Help File - News Updates / Press Releases

Use the News Update function to add MICE industry releated news and press releases to your listing.  Your news update will be displayed within your listing and our latest news page.  It will also be re-distributed to other third party news aggregators and social media platforms.

1. Sign into your registered EventConnect.com account

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To log in to your account click the SIGN IN link above in the top tool bar. Useful Tip: Check the 'remember me' box and the next time you sign in your details will be re-called.

2. Use the My Dashboard Link to navigate to your dashboard

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Once you have signed into your account click on My Dashboard Link in the top tool bar to access your dashboard. Click on the relevant icon/link to manage your contact details, user group, listing(s) profile and enquiries. *Click this link at any time to return to your dashboard.

Alternatively, you can use the My Menu button from the top tool bar

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Click on MY MENU in the top tool bar to display the drop down sub-menu which contains all relevant links required to manage your details, enquiries and listing(s).

3. Select My Venues or My Services from your Dashboard or My Menu

4. Access your listing's Edit Options - Home Page

You will now be on your listing(s) Home Page.

From here you can view your listing, who is assigned to receive business leads, listing options and status buttons.

Select the 'Options' button corresponding to the listing you wish to edit.

You will now be on the listing's Edit Options - Home Page.

5. Add or Edit a News Update/Press Release

Select 'News Update' from the Edit Options for your Venue.

You will now be on 'My News Updates' page.

To add a news update (Press Release): click the Add a news update button.
You can now enter the details of your press release into the supplied boxes.
1. Title - Type or paste the title of your press release into this field. Keep in mind that this field is optimised and submitted to major search engines such as Google.
2. Summary - Type or paste a summary of your press release into this field.
3. News Update - This is where the main body and text of your press release is added.  You can paste into this field, add images and be as creative as you like using the HTML editor (see below).
4. Make this Public* - Once you are happy with the look of your press release check this box and it will be released onto your listing, our home page and other 3rd party news aggregators.
*Save Button - Save your press release before its release.  This is a great way to view your press release and make adjustments before it is released or, to load several press releases at one time and then release them when ready.
Cancel Button - Cancel your press release if required.

To edit a press release: click on the options button to the left of the press release you wish to edit and select edit.
Overwrite and edit any previous information.
Check or uncheck the Make this Public check-box.
Click the save button to save your changes.

To view a press release: click on the options button to the left of the press release you wish to to view and select view.

6. HTML editor

You can use the HTML editor to add or edit images, web-links, tables and horizontal rules and change the font and style of your text.

Pasting Text
Use the paste management buttons within the HTML editor (red outline) to safely paste text into the body of your news update.
Firstly copy your text and then select the approprite button to safely paste the copied text (this will remove and clean any code from your copied text).
Hold 'Ctrl V' to insert the copied text into the box that has been presented and select OK to add it to the body of your news update.

Change the Font and Style of Text
Use the Quick Formatting (green outline) and Format (blue outline) buttons and drop-down fields to change the format or style of your news update text.
Highlight the text you wish to format and select from the Quick Formatting area to format your text to Bold, Italic or Strikethrough. Use the remove format button to remove the current format.
Highlight a whole sentence or paragraph and select from the Format drop-down fields to change the style to Normal, Heading 1, 2 or 3 or Formatted. NB: all text is added as Normal.

Adding an Image
News Update images require a web address (URL) to be inserted into the body of your News Update and therefore need to be uploaded to our server for addition.
Move the curser to where you would like to insert the image.
Click the Image Button (orange outline) which will open the Image Properties toolbox.
Click the Browse Server Button which will open the Image File Manager for your listing on EventConnect.com

Click on the 'cross' (green outline) to search for your saved image within your image files. Double click your saved image file which will add it to the Image Manager.  Select 'upload' (red outline) to add the image file to our server. Click 'OK' once the file has been added successfully.
Click on the image and then click 'select'. NB: you may need to scroll down the screen to view the select button.
You will now be returned to the Image Properties toolbox.
You can now change the size of the image, add a border, add 'white' space horizontally &/or vertically and align the image to the right or left of your text.
we suggest images should be no larger than 530 pixels wide so that they can be reproduced within social media portals.
Once you have made your selections (if any) click OK to add your image.

Need additional help?

You can call us in Australia during business hours 9.00am to 5.00pm AEST on +61 3 9945 8100 or email [email protected] with your question.