EVENTS GUIDELINES: How to write a good event entry? --------------------------------------------------- Event entries appear on our website front page if they are tagged with "front-page" [1]. It is important to make sure that they are well designed and give visitors sufficient information to decide if if they want to go there. The events are maintained over the SVN from our website. The events are stored under events/YYYY/. More information on how to get access to the website can be found on our webmaster website . == The event entry == An event entry is a file with the name "event-YYYYMMDD-01.en.xml". Where - YYYY is the year - MM is the month - DD is the day - 01 is the number of the event on that day. The second event will have 02, ... - en is the language code In case of a multi day event, take the start date to determine the file name. == Content of the file == The content of this files look like that: Name of the Event, City, Country Information in one paragraph. http://www.luga.de/Aktionen/LIT-2009/ == General information == === What should be highlighted? === When we write an event entry, we should make sure that -- besides the date -- it describes 1) why FSFE is promoting this event, 2) WHERE _exactly_ is this event taking place, WHAT do you have to pay to get it, WHEN will be the speech. 1) Why are we promoting this event: Events entries appear on the start page. We should take care of them. Sometimes, the only reason we are promoting an event is because someone from FSFE is participating (giving a speech, a conference...) then the event entry should say who, what his position is and what the talk will be about. 2) Where this event takes place: In the title, make sure that the place where the event is taking place is mentioned. For instance, "FSCONS 2009, Göteborg, Sweden". More details should be brought in the description. Please also enter street name and number so people find the event without having to look for that information somewhere else. Is this event open to public? Do you have to pay an admission fee? This question should be answered in the description. - Speaker(s) (mandatory, maybe as link) - Title/Summary of speech/conference (mandatory) - Language of speech/conference (mandatory) - Start and end time of speech/conference (mandatory) - Expected audience (optional) - Possible link to preparatory/additional information (optional) == Terminology == Whenever an event uses a terminology we do not encourage, like Open Source, intellectual property or Linux instead of GNU/Linux; the event entry should avoid this terms. And if necessary, e.g. when it is in the title it should be quoted to avoid confusion. === Example === Open Source Day, Göteborg, Sweden [2009-11-13] Adriaan de Groot and Karsten Gerloff will speak at [[this event dedicated to how open source can increase profitability | link to the event]] by cost reduction for small and medium-sized businesses. The seminar is organized by Resource Point AB, a consulting firm focused on open source, in collaboration with Informator and FSCONS, which is a meeting place for the propagation of Free Software. ------- Should be replaced with ------- "Open Source Day," Göteborg, Sweden [2009-11-13] Adriaan de Groot and Karsten Gerloff will speak about business case studies and Free Software licenses at this event preceding FSCONS. The event takes place in Göteburg at the World Culture Museum, Södra vägen 54, Gothenburg from 12.00 to 17.30. Attendance fee is 995 SEK (you get 30% rebate at FSCONS). == Difference betweeen and For links to external event pages we use as for links to FSFE's websites we use e.g. http://wiki.fsfe.org/groups/Berlin. The difference is that the links with do not appear on the start page but only on http://www.fsfe.org/events, and are thus less strongly advertised, while the links with also appear on the start page. [1] http://fsfe.org/contribute/web/tagging.en.html