To publish a calendar event to the main calendar:

1. Navigate to the folder where you want to add the event.  This could be your my folder or a folder in a Group that you are associated with.

You might consider creating a folder named Events in your my folder and placing events in this.

2. Click the add item dropdown menu and select event.  The Edit Event screen appears.

3. Click in the Title field and give the event a short title.  The Title is used to identify your event to portal visitors, and in searches.  This is required.

4. Click on the Description field and type a description.  A description is a one-paragraph text abstract. It accurately and concisely describes your event though inclusion of key words.  Accurate keywords in the description ensure that the content will be found during a search.  This is required.

5. Set the Event starts date and time, by selecting from the series of dropdown menus. This is required.

6. Set the Event ends date and time, by selecting from the series of dropdown menus. This is required.

7. Type an optional Event location in the corresponding field.

8. Type an optional Announcement in the corresponding field.

9. Type Attendees in the corresponding field. This is optional.

10. Click to select what Event type this is. Choices are Appointment, Convention, Meeting, Social Event, and Work. This is required.

11. Type an optional Event URL in the corresponding field. This describes the URL to a website associated with the event.  This must be in the format: http://www.<site>.<domain>

12. Type an optional Contact Name in the corresponding field.

13. Type an optional Contact E-mail in the corresponding field.

14. Type an optional Contact Phone in the corresponding field.

15. For the purposes of this tutorial, you can ignore Related items.

16. Decide if you want other logged-in portal users to be allowed to comment on your event.  By default, comments are disabled.

• To enable comments, scroll to Allow Discussion on this item and click the Enable bullet. 
• To disable comments, click the Disable bullet to prevent discussion on this item.

17. Click the Save button.  Your image will be uploaded to the portal and saved.  If you do not click Save, your link will not be created and saved for future use.

18. Your event is created in a private state that only you the owner, and those users and groups that your share with, can view. Using the state dropdown menu, you may choose to:

a. Change the state of your event to public draft, and:

b. Either submit your event for review and publication by portal editorial staff, or;

c. If you have permission to do so, publish your event yourself.

d. For more information on setting state, see Content has a State.

19. You may now, or later, want to edit your event, revise it's properties, delete it, or share it with other users and groups.