New York City!
NYC WCS TEACHERS AND EVENT HOSTS:
New York City has a lively community of West Coast Swing teachers and event hosts. Ken Kreshtool and Paula Wilson thought NYC should have a great, easy, consolidated all-inclusive West Coast Swing calendar to go along with that! So Ken built one! Partly so dancers can find everything easily, of course. But also to help NYC WCS teachers and event hosts try to avoid inadvertent time-and-date scheduling conflicts. And for maximum empowerment, we built it in a way that everyone posts their own stuff — no middle-people! If you are a regular NYC WCS teacher or event host, please post all your NYC WCS classes, workshops, and dance events.
NYC WCS TEACHERS AND EVENT HOSTS:
New York City has a lively community of West Coast Swing teachers and event hosts. Ken Kreshtool and Paula Wilson thought NYC should have a great, easy, consolidated all-inclusive West Coast Swing calendar to go along with that! So Ken built one! Partly so dancers can find everything easily, of course. But also to help NYC WCS teachers and event hosts try to avoid inadvertent time-and-date scheduling conflicts. And for maximum empowerment, we built it in a way that everyone posts their own stuff — no middle-people! If you are a regular NYC WCS teacher or event host, please post all your NYC WCS classes, workshops, and dance events.
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HOW IT WORKS
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We create 2 personal sub-calendars for you — 1 sub-calendar for your classes & workshops, and 1 sub-calendar for any social dances (parties) you run. You edit and update them whenever you want — they automatically load directly to the main calendars on this web site — which the public can see!
• You do all updating from your own Google Calendar page on your own computer (or any computer, actually), where your 2 sub-calendars will magically appear after Ken does a little backend magic. No other logins or passwords or anything needed. Ultra convenient! • Ken and Paula will retain admin superpowers to maintain the site. We won't touch anyone's listings, except to delete inappropriate or duplicate items. (We hope that's never needed.) • Details below. With some redundancy that should probably be edited out but it seemed like a good idea at the time. |
VOCABULARY NOTE: |
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QUICK SUMMARY: DO THIS
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(1) Talk to Ken for permission to join and agree to all rules (below), and pay $15/year – we all do that to defray costs of this web site.
(2) Once Ken has added you, log in to your Google account, go to your Gmail and find 2 emails from Google that let you add each of the subcalendars -- click on the link in each email. Next go to your own Google Calendar, look in the left column under "Other calendars." Find your 2 NYCWCS sub-calendars. Edit these, click save. Everything will appear immediately on this web site! (NOTE: google warns that it may take up to 24 hours for the new subcalendars to appear.) (3) Social dances: Format them in ALL CAPS LIKE THIS. Add them only to your "SOCIAL DANCES" calendar. (4) Classes & workshops: Format them in Normal type like this, never in all caps. Add them only to your "Classes & Workshops" calendar. (5) Put your name (or brand) in parentheses after the event title - so people know it's yours! (6) Don't screw up, please. It's really, REALLY easy to put an event on the wrong sub-calendar, or format it incorrectly. Please don't! It's also too easy to accidentally put your own personal appointments on this calendar, as some of us have already discovered - harmless but very embarrassing!! Thanks! |
WHY 2 SEPARATE SUB-CALENDARS? |
GENERAL RULES WE ALL AGREE TO FOLLOW
GENERAL RULES WE ALL AGREE TO FOLLOW
1. We can ONLY list West Coast Swing stuff that is happening within New York City's city limits (the 5 boroughs). We want to keep this sweet and focused!
2. We agree to list our SOCIAL DANCES on one sub-calendar, and our classes and workshops on the other sub-calendar.
3. Format SOCIAL DANCES IN ALL CAPS LIKE THIS. Format classes & workshops in regular type, not-all-caps like this. Thanks.
4. Web sites don't cost much, but they cost time and money to maintain. We'll ask you to share proportionally ($15/year) before we blend in your listings. Thanks.
5. To be added to the list of folks who can add stuff to this consolidated calendar, talk to Ken in person at any WCS social dance, or online. Pay your $15/year. Then, as soon as Ken flips a few switches and emails you, list all your NYC WCS stuff!
2. We agree to list our SOCIAL DANCES on one sub-calendar, and our classes and workshops on the other sub-calendar.
3. Format SOCIAL DANCES IN ALL CAPS LIKE THIS. Format classes & workshops in regular type, not-all-caps like this. Thanks.
4. Web sites don't cost much, but they cost time and money to maintain. We'll ask you to share proportionally ($15/year) before we blend in your listings. Thanks.
5. To be added to the list of folks who can add stuff to this consolidated calendar, talk to Ken in person at any WCS social dance, or online. Pay your $15/year. Then, as soon as Ken flips a few switches and emails you, list all your NYC WCS stuff!
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STEP-BY-STEP "HOW TO"
AFTER KEN HAS ADDED YOU:
(1) On any computer, login to your google account. (TIP: Open a new browser window for that, so you can read this page at the same time.) (2) Click on the Google Apps icon (9 tiny black squares at top), and choose Calendar (icon with "31" in it and the word "Calendar" under it). (3) You're now in your own Google Calendar. Look near the bottom of the left column, under "Other calendars." Admire your 2 personal NYC WCS sub-calendars! You're in! Yes, you do all updating from your own Google Calendar page. Ultra convenient! (4) Enter all your social dances, classes, and workshops! Make sure your events are on the correct sub-calendar. Make sure every event is formatted correctly. Hit SAVE for each one. • Adhere to the FORMATTING RULES (MANDATORY) immediately below. Thanks. (5) After clicking SAVE, go to NYCWCS.com and check all three main pages to make sure everything appears in the right places. FORMATTING RULES (MANDATORY)
• SOCIAL DANCES (PARTIES): IN ALL CAPS LIKE THIS. And they must be created on your SOCIAL DANCES sub-calendar!
• Classes & Workshops: Normal upper and lower case like this. Not in all caps. And be sure you create them on your CLASSES & WORKSHOPS sub-calendar! Include your name in parentheses! For every class or workshop, we recommend putting your name (or brand name) in parentheses after it. Everybody's events & classes all appear on the same page, so it's a really good idea to focus visitors on the fact that it's YOU! Example: A new amazing WCS workshop (Paula & Ken) • In the event's "Description" box: Please include a URL to full information and how to contact you! And whatever else will help people find you and entice them to come. Be tempting. Very tempting. |
TIP: If you are non-expert with Google Calendar: To create a new item in the correct sub-calendar, try this: THE FINE PRINT |
Special note: This complicated distributed-then-consolidated-then-embedded calendaring is new to me (Ken), and is not well documented at google, so please be patient as we solve all the different ways things can go wrong. Thanks!