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Aurora: Create an event

Community members can create events in Event boards they have permission to access.

Here's an example of an event creation page:

 

Here's an example of a published event on an Events board:

26 STEPS

1. On the community board, click Create an Event

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2. The page to create an event opens.
Click + on the banner to add a banner.

This banner will appear on the published view of the event.

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3. You can either upload from your device or search and upload an image from the internet.

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4. You can now see the image that you uploaded.

Add a title for the event.

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5. Enter text for the event

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6. From the Event type dropdown menu, select the type of event.

As we are creating an In-Person event, we select In-Person

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7. Click on the textbox labeled Start and enter a start date and time for this event

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8. The calendar menu appears.
Choose a start date.

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9. Choose a time and time zone

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10. Click on the textbox labeled End.

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11. The calendar menu appears
Choose a end date.

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12. Choose a time and time zone

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13. You can optionally specify the location for this In-person event.
You can opt to update this information even after publishing this event.

Start enter the address of the location and choose from the suggestions.

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14. Optionally, click Display map on event page

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15. A google map loads that shows the location of the address you added.

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16. You can opt to add Guests for your event.
Click Add a member link to search and add a community member as a Featured Guest for this event.

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17. A search box appears.

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18. Enter a member name and choose from the suggestions.

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19. The selected member is added as a Featured Guest.

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20. To improve findability, you can tag this event. Click Add a Tag to add new tags.

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21. Type the new tag

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22. After you select the newly entered tag, you can see it listed under Tags section of the page

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23. Scroll down and click Publish

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24. The event is published.

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25. To see how this event is listed in the board, click the board name on the breadcrumb.

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26. You can see that the event under the Event board.

That's it! You're done!

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Note: The default number of featured guests and its limit its 10. This value is configurable. To change this limit, Contact Khoros Support.

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Updated 6 months ago
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