Post by jjpprob on Oct 10, 2013 11:34:06 GMT
Hi everyone!
It occurred to me that right now, it's not that easy to know how many people are going to each event - in the case of WLFCC this year, it meant scrolling through about 10 pages of thread to find out. That's better than nothing, but not ideal.
So! I've created a google docs spreadsheet. Anyone with the link can edit it. You can find it here: Abracaspreadsheet!
I've filled it in with some example information. Along the top, the top row lists events, and it's split into a subheading for each day of the event. In the example of the MCM Expo, it's one cell three columns wide as a header row, and below it a subheading for the 25th, 26th and 27th. Below that, there's a row for all my information. I'm going to MCM on the saturday only, and planning to be the Eighth Doctor, so I've put "Eighth Doctor" on my row under the "26th" heading. If you're not going in costume, then I guess just put "No costume" or something.
To add yourself, just put your forum username in the leftmost cell of a new row, and then mark which events you're going to along that row.
To add a new event, put each date in its own column on the second row. Then highlight all the cells above those on the top row, and click the "Merge cells" button to make one big header cell above all the days for that event. Put the name of the event in there, and you're done. It'd be a good idea I think to try and keep events in order; if you need to insert between events already there, just right-click the column header and select "Insert 1 left".
I should add that this isn't to replace the threads for all the events, that'd be boring and wouldn't encourage discussion. Chat about the events exactly as before, but stick your info into the spreadsheet too so people can look it up more easily.
I really hope this will be useful for everyone. I'll be keeping an eye on it but I'm by no means the one in charge, this is to belong to everyone equally. Let me know what you think! If people think it'll be useful, then it might be a good idea to sticky it to the top of the Events section?
It occurred to me that right now, it's not that easy to know how many people are going to each event - in the case of WLFCC this year, it meant scrolling through about 10 pages of thread to find out. That's better than nothing, but not ideal.
So! I've created a google docs spreadsheet. Anyone with the link can edit it. You can find it here: Abracaspreadsheet!
I've filled it in with some example information. Along the top, the top row lists events, and it's split into a subheading for each day of the event. In the example of the MCM Expo, it's one cell three columns wide as a header row, and below it a subheading for the 25th, 26th and 27th. Below that, there's a row for all my information. I'm going to MCM on the saturday only, and planning to be the Eighth Doctor, so I've put "Eighth Doctor" on my row under the "26th" heading. If you're not going in costume, then I guess just put "No costume" or something.
To add yourself, just put your forum username in the leftmost cell of a new row, and then mark which events you're going to along that row.
To add a new event, put each date in its own column on the second row. Then highlight all the cells above those on the top row, and click the "Merge cells" button to make one big header cell above all the days for that event. Put the name of the event in there, and you're done. It'd be a good idea I think to try and keep events in order; if you need to insert between events already there, just right-click the column header and select "Insert 1 left".
I should add that this isn't to replace the threads for all the events, that'd be boring and wouldn't encourage discussion. Chat about the events exactly as before, but stick your info into the spreadsheet too so people can look it up more easily.
I really hope this will be useful for everyone. I'll be keeping an eye on it but I'm by no means the one in charge, this is to belong to everyone equally. Let me know what you think! If people think it'll be useful, then it might be a good idea to sticky it to the top of the Events section?
