Submit an event using the event submission form

What you can learn in this topic

• How to submit an event
• How to delete an event you submitted
• Event information options explained

How to submit an event

If the website you're visiting solicits events from site visitors, click the submit an event link near the website's event calendar to open an event submission form.

1. Fill out the event submission form. If you have the opportunity to choose an event category, do that before you fill out the rest of the form.

   

   The event submission form asks for two major categories of information:

   • Information about you, the event submitter.

     You must provide your name and email address to submit an event. Telephone number is usually optional.

   • Information about the event you're submitting.

     Please help me with the event information options.

2. Click Next.

   You see a preview of the event information that you're submitting.

   

3. If you want to correct any event information, click Back.
4. To submit the event, click Submit.
5. You'll see a confirmation screen that the event has been submitted.

   

   You and the calendar owner receive email messages that contain the submitted event information. Save the email message. If the event is cancelled or changed, you can delete the event by clicking a link in this message.

6. If you want to submit another event, click Submit Another Event. Otherwise, close the window.

Tip The calendar publisher controls which events are published and how long it takes them to appear.

How to delete an event you submitted

If you submit an event that is subsequently cancelled or changed, you can delete the event. To delete the event, you must be able to open the email message you received when you originally submitted the event.

1. Open the email message that you received when you originally submitted the event.
2. In the message, click Withdraw this event submission.

   

3. In the Event Actions window, select the option that describes why you want to withdraw the event, and then click Withdraw submitted event.

   

   In the Event Actions window, you'll see confirmation that the event has been deleted.

Event information options explained

To learn more about an event information option, click its name.

If the calendar publisher created custom event fields, you may see options in the form that aren't described here.

• Event title
• Category
• Location
• Start date
• Time
• Duration
• Repeat
• Web links
• Notes

Event title

Type a description of the event you want to submit. You must type a description to submit an event.

Category

If you see a Category list in the form, choose the category in which your event belongs. If the Category list exists, you must choose a category to submit an event.

Location

Type the address or other location information for the event.

Start date

Select a start date for the event. Unless the event lasts more than one day, the start date is also the end date.

Time

If the event lasts all day, select All Day. Otherwise, select the time that the event begins.

Duration

When you create an event, you have two options for setting its length. You can specify:

• How long the event will last (this is the default).

  For Duration, choose hours and minutes.

• When the event starts and ends.

  Click Specify End, and then for Start and End, choose dates and times.

For most events, duration is best but if you're creating an event that lasts more than one day, you may want to specify start and end dates and times.

To create an open-ended event with no specific end time, click Specify End, and then set the end time to match the start time.

Repeat

To create an event that recurs on a regular or irregular basis, for Repeat, choose Daily, Weekly, Monthly, or Annually.

To set up an event that:

Web link

To provide a link to a Web site that contains additional information about your event, type the URL here (for example, http://www.google.com). The link appears in the event details that visitors to the website calendar see when they click the event title on the calendar.

Notes

Type additional information about the event here. Notes appear either on the website calendar itself or in the event details that vistors to the calendar see when they click the event title.

Tip You can use HTML code to add formatting to the event notes. For example, you can make certain words bold or add a horizontal rule or ordered or unordered list.