Creating a Second Event Series

If you’re ready for the next edition of your conference, festival or event series, here are step-by-step instructions for making a smooth transition.

(If your account is limited to one Series, you’ll want to upgrade to another plan at festology.com.)

Create the New Event Series

1. Go to “Series Setup” to start transitioning to a new conference, festival or event series.
2. If you haven’t created the event series, click the “Create New” button, enter the basic series information (and as much other information as you want). Confirm that your series is a “Draft” then click “Save & Close”.
3. Go to “Setup”, then under the “Default Series” tab, set your “Default Series for Quick Data Entry” to the upcoming event series (the one you just created), then click “Save Settings”. This allows you to enter information quickly using your new series as the base, not the series that the public sees on your website.

Add panels, panelists, venues, sponsors, films, screenings…

4. Add “Event Items” and “Events” as needed. If you have common venues or participants from you current series, you can (but don’t have to) update those items to be part of the upcoming series when you edit them. When the items are ready, you can “Publish” the items — they won’t be seen because the series hasn’t been published.

Switch to the New Event Series

5. Go to “Series Setup”, edit the upcoming series, switch it from “Draft” to “Published”, then “Save & Close”. Your Series is published, but if you visit your homepage, you’ll see that it’s still showing the homepage for your previous series.
6. Go to the “Default Series” tab again, but this time, set your “Current Series for Website” to the upcoming event series. Once you click “Save Settings”, you’ll see your homepage is now displaying the new series.

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