Getting the most from the Webmaker events platform

Hacks, documentation and social engineering

• Helpful tips and tricks for partners and colleagues

Data export

link

Data import

x

Partner organizational accounts

x

Tagging

• How to tag events:
• Why this is useful:
• Displaying a list of tagged events:

User story: Mary wants to display lists of Maker Parties happening in her congressional district. There's no native support for this, so she searches by state.

Key bugs we're working on right now

• Please put [critical] in the whiteboard for top priority bugs
• [july25]
• [aug8]
• [aug22]

Tips and tricks for CSV export

* Use tags. For an easy way to add things like:

• • organization type. e.g., "this is a library. this is a code club. This is Coder Dojo."
  • sorting. if you add those tags at the *start* of the tag field, you can then do an alphabetical sort or filter in your spreadsheet program to more easily list all of those.

Talking points with partners

• Encourage them to set up organizational Webmaker accounts. e.g., a Webmaker profile and username like "Coder Dojo" instead of "joemaker222."
• Why: easier for us to promote their events.
• All their events will show up on their nifty profile page. [example link]