How to create a new Occupy Portland event

So you want to create a new event. Great!

Here's some simple steps.

Decide on a page name

To fit with the current formatting, each event needs its own unique "event page".

Event page names usually take the format:

Short_Event_Name_Month_Day_Year

For example:

• Local Banks Occupy 11 04 11
• Anti Coal Zombies 10 31 2011
• Occupy Into Action 10 30 2011

Decide where to put your event

If your event is within the next week, consider adding your event to the section Current Events

If your event is more than a week away, consider adding your event to the section Upcoming Events

Add your event page

• Jump to editing current events
• Jump to editing upcoming events

Adding current events

Within the Current Events section you will see links that look like:

{{:Local Banks Occupy 11 04 11}}

That syntax expands/includes your event directly onto the main page. ( Note: there are two curly braces '{', followed by a colon ':' )

Adding upcoming events

Within the Upcoming Events section you will see links that look like:

* [[Local_Banks_Occupy_11_04_11]]

That syntax will create a bulleted list of links, and your event will be one of those events.

( Note: there is an asterisk followed by two square braces '[' )

Edit your event page

After you add your event page to the appropriate section of the OccupyPortlandEvents page, all you have to do is save the page. You will get a link colored in red that will take you to your new event page so that you can edit it.

Example:

• This Upcoming Event Does Not Exist
• This Current Event Doesn't Either

If you edit an existing event, you can see how they are formatted.

For example: Edit Local Banks Occupy

The Template:Occupy Portland Event has more information on the standard formatting used.