HOW+TO???+EK-links

**HOW TO??? **

 * //A series of how-to's for software we use at the MLS//**

**EventKeeper - creating links to events**
by Scott Kehoe, MLS Advisor

- often the easiest way to generate EK links, very useful when linking to a series of related events. - Use one of the URL shortening services listed below. - Bookmark one (or more) of these services somewhere handy (your browser's toolbar)
 * URL Shortening Service **

1 - Navigate to the event(s) in the public view, not the staff view (only you can see the staff view). 2 - Copy and paste the URL into the website for one of the services listed below 3 - Copy and paste the shortened URL into an email or website

URL shortening services bit.ly - Visually easy to understand and has a handy "click to copy" feature is.gd - Is Good, claims to make the shortest of shortened URLs TinyURL - venerable service that made shortening URLs cool before Twitter made it a necessity

URL Shortening service bookmarklets, Firefox plug-ins, etc. bit.ly - @http://bit.ly/pages/tools is.gd - @http://is.gd/instructions.php - @https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7369/ TinyURL - @http://tinyurl.com/ - @https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/10586/


 * Single Event - Using EventKeeper Admin ID number **

1 - log into the Admin side of EK if you are in the public view, type l l l (three L's lowercase, no spaces), that will swtich you to the Admin login page. 2 - navigate to your event 3 - scroll to bottom of event and look for tiny print that says ID with a 7-digit number (to the left of the silver EDIT button). //Example//: ID [1234567]

4 - The URL for MLS will always start like this: http://www.eventkeeper.com/code/events.cfm?curOrg=MLS# 5 - copy & paste the above URL into a new browser tab or window 6 - copy & paste the ID number (just the number, not the brackets or ID) unto the end of the above URL //Example//: @http://www.eventkeeper.com/code/events.cfm?curOrg=MLS 7 - Copy and paste this new URL into an email or website

-note that there may be multiple events on a single day, in this case using the Admin ID method (above) may make more sense
 * Single Event - Using Date of Event **

1 - navigate to your event in public view 2 - The URL for MLS will always start like this: http://www.eventkeeper.com/code/events.cfm?curOrg=MLS# 3 - copy & paste the above URL into a new browser tab or window 4 - after the # type in the date of the event n this format: month (2-digits) /day (1 or 2-digits) /year (4-digits) //Examples (1-digit day):// @http://www.eventkeeper.com/code/events.cfm?curOrg=MLS //Examples (2-digit day):// @http://www.eventkeeper.com/code/events.cfm?curOrg=MLS 5 - Copy and paste this new URL into an email or website

-Note this usually creates a very long URL. -It might be necessary to create a long URL with keywords,then copy & paste into a URL Shortening site (listed above)
 * Multiple (or Single) Events - Using Keywords **

1 - navigate to your event in public view 2 - navigate to events using keyword drop-boxe(s), this is one reason why keywords are handy! //Example:// create a URL for all the current Lynda.com registration dates. 2a - In Keyword drop-box 1 (farthest left), choose Continuing Education 2b - In Keyword drop-box 1 (right of that), choose Lynda.com The URL will look like this. You can see the coding (&curKey1=) where the keywords slot in. The code (&setRef=new) only shows upcoming and current events: http://www.eventkeeper.com/code/events.cfm?curOrg=MLS&curKey1=Continuing%20Education&curKey2=Lynda.com&setRef=new 3 - Copy and paste this new URL into an email or website