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 # validation
 * [W3C online validation)[http://validator.w3.org/check)
-* local: ```make -j4```
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+* local: ```make -j4```
+
+# adding content
+
+## events
+aka news will be listet in calendar and on the portal on the site and presented as ical, xcal and reminder files to be automatically absorbed by your calendar-sw.
+
+**single events with few details**
+can be enlisted in content/events.xml - just see the details of existing ones.
+
+**events with more details**
+are thought to have an own xml file in news/ directory named events-{$title}.xml
+the format can be copied from existing events there as well. images or other static files for these might be placed in content/static/images/news/ directory.
+
+**repeating events / regular meetings**
+are not implemented yet, you have to creaty them multiple times manually.