Community Calendar Help

What Gets Posted?
We welcome community events or meetings posted by the public if they fall into one of the following categories:

• Community Groups or Organizations
• Arts or Entertainment
• Charitable Event
• Cultural Event
• Saanich School Event
• The event/meeting is located in Saanich

Commercial events will not be posted in the calendar.

We reserve the right to edit postings for length or content. We reserve the right to not approve submissions that we deem unsuitable or inappropriate for posting.

Internet Settings
To add an event you must have cookies enabled in your browser.  The cookie that is used is a first-party "session" cookie, which means it will be deleted once you close your browser, nothing is written to your computer.  Without the session cookie the 'add' pages do not recognize that you have logged in so you will continue to be sent back to the login screen.

You have multiple options for accepting cookies while still maintaining security while browsing the internet, more information is available on our help page.

Adding An Event

1. From the main calendar page click on the "Login" button located near the bottom of the left-hand side menu. 
   Login as:
   • username: guest
   • password: guest
     
     
2. After logging in click on the "Add Event" button located near the bottom of the left-hand side menu.
   
   
3. You will see a form to fill in. Please provide as much information as possible, including a phone number and/or email for contact purposes.
   
   
4. If you have a web site or web page to link to you must supply the full URL, starting with http://www.etc....  a clickable link will be displayed automatically when someone views your posting.
   
   
5. After saving this first form you will see another form asking for event times and dates. At the top of this form you should see the words "Event added successfully". 
   
   
6. You do not need to enter an 'end' time but you must enter a 'start' time.  There is a pop-up calendar button (blue arrow) available for date selection beside each date field.  (Sorry, this feature does not work on all MAC platforms.)
   
   
7. After you save the date and time you will see a blank form again in case you want to add another event. At the top of the form you should see the words "Schedule Saved". Your event has been added successfully, you do not need to enter it again.  At this point you can either View the calendar (select option from the drop down Menu) or Logout from this screen.
   
   
8. Event requests will not appear in the calendar unless they have been approved.
   
   
9. Please "Logout" after your event has been submitted for approval. The 'Login' button will turn onto a 'Logout' button if you are viewing the calendar, otherwise the "Logout" link is located in the top left-hand corner of the Calendar Administration screen.

Special Events
If you need information about special events permits please read our Special Events page.