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Table Of Contents

1. Why does this calendar exist?
2. Can I put this calendar on my site?
3. What are the future plans?
4. What's a good promo text?
5. What's the domain?
6. What is the WAP version?
7. What are these "hide/only" buttons?
8. How come I still see Balboa events after clicking "hide" Balboa?
9. What is the distinction between "Workshop" and "Exchange"
10. Blue Sex Change??

1:   Why does this calendar exist?

With so many local and regional dance calendars, some may wonder what
why we need another.  Explaining our driving motivations may help:

A) Content!
   The designers were desperate for a calendar that made content a
   priority.  Finding information out about events shouldn't require
   navigating fancy graphics or whatever layout the designer has chosen.
   Events should be text and searchable, and easy to read.  Information
   should be immediately available.  Content is king!
B) Features!
   There are many possibilities that we wanted to see in a calendar.
   As an example, the minimal WAP interface for viewing the calendar
   from mobile phones.  Being able to select time periods and choose
   types of events to look at.  Even changing how the week starts
   so the calendar is easier to view.  See "future plans" for more
   ideas on what we'll be making available.
C) Blues!
   To the best of my knowledge there was not currently a calendar
   where you could see all the blues events available on a national level.
D) Quick Updates!
   New events are usually posted within 24 hours, sometimes in minutes.
E) Configurability!
   Prominent sites that want to include a calendar can have one
   custom made to match their site, just contact me and let me know!

2:   Can I put this calendar on my site?

Sure!  If you run a dance site, then I suggest either linking
to the calendar directly, or, if you want to have actual calendar
content on your site, we can help you create a custom calendar
that fits the rest of your site!

For examples, check out:

- DanceBlues: Click on the Blues Cal in the menu.
- Heidi Blues-Dance: Click on Workshops and Events calendar.

Note that the actual calendar is hosted by DanceCal.com, even though it
looks like everything is coming from your site.  Take a look at the URLs
as you click on the example above - this is something that people don't
notice, so they don't even realize they've left your site - and all the
other links will bring them right back.  This is possible because we
create a template for your site locally.  This way the calendar can be
"included" on your site without any complicated programming.

3:   What are the future plans?

* More resources for event planners.
* Uploading of banners
* Auto-submission to Forums & LindyExchange.com for overlapping events.
* More types of dances!
* Better local coverage - ability to see national events as
  well as events within your "local area"
* Better submission abilities
* Different calendar layouts
* Much more!  We have huge plans for the coming year!

4:   What's a good promo text?

Feel free to post to boards about this site.  Suggested text:


Tired of non-searchable graphics calendars?
Want to look up events on your mobile phone?
Want a resource for Blues, Lindy, Balboa and Tango events?
Want an easy way to find all the info for your events
in one place with an easy to configure calendar?

The answer is now here with:

http://ExchangeCal.com/

That's a heck of a lot of events!  You can show/hide
events by clicking on the menu at the top, or you can
just pick a specific dance to view with one of our
subcalendars, such as:

http://BluesExchange.com/
http://Lindy.ExchangeCal.com/
http://Tango.ExchangeCal.com/
http://BalCal.com/

We've just setup the calendar, so let us know what you think!


5:   What's the domain?

We actually have a few.  Some (that have names of dances in them) will
initially only show the calendar for that dance.  We're still trying
to figure out what our finally identity will be, until then you can
reach us at:

http://BluesExchange.com/
http://BalCal.com/
http://BluesCal.com/
http://DanceCal.com/
http://ExchangeCal.com/
http://EveryScene.com/



6:   What is the WAP version?

You can go to our WAP site
to get just a simple, condensed listing of text information.

This is useful for, say, looking at the full calendar from a cell phone.

While the WAP site actually uses a simplified set of HTML instead of
true WML, most phones should be able to display the content.  Let
me know if yours cant!

7:   What are these "hide/only" buttons?

The "hide" button will remove the given dance or type of event from
the calendar (which can then be brought back by clicking on "show").

The "only" button is similar to clicking on "hide" for all other dances
or types, though you can have more than one "only" dance, for example
you can view "only Blues" and "only Tango" to only see events that contain
either Blues or Tango content.

8:   How come I still see Balboa events after clicking "hide" Balboa?

Many events support multiple dance types.  Choosing to "hide" one
dance type (such as Balboa) will still show events that have other
dances, such as "Lindy, Balboa" events.  We may come up with a
more complete interface to this in the future.

9:   What is the distinction between "Workshop" and "Exchange"

If it has classes in the daytime, then it's a "Workshop," plain
and simple.  Some events may call themselves "Exchanges" by name,
but on the calendar we distinguish entirely by the presence of
classes.  If an Exchange event only has one or two classes, as
a kind of "bonus" - then this is still an Exchange, but a series
of classes during the daytime should be classified as Workshop.

10:  Blue Sex Change??

No no no.

Blues Exchange.

Please capitalize the second 'E'