GrandpaTellMe.com makes it fun and easy to schedule family events and keep a family calendar.  This guide provides How-To information and Tips for using some of the calendar capabilities of GrandpaTellMe.com, but the best teacher is experience.  With a free site from GrandpaTellMe.com you can experience a fun and easy way to keep your family organized!

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Keeping track of Birthdays

Have you every tried to remember all the birthdays in a large and growing family?  I remember the year my wife gave a precious gift to my grandmother - a beautiful cross-stitched calendar that listed each descendant and their birthday!  Grandma loved it, but the first thing she did was secure a commitment from my wife to keep it up to date.  It was amazing how often names needed to be added to that list, and while keeping it up to date was a labor of love, it did take a lot of work.

With a website from GrandpaTellMe.com, keeping a list of Birthdays becomes almost automatic (and updates are quick and painless).  GrandpaTellMe.com can automatically keep track of the birthdays of all of your site's members and add them to the calendar, but it is important to note that this ability is controlled by each member.

GrandpaTellMe.com will display your birthday on the calendar automatically if you allow it to (we won't share your information without your consent).  So how do you tell GrandpaTellMe.com it is ok to display your birthday on the site calendar?  Nothing to it - here are the steps:

1. Log in to your site, then click on the "Profile" link in the top-right corner of any page to go to the "display profile" page.

2. From the "display profile" page, click on "edit profile" link to change your profile information.

3. Toward the bottom of the input fields, check the box titled "Show Birthday on Calendar".

4. Click on the "Update Info" button at the bottom of the page to save your changes.

That's it!  Once you check that box and save the changes, your birthday will automatically be displayed on your site calendar.  There is no limit to the number of Birthdays that can be displayed, and each member can choose whether or not they want their Birthday on the calendar.

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Recording Important Dates

GrandpaTellMe.com makes it easy to record important dates in the group calendar.  You can record wedding anniversaries, birthdates, or any important family date with just a few clicks of your mouse.  Here is how:

1. Log in to your site, then click on the "Calendar" link on the main menu.

From the "Calendar" menu there are two options, I will explain them both:

Option #1:

1. On the "Calendar" sub-menu, click on "add event".  This will take you directly to the "add event" page where you can enter your information.

2. If you like, select a category for your event, or add a new category (categories are optional - you don't need to use them at all if you prefer).

3. Select the date of the event, then enter a "title" for your event and if you like provide event details.  The title will be displayed on the calendar, and if people click on the title, they will see the event details.

4. If this is an annual, recurring event (like a Birthday or Anniversary), check the appropriate box.  If you are an advanced user and you add HTML to your details, check that box as well.

5. Click on the "Add Event" button to save your changes.

Option #2:

1. From the Calendar display, use the navigation links to go to the month, day and year of your event.

2. Click on the number of the day to add an event to that date.  This will take you to the "add event" page where you can enter your information.

3. If you like, select a category for your event, or add a new category (categories are optional - you don't need to use them at all if you prefer).

4. Confirm the date of the event, then enter a "title" for your event and if you like provide event details.  The title will be displayed on the calendar, and if people click on the title, they will see the event details.

5. If this is an annual, recurring event (like a Birthday or Anniversary), check the appropriate box.  If you are an advanced user and you add HTML to your details, check that box as well.

6. Click on the "Add Event" button to save your changes.

Like many features in GrandpaTellMe.com there is more than one way to do it.  We hope that both are fun and easy and that the Calendar will help you to record and share your important family dates.

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Scheduling Events

GrandpaTellMe.com makes it easy to schedule events in the group calendar.  You can mark upcoming family reunions, vacation plans, a group meeting or any other event you would like to schedule.  Here is how:

1. Log in to your site, then click on the "Calendar" link on the main menu.

From the "Calendar" menu there are two options, I will explain them both:

Option #1:

1. On the "Calendar" sub-menu, click on "add event".  This will take you directly to the "add event" page where you can enter your information.

2. If you like, select a category for your event, or add a new category (categories are optional - you don't need to use them at all if you prefer).

3. Select the date of the event, then enter a "title" for your event and if you like provide event details.  The title will be displayed on the calendar, and if people click on the title, they will see the event details.

4. If this is an annual, recurring event (like a Birthday or Anniversary), check the appropriate box.  If you are an advanced user and you add HTML to your details, check that box as well.

5. Click on the "Add Event" button to save your changes.

Option #2:

1. From the Calendar display, use the navigation links to go to the month, day and year of your event.

2. Click on the number of the day to add an event to that date.  This will take you to the "add event" page where you can enter your information.

3. If you like, select a category for your event, or add a new category (categories are optional - you don't need to use them at all if you prefer).

4. Confirm the date of the event, then enter a "title" for your event and if you like provide event details.  The title will be displayed on the calendar, and if people click on the title, they will see the event details.

5. If this is an annual, recurring event (like a Birthday or Anniversary), check the appropriate box.  If you are an advanced user and you add HTML to your details, check that box as well.

6. Click on the "Add Event" button to save your changes.

Like many features in GrandpaTellMe.com there is more than one way to do it.  We hope that both are fun and easy and that the Calendar will help you to schedule your family events.

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Tips and Tricks

At GrandpaTellMe.com our goal is to make it easy and fun for people to record and share history.  Dates and events are an important part of our history.  Here are some tips and tricks to help make it more effective.

1. Start with yourself.  If you want people to display their birthdays on the Calendar, start by displaying your own.  Add some of the events that you think are important to your family or group to get things started, then invite others to do the same.  You can post an invitation in the "News" section to encourage people to contribute.

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