Are you a Township or organization with an events calendar? We can upload your events, programs, parks, day trips and vacations in bulk!  Simply download the excel spreadsheet, fill it out and send it back to us at events@4kidsinpa.com!  We will take care of the rest.

• Add ALL your events at once
• Update your events every year in one fell swoop
• Edit or make corrections simply and easily
  

How to Get Started

1. 1.  Download the spreadsheet and open it in excel.
2. 2.  Line 1 is a list of fields going across the top of the page. This will guide you.
3. 3.  Line 2 is an example.
4. 4.  Each line below Line 2 will hold one article about an event, program, park, day trip or  vacation.
5. 5.  The first three fields can be ignored, we fill those in for you.
   • ArticleID
   • Published
   • Front Page
6. 6.  Choose a section from the dropdown in the file.
   • Events
   • Progams
   • Parks
   • Day Trips
   • Vacations
   • Special Needs
7. 7.  Choose a category from the dropdown in the file. For example
   • Arts & Crafts
   • Sports
   • Museums & Science Centers
   • Theater & Music
   • Aquariums & Zoos
8. 8.  Enter a short title for the article. For example:
   • Example: Ladybug Carnival July 14-19  Doylestown
9. 9.  Ignore the Alias field
10. 10. Enter a start date in this format
    • Example: 06/25/2010
11. 11. Enter an End Date in this format
    • Example: 06/25/2010
12. 12. Enter Location of Event
    • Example: Buckingham Fairgrounds
13. 13. Enter address 1
    • Example: 123 Main Street
14. 14. Enter address 2
    • Suite 202
      
15. 15. Enter City
    • Example: Doylestown
16. 16. Enter State
    • Example: PA
17. 17. Enter Zip
    • Example: 18901
18. 18. Enter County
    • Example: Bucks
19. 19. Enter Township
    • Example:  Buckingham
20. 20. Enter Main Description of the Event, Program, Park, Day Trip or Vacation
    • Title of Event          date, time          City, County
    • Details and description of event.  List of activities
    • Cost of admission? Parking fees?
    • contact: (phone number or email for more information)
    • address: (Where is it located)
    • website: (the website where people can find more info about the event
21. 21. Enter Author
    • Your Name
22. 22. Enter Description (blurb found on search engines)
    • 4kidsinPA.com Things to See and Do in Pennsylvania, Event Name, Event Date, Event Time, Town, County
23. 23. Enter keywords (keywords for search engines to pick up)
    • 4kidsinPA.com Things to See and Do in Pennsylvania, Event Name, Event Date, Event Time, Town, County
24. 24. Repeat for each event in your calendar. One line for one event.
25. 25. Save your file as  as .csv file
    • When you click save, below the are where you type the name, there is a dropdown that lets you choose the type of file. scroll down until you find .csv or comma separated file.
26. 26. Name your file with the township or organization name.

Hints About MS Excel:

• When writing in the main descrption of the article, use "Alt" & "Enter" to get to the next line.
• Copy and paste lines with the same details, then just alter the places they are different.
• You MUST choose a section before you choose a category (otherwise, the category dropdown is blank)
  

Need Help? No problem. email us at events@4kidsinpa.com and we will give you a hand.

Need another category? email us and we will add it, no problem.