Listing Events with Westborough.com

Written by Webmaster

Saturday, 31 October 2009 07:09

Our process has changed. Please read the following.

One of the goals of this site is to provide residents of the town with useful information about the town -- and Westborough Event Listings of cultural, educational, social, and political importance certainly qualify.

The process for listing an event on our site has changed. We now rely on a "self-service" model where you post the event and we pick it up. Need to change it? You make the change, and we'll get the update.

We do this in several ways: by referencing two major online event services, and by direct linkage to certain web-based calendars.

This article describes the ways your events will be displayed on Westborough.com.

You're still welcome to submit longer text articles. If you wish to send us a writeup about your event (in addition to having posted it) we're happy to receive and post such articles.

Any questions? Use the contact form at the bottom of this page or send an email to:

events (at) westborough.com

Three Ways to List Events on Westborough.com

1. Create an Event on Upcoming (http://upcoming.yahoo.com)

Yahoo has a free service called "Upcoming". You'll need a Yahoo ID. If you don't have one, click on the "Sign Up" link at the top of the page, toward the left. Else, click on Sign In.

Once you're signed in, click on "+ ADD AN EVENT" and follow the directions. If you get stuck, feel free to email us and we'll try to help.

Make sure you choose a venue that's in Westborough. That's how we know to include your event in our Events list.

Please note - your event won't show up immediately, as our event service updates only about once a day to pull in new events.

2. Create an Event on Eventful (http://eventful.com)

A similar service is "Eventful". Again, you'll need to sign up. To do so, click on "Sign Up" in their top menu bar and follow the instructions. If you have an account, just sign in.

Once you're signed in, click on "+ Add event" and follow the directions. Contact us if you need any help. The ad

Just like Upcoming, be sure to choose a venue that's in Westborough, i.e. 01581.

Please note - your event won't show up immediately, as our event service updates only about once a day to pull in new events.

3. Provide a Link to Your Web-based Calendar

If your event is from a web-based calendar of events such as Google Calendar (calendar.google.com), we may be able to link directly to your full calendar. Check with your service or webmaster to see if your calendar software supports the iCalendar format for sharing data. If so, let us know the URL and we will add it to our events listing system. If you have a web-based calendar but you're not using the iCal format, contact us and we may be able to help your organization.

If you're using Google Calendar, click on "Settings" under "My calendars". Then, locate your calendar and click on its name to pull up the Details page. Find the section "Calendar Address:" and click on the ICAL button to reveal the iCal URL.