like to add an image, please send the image to support@digitalmusicnews.com first. Then, you'll be able to locate the image using this button.

If you would like to add a link use this button.

Step Five: Save or Publish

If you would like to retract your event to make changes. Select "make private" from the drop down and then "publish" to repost your event.