Editing a Notable Past Event page

1. Select and open the Notable Past Event that you wish to edit.

2. Click the grey 'edit' tab located to the left of the view tab near the top of the page.

3. The title should not be changed.

4. If you wish to edit the start and end date enter the correct date e.g 02/06/2003. If you wish, you can select the calenda icon beneath the start date and end date fields to scroll through a calenda to find the appropriate date for the event.

5. The Hazard type should not be changed.

6. If the event has a secondary hazard/s i.e. if an earthquake triggers a tsunami, you can highlight the hazard by clicking one. If you wish to select more than one secondary hazard then use the control button to highlight the one's you want.

7. If there are any keywords that are highly relevant and/or unique to the Notable Past Event that you are editing then type in the word in the field. If there are more than one then type the first word followed by a space, then a dash then a space followed by the next word.

e.g. Lahar - Rainfall

8. If there are any related events on the inTERRAgate website enter the first few words of the title of the related Notable Past Event and then scroll down the list that appears to select the appropriate one.

9. If you wish to add information please add the text to the 'Text' field. Make sure that when you add text you reference properly. For further information on referencing see the 'Adding references' page in the 'Help' section. The references must also be added in the order that they appear in the text.

10. If you wish to add and alter information in the following fields please enter the value. This section does not need to be referenced. Enter the values with no gaps i.e. 256008. Once the page has been submitted it will automatically appear as 256,008.

N.B. All economic damage figures muct be added in US dollars only. If you have any values that are not in US dollars then please convert it. The website http://www.xe.com/ucc/ is very useful for this. You do not need to enter US dollars in the tab. This will automatically appear once you have submitted the page. Please enter the values with no gaps i.e. 360000000. This will be automatically changed to 360,000,000 once the page has been submitted.

11. If you wish to add a GLIDE number for the notable past event then please insert it into the fields provided. Drop-down menus are provided for this. The only figure that needs to be typed in is the serial number. This must be typed into the 'Glide serial number' field.

12. You should not need to change the country.

13. If the event has an exact location e.g. an earthquake, volcano, etc. then please enter the latitude and longitude in the fields provided. If the latitude is west enter a minus sign (-) before the value. If the longitude is south enter a minus sign (-) before the value.

14. To see what the Notable Past Event page you have edited will look like once submitted click the 'Preview' tab at the bottom of tha page.

15. To submit the Notable Past Event page click the 'Submit' tab.