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There is a link back to the first page/default view
Link to the MinnesotaDarts home page
Link to the Tournament section of the Forum/Message board
If you click on the previous month mini calendar, you see the events for that month, same for the next month.
If you see a date bolded in either on the mini calendars, there is something going on that day.
Main Calendar
If hover your cursor over the event, you should get a popup with a brief description of the event.
If you click on the event, you will get the full detail for the event.
From the event detail screen, you can print out the event.
You can export the event to allow you to import into another calendar program, like MS Outlook, Google Calendar, PDA device, etc.
Clicking on the “Month” go button will take you to the month calendar view for the month selected.
Clicking on the “Week” go button will take you to a week view calendar for that week.
Clicking on the “Year” go button will take you a calendar view for the year selected. Again, any bolded dates, means that something going on that day.
Go to options
My Calendar: takes you back to the default view
Today: takes you to a calendar view for the day’s events
Search: allows you enter some keyword for an event.
Add New Entry: Let’s you add a new event – more on this later
Current User: If you have a user account, use this to get to the login screen.
Add Events
Two methods that can be used:
Method 1:
On the calendar, click on the “+” sign in the upper right corner of the date of the event.
Method 2:
Click on the Add New Entry at the bottom of the page.
Add Entry screen
Provide a brief description of the event
Give the full details of the event (type of event, location, start time, cost, etc). If you want to create a hyperlink to an existing flyer, enter the location of the flyer. If you want MinnesotaDarts to post the flyer, send the document to the webmaster and ask to link to the document for the event.
Make sure the Access field is set to Public (otherwise no one will the event)
Select the Category for the event: this is the same as saying the area where the
tournament will be held. Statewide
should only be used for Multi-Vendor/Associations events (e.g.
Make sure the date is correct
Select whether you want a timed event or all day event. If Timed event selected, enter the time the event starts, duration should not be that important, may want to 5 hours since that seems to be the standard for most tournaments.
Send Reminder: This will send out a reminder of the event to participants for the event. Only logged in users can add participants at this time.
Repeat tab:
If you have a reoccurring event like a weekly Luck Of the Draw, enter the repetition details.
**Future enhancement is to allow general users the ability to receive reminders
Enter in the code in the security box
Verify all info is correct, once you hit save only logged in users can modify the event.
Click “Save” if everything looks correct.
There is also a help option on the Add Entry screen if you need it
Once the event has been saved, it will need to be approved by a manager of the calendar before it will be seen by the general public.
Category:
This will be defaulted to “All” so that all tournaments will be seen.
If you are interested in just a certain area, change the category to that area and just those events will appear on the calendar
Subscribe to the Tournament Calendar
If you use a calendar that allows you subscribe to public calendars (e.g. iApple Calendar, Google Calendar) you can use the following link to access the Dart Calendar:
http://minnesotadarts.com/mndcalendar/publish.php?user=public
If you want to export all the events on the calendar you can use this link:
http://minnesotadarts.com/mndcalendar/publish.php/public.ics
Import the saved the .ics into your calendar, you will then have all the events up to the time of the creation of that file in your calendar. (e.g. import in to MS Outlook, Mozilla, Apple iCal, iPod, Lotus Notes, just to name a few).
The dart calendar is updated every 30 minutes.
If you have additional questions, please contact the webmaster.