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This page provides information designed to explain the fields and logic behind the design of the Event Submission Form and by extension the database that runs this site. If after reading the information here, you still have any questions, feel free to email us. On this page, the contents of each field will be explained in greater detail.
Required Field. This information is only used if we are unclear about information provided in this submission. If we have questions about the content of your submission, we will try to contact you to in order to verify or clarify information. Email addresses and submitter names will not be used for any other purpose.
Required Field. The content of this field should be self-evident. If your presentation or event does not have a formal title, but falls into the cateogry of artist's talk or another well-known format, enter that here instead. This field along with the speaker name (if entered) will form the title of the entry.
Optional Field. This field should be used for presentations, lectures, or master classes. It can be used for any event with fewer than three speakers. For symposia, conferences, and larger events with many speakers, please include their information in the main description of the event. The content of this field, along with the title field will be combined to create the event title.
Required Field. Please enter the date in the YYYY-MM-DD format to allow your event to be properly indexed. Do not enter any additional information beyond these 10 characters. This field should include only the start date. For multi-day events, the enddate can be entered in the next field. These two fields are used extensively to order and search for events.
Optional Field. Please enter the date in the YYYY-MM-DD format to allow your event to be properly indexed. Do not enter any additional information beyond these 10 characters. For one day events, please enter the date in the Start Date field and leave this field empty or with "0000-00-00".
Required Field for single day events. Optional Field for multiple day events. Please enter this information in the 24 hour format (i.e. 24:59:59). For events spanning multiple days, this field is ignored. If you would like to include more detailed timing information (registration, intermission, receptions, etc.) please enter it in the description. This time should represent the start of the event.
Required Field. This information is obviously vitally important for most events. This information should be entered in freeform text in complete sentences. Please provide directions as clearly as possible. This field will appear below the abbreviated description on the front page, and above the description on the detailed event page. Please bear that in mind and keep the length of this field reasonable. Again, more information may be included in the description field if necessary.
Required Field. This field is probably the most important field of all. This field should contain the bulk of the information describing your event. The text can be entered freeform and can be as long as is required to adequately describe your event. The body text of your prepared promotional material can b cut and pasted into this field. This text will be abbreviated to 350 characters for the front page and included in full on the detailed event page. Considering this, we suggest making sure that the first paragraph provide a brief clear description of the event, with more information following that.
Optional Field. While technically an optional field, please provide some means of contact to the organizers of the event for questions, registrations, or volunteer proposals. This information should be entered in full sentences, although sentence fragments are fine as well. This text will appear below the description on the detailed pages. If you would like to include a linked website in this field, please enclosed it within appropriate html tags (i.e. <a href="http://www.lectern.ca">lectern.ca</a>). Alternatively, you can surround the link with "LINK" before and "LINK" after (with quotes) and our parsers will create the necessary tags for you. For email links, include <a href="mailto://lectern@lectern.ca">lectern.ca</a> or surround the address with "EMAIL" before and "EMAIL" after.
Required Field. Please be as precise as possible, including the presenting department(s), association(s), institution(s), or orgranization(s). If your event is not directly presented by any organization or department, include the name of the organizing individual This will be included in the side bar information attached to your event.
Required Field. Information can be entered in freeform text here, but please keep line breaks to a minimum (a maximum of three). This has been done intentionally to keep this area short and clear. If you have tabular data to be included, (eg. members rate, student rates, etc.) please compile it into a single sentence or a paragraph. For example:
Public Lecture: Regular - CDN$15; Students and Seniors - CDN$10
Symposium (includes public lecture): Regular - CDN$75; Students and Seniors - CDN$30
This information will appear directly below the title on the mainpage and on the detailed pages. Free events can simply enter "Free".
Optional Field. Any additional comments or information can be added here. It will be utilized when contructing the information for entry into the database.