Question
How do I archive or deactivate last years sponsors? You wish to archive or deactivate last year's sponsors, without deleting them from the system. In this way, you can activate them when they return and pay for this year's event.
Answer
To archive last years sponsors:
Click on Tools -> Clear System Data, and check the Deactivate all Sponsors option, and press Confirm. This will archive all the existing sponsors as inactive and will remove all sponsors from the public website.
You may also wish to deactivate Single Sponsors (not as a bulk action):
- Go to Sponsors -> All & Click on 'edit' next to the Sponsor name you want to deactivate
- Set Active = Yes
- Hit 'Update' to save your changes.
As existing sponsors return to the event, they will create a sponsor record at the time they register online. You can Edit this record or just delete the new sponsor record, and activate the old record. In this way, you can save their logo and other information and not have to upload it again this year.
- Click on Sponsors -> All, then click the Show Inactive button. This will show the list of all of last year's sponsors, which were archived as above.
- Click on each sponsor name that you want to re-activate, then set Active = Yes, then click Update to save it. They will then appear in the active sponsor list, and back on the main website under Sponsors.