{"id":2538,"date":"2013-04-08T10:30:09","date_gmt":"2013-04-08T16:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webii.net\/blog\/?p=2538"},"modified":"2022-02-09T17:41:13","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T23:41:13","slug":"designing-a-great-meetup-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webii.net\/blog\/designing-a-great-meetup-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Designing a Great Meetup Page"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meetup.com<\/a>, the popular and rapidly growing community for group gatherings, updated its design tools in April 2013.<\/p>\n

Many of us participate in business-related events on Meetup to network with area professionals, meet like-minded experts and connect with our communities. \u00a0It can also be quite fun to help manage a Meetup. Meetup provides a strong platform with well-organized tools for scheduling, promoting, and managing group meetings of various types.<\/p>\n

Enhancing the Look of Your Meetup Page<\/h2>\n

With the basics, Meetup offers a few color choices and font styles to personalize your group’s page. \u00a0But as you search through a few of the group pages, \u00a0you may start to see some of the same page styles, with generic-looking titles and background colors. \u00a0Some groups are popular and actively updated with pictures and new events, but the template look of the page does not reflect the “brand” and energy of the group. \u00a0For Meetup groups that are associated with an established organization or business, it is best to brand the Meetup page similar to your website design<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Meetup<\/p>\n

New Tools<\/h2>\n

Meetup launched slight changes to its “Appearance” tools in April 2013. Formerly, there was an Appearance section under Group Settings<\/em> where you could adjust some settings. \u00a0Now, you can find a separate tab for “Edit appearance” under the Group tools<\/em> menu tab.<\/p>\n

\"Meetup<\/p>\n

After selecting Edit appearance, three new options will appear at the bottom of the screen. \u00a0I didn’t notice them at first, since they are located so differently than the former GUI<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Meetup<\/p>\n

Creating and Adding a Banner Image<\/h2>\n

Prepare a logo or nicely branded banner graphic using something like Photoshop or from your other graphic design media. Save it as a .jpg and .png file. \u00a0Make sure it includes your group’s name so it is bold and clear for new visitors to read. \u00a0This banner will end up replacing the default text title at the top of your page.<\/p>\n

Make sure you are logged in as an admin of your Meetup page. Click on the Banner image option at the bottom of your Meetup page.<\/p>\n

Upload your new image, and wait a few seconds for the preview to load. \u00a0If it looks satisfactory, click the Keep it or Save button.<\/p>\n

Background Design<\/h2>\n

MeetUp offers a few simple color and pattern options in their templates, but wouldn’t it be nice to customize that with photos, logos, or other special colorful patterns? \u00a0Since Meetups are often centered around local communities, how about a beautiful photo of your city or a great shot of the venue where you meet? \u00a0You will want to prepare a fairly large image so that it can easily peek around the sides of the page content.<\/p>\n

Again, while logged in to access the Edit appearance tools, click on the Background image option. \u00a0A similar Upload An Image option will appear. \u00a0Upload your new background image. \u00a0Once uploaded, you can also adjust the image to be tiled (repeated) or stretched or centered, to fine-tune its display.<\/p>\n

Keeping Up Appearances<\/h2>\n

Now that the design of your group page is embellished, don’t forget to keep the content regularly updated. \u00a0The most successful pages are regularly updated with photos, ratings, new events, and comments. This keeps the current members engaged in the group and also increases the exposure of that page in search results on Meetup.com.<\/p>\n

Encourage your members to take and post photos to the Meetup group after events. \u00a0Meetup.com has a great system of sending automated reminders to members asking for event ratings and comments. \u00a0This is an ideal time for participation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Meetup.com, the popular and rapidly growing community for group gatherings, updated its design tools in April 2013. Many of us participate in business-related events on Meetup to network with area professionals, meet like-minded experts and connect with our communities. \u00a0It can also be quite fun to help manage a Meetup. 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