New Meetup/Group Shoot Posting Requirements

[Abel]

New Meetup/Group Shoot Posting Requirements

I have decided to formulate a good template and procedure for members to follow if you are interested in getting a Group Shoot or Meetup together with other members in your area.

Up until now we have never had a set format to follow in regards to listing shoots and events which has made things difficult for members to be made aware of them. Here recently I myself have missed a few possible oppotuinities to attend certain events because I couldn’t tell by the thread title that it was an event and simply overlooked it. Had it been more pronounced it would have caught my attention at first glance.

So with that backstory being said... I would like to put in place this new format of listing various Group Shoots and/or area Meetups.




1. Thread Title Formatting

When creating a new thread, please format the thread title as such with all of the important information such as whether it is a Meetup or a Group Shoot, name of the Meetup or location of the Group Shoot and lastly the date of which it is to take place.

Examples:
Meetup: Midtown Mojito Madness #43 - March 10th
Group Shoot: Houston Zoo Shootaround - March 8th



This thread title formatting will allow members browsing the sections to immediately see what kind of event it is, where and when it is to take place.






2. Thread Content Formatting

In order to make it easier for the information about a Meetup or a Group Shoot be easily seen and understood it is best to format the post content as shown below.




In order to format the post like the image above, simply copy and paste this code below and paste it into the body of the new post.

PHP Code:

[B][COLOR="Red"]Mojito Madness #43 - March 10th[/COLOR][/B]

 
[COLOR=red][SIZE=3][B]March 10th[/B][/SIZE][/COLOR]
[B]Byzantio Cafe & Bar[/B]
403 W. Gray
Houston, TX 77019
[URL="http://www.byzantiohouston.com/"]http://www.byzantiohouston.com[/URL]
(713) 520-6896
[URL="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Byzantio+Cafe+%26+Bar&layer=&sll=29.766464,-95.386305&sspn=0.026301,0.060682&ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1&z=14&ll=29.766017,-95.386305&spn=0.026301,0.060682"]Click Here For Google Map [/URL]
Time: 5:30pm-ish - Everyone leaves


[COLOR=green][B]Atendees:
1. Abel (Abel)
2. Lisa (Lisa)
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Once the code is copied over, replace the existing text, links and information with the information of the event your get together. The thread once completed should look similar to this.






3. Meetup/Group Shoot Post Icon

I have created a new Post Icon which should only be selected in any and all Meetup and/or Group Shoot Threads so that this will be an easy visual alert to other members browsing the forum that this event is indeed a Meetup and/or Group Shoot.

Post Icon :

When creating the new post you will see the Post Icon selection box near the bottom of the content window and that is where you simply click the radio button next to the Icon.





4. Final Product

The final product will be a much more organized accumulation of information, location, specifics and times in regards to the event posted. This will really help other members be aware of what is going on and where.

If you come across an event thread that does not follow this format, please Report It using this process located HERE. Once it's reported one of our moderators will take a look at it and make the necessary adjustments.

Thanks!

[Steelsun]

super cool

[timsumma]

How is this suppose to work? Makes no sense. I am with a meet up group and wanted to post a message but I can't open the existing messages.

Tim Summa.

[Abel]

these meetups are for meetups that our members put together ie shoots, lunch meets etc... this isnt to be confused with meetup.com groups which is completely different