Running a live calendar

Running a live calendar

Once published, the calendar's Overview tab no longer shows the setup guide but how the calendar is doing: today's door, how many people it reached, raffles, polls, shared goals and the doors coming up.

The Overview of a live calendar

The Overview

Three cards at the top:

  • Status: the phase, and when it was published or until when it's shown.
  • Today (or Next door): today's door and its title, or the next door and when it opens.
  • Reached: how many people opened the calendar at least once, how many of them opened a door, and when these figures were last updated. They update every 30 minutes, see Analytics.

Below them, Checks shows whether a change broke something, see Checks and suggestions.

The Overview before the first door

Raffles

For every raffle door that has opened, the Raffle section shows Entries so far, the last day to enter and a Download entrants button.

Raffles on the Overview

The same button is on the raffle door's editor, under Entries. Before the door opens, it says when entries open. See Raffle for how to draw the winners.

Polls

Poll results shows each opened poll's votes per option, in percent. Like the other figures, they're updated every 30 minutes; your colleagues see live results right after voting.

Poll results on the Overview

Shared goals

Shared goals shows each goal's progress, for example "30 of 30", and whether it's running, reached or missed. These figures are live.

Shared goals on the Overview

Tip: A shared goal that's close to its target is a great reason for a reminder post in Flip.

Coming up

Coming up lists the next five doors with their title, date and type, and an Edit button. It's a handy place to check tomorrow's door one last time.

Coming up on the Overview

Changing things while the calendar is live

You can still change Fixed since the first door
Doors: texts, images, videos and settings Start date and number of doors
Welcome texts, design, colours, cover image Time zone
Languages (adding a translation) Shown in the app from
The leaderboard switch Points, their values and streaks
Opening doors after their day Letting people decline points
Shown in the app until The default language

Changes show right away. Doors that already opened ask Save this door? before saving, because people may have seen the old version. See Changing a door after it opens.

A door that's already open, in the door editor

Day-to-day tips

  • Remind people. A short Flip post on the first day, at the halfway point and before a raffle closes brings people back.
  • Check tomorrow's door in the preview the day before.
  • Draw raffle winners after their last day to enter, and announce them in Flip.
  • Look at the figures on the Analytics tab once a week to see which doors work best.
  • After the season, download the export before the deletion date.

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