The articles section of the site was been pretty sparse for a while, and I'm not a very good writer, so now any user of the site is able to submit new articles. Just log in (or register, if you haven't), and you'll see a new 'News Article' link in the left menu under 'Create Content'.

Write about yourself if you're a new band (and create a profile on the site while you're at it), or about your upcoming tour or new album. If you're hosting a show with a big touring band, you can write about that too. Got some insights into the music industry, or found something worth sharing? If you think it's interesting, send it in.

Just so we can keep a little bit of control on what is posted to the site, you can either save your article as a draft to work on some more later, or set it for review so we can check it over before it shows up on the site. We should check things over pretty quickly though, and get your article up for people to see as soon as possible.

Accounts on KelownaGigs are pretty flexible; you can create one with (pretty much) whatever username you desire. The intent however, is that your account represents you as a person (think Facebook, not MySpace). Artist listings for both individuals and groups are separate from your user account (again, think of Facebook Pages, not MySpace artist accounts).

In order to make this more sensible, I have implemented a new stage of permission control. Previously, only the creator of an artist or venue listing was able to edit that listing. As of about an hour ago, there is a new field when editing either type of profile to list other users who should be granted access to edit the same profile. This way you can create a personal account for yourself, and then add your band members or staff's accounts to your band or venue's profile.