2017 PEOPLE: IMA: Creating G+ Invites for Open Simulator HyperGrid Events

Creating G+ Invites for Open Simulator 
HyperGrid Events

The OpenSim Community previously used Google invitations to invite people to  events.  Then one of Google's "improvements" in G+  hid the invitation process so well that most of us that most of us couldn't find it.  With a little help from his friends, Shawn Maloney found it and here explains how to use it again. 

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• Create & manage events in G+

Tips and Tricks from Shawn Maloney: How to create G+ Events (Invites) for Open Simulator HyperGrid Events. Following these steps will help you create G+ Events that can be shared or promoted by others to help get the word out about your events!

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Set up and send.

• Go to your G+ profile
• Click the vertical 3 dots next to About (on the picture, to the right).
• Click the events option on the panel that appears.  
• Note that your upcoming events are hidden here.
• Click Create Event (upper right).
• Fill in the event options: I recommend allowing guests to invite others.
• On giving the time, be sure to indicate the time zone that means.
• Google cannot handle locations in virtual worlds. Try the grid address.
• In Details, give the HG address.
• Make it public unless you really want it it be private.
• Click the Invite button to post it.
• Note that a public invite will appear on your stream, but not get sent to anyone.

Manage distribution

• To put it in form for distribution, go to your event page and click on the new event.
• Copy the url and paste it into your G+ stream.  That form is on your G+ home page.
• Then go to your profile, find the event, and click the network graphic to send it places.
• The network graphic is at the bottom right (sidways V).
• You will get the share options page with one option (probably Public) suggested.
• You can send it to G+ communities, your circles, or your addresses.
• The find those options, click on More, More Options, or whatever is like that.
• (Whatever Google has changed it to when you get there.)

Set image size

• If you want to post your selected image, you will have to set the size.
• I use The Gimp (free, open source).

Other uses for your stream

• When you see a G+ share button on a page, click it to send the page to your stream.
• I use that to keep track on pages I may want to reference in my blog.
• Other people follow my stream for recommended reading.
• When you put useful information on your stream, you give people a reason to follow it.

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• Use as you please with attribution: link to the original.
• All images without attribution in this blog are CC0: public domain.

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