Adding a Review

By redpepper - Posted on 07 July 2007

If you are part of the EdinburghGuide.com team of reviewers you can add a review of a show. This page provides help in doing this.

These are the basic steps to follow for adding A Review content type to EG:

Choose Create Content (in "Edinburgh" sub-menu). Then choose "Festival Review" or Review depending on whether it's showing in an August Edinburgh Festival or not.
Fill in the form Ignore fields if they don't apply.

Title The name of the show
Venue The venue field should automatically fill itself in as you start typing the name of the venue - so if you type "Trav..." it will complete "Traverse" with a link through to the Traverse venue page. If the venue doesnt appear, just leave it out.
Company Name of the theatre company or film company. Not necessary for music.
Performers The individual names of the performers in the format: first name second name (role).
Production The individual names and roles of the behind-the-scenes people in the same format as above.
Category This is for Edinburgh show lists and generating pages of related reviews. Choose a category, highlighting each with your mouse, for the festival. If it's the comedy festival then choose Fringe and Comedy festival. You will need to hold down the Control key and click in order to choose typically 1 or 2 categories - choose one for the relevant festival. In the second set of categories choose the genre of review (e.g.theatre:drama, music:rock).
Running time: the duration of the show from beginning to end including any breaks and encores.
Body: This is where the review goes. Keep reviews short and to the point: 150-250 words is usually sufficient. Highlight the strengths and weaknesses and let the reader know who the show is for.
If you are cutting and pasting from a Microsoft Word document please remember to use the "Paste from Word" icon with the W for Word on it.
Dont forget at the end of the show to mention the time of the show. Use italics for the time ("I" icon above) e.g. Times: 12-25 August, 7.30pm. Tuesday matinee, 2.30pm. Or for more complicated times: Times: 12,13, 16-20, 23-25 August, 2.15pm. 14,15,21,22 August, 1.30pm

Submit the review Review is added to the queue for publication and should go live within a few hours.