Creating and managing an event post on the website


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  1. Create: Click on ‘+ New’ in the bar at the top of the page and select ‘Event’. Or, choose ‘Events’ from the left-hand side-bar a choose ‘Add new’ from the menu in the left-hand side-bar.
  2. Title: The title should be ‘Climate Conversations’ followed by the date in the format dd Month yyyy (e.g. Climate Conversations 4th May 2023).
  3. Date: Click on the date to choose the date and time from the pop-up calendar.
  4. Description: Click on + then choose the reusable blocks tab (the icon on the right) then choose ‘Climate Conversations description’ to insert a description of the group. (Note: altering the text in this reusable block will alter it everywhere it’s been used).
  5. Price: put ‘0’ in the box and it will show as free.
  6. Organizer: ignore this.
  7. Venue: Start to type ‘Inspire’ and the venue will appear as an option. Click on it.
  8. Event website: Ignore this box.

Adding details of the topic

Once the topic has been chosen add a couple of sentences describing the topic to the description.

Once the slides have been produced create a new post for the events notes and slides.

  • Post title: dd/mm/yyyy and the topic. Capitalise the first letter only (e.g. 04/05/2023 Climate change close to home).
  • Category: ‘Climate Conversations’ (adding this category means it will show up in the list on the ‘Climate Conversations’ page).
  • Open the slideshow in PowerPoint. Go to the file menu > Export > Create PDF/XPS and save it to the Dropbox folder ‘Peer Support Group’ with the file name ‘Slides Climate Conversations dd mm yyyy.pdf’
  • Click on the + (top left) to add a new block. Choose ‘File’ and ‘Upload’. Browse to the ‘Climate Conversations dd mm yyyy.pdf’ file you just created (Dropbox > What Can We Do > Peer support group) and select it. The file should appear together with a link and a download button.
  • Set the Publish date to the day of the meeting.

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