<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">This is very important. Is anyone else having a problem making events ‘special’?<div class=""><br class=""></div>1. I thought I fixed it. The special event check box works when I use it, and it remains checked when I edit the event again. And it is listed as Special on the schedule. So, I’m at a loss and a little concerned as to why it isn’t setting for you.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class="">The word special is not appearing on the list on the Approved Events page. I will try to fix that.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">2. I thought there was something I forgot. I took the “Special” and “Sponsored” search options off the page because they weren’t working and having something that doesn’t work is worse in my view, than not listing it.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">I will work on 1 and 2 tomorrow, when I’m finally kid free in the mornings.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">3. Oh, if it were only that simple, but I’m hoping it will get more like that. One thing you do have to realize, anything posted on the website (not including the twitter feed) is by me or Eric A. I’m more than happy to listen to and possibly even implement any website related marketing suggestions.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Eric D. has no access to the website files at this time. We tried offering easier access with WordPress, but it requires someone other than me to manage the Content Management System chosen and be able to handle the formatting of content too (i.e. CSS). I’d be more than happy to focus primarily on the back end code.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">So, it’s Eric D. for marketing and me for website, which usually means tell us both. Also, the special events require an image to display on the home page, and I often don’t have the time, and in some cases can’t figure out the appropriate image to display, so it’s back to the department.<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">4. That is up to Eric A., but Special Events does get it’s own space (more or less) in the con book. I think it’s that we need more such events to get a dedicated page. I’m hoping separating the Tournament part from the Special part will help with this. Time will tell.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We keep working on it.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Tanya</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 13, 2019, at 7:49 PM, Strategicon Department Heads <<a href="mailto:deptheads@strategicon.net" class="">deptheads@strategicon.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">Message From: Tara Leederman </span><a href="mailto:taleederman@gmail.com" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">taleederman@gmail.com</a><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Hi guys!</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">I don’t know if you saw this, Tanya, so I am resending:</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">The box one can check to make something a special event is not remaining checked when I edit the events. It is also not a searchable field in the schedule, so people cannot pull up special events.</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Some thoughts:</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><ol start="1" type="1" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" class=""><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">We need to fix the bug.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Checking the box has to mean something. Special Events should be a searchable field/category of event so folks can look at them and see them as a tab.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Anything checked as a special event should then be part of our marketing workflow. Those events should go from the website to Eric Downing immediately so they can go on the front page of the website and into the marketing emails, as well as other promotional materials. If they don’t go to him immediately, making them searchable means he could at least harvest the information from the site easily.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Special events can then get a special page in the conbook that is easy for Eric A. to harvest from the website as well.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></li></ol><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">I’d like to make the workflow for our marketing as easy as possible, so congoers can hear about the cool stuff we’re running and about what special guests are doing during the time when they are buying badges and signing up for games. This feature could make it easier for Eric Downing to get at that information as soon as it becomes available for promotional purposes.</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Best,</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Tara</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">_______________________________________________</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">Deptheads mailing list</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><a href="mailto:Deptheads@strategicon.net" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">Deptheads@strategicon.net</a><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><a href="https://strategicon.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/deptheads" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">https://strategicon.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/deptheads</a></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>