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== '''How to Archive your fair''' ==
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== How to Archive your fair ==
 
# Sign into your zFairs site with your Admin account
 
# Sign into your zFairs site with your Admin account
# Click the "Staff" dropdown menu (Near the bottom of the list)
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# Click the gray info icon ('''i''') in the bottom-right
# Verify the items that you want to be cleared (Student accounts and projects are '''ALWAYS''' cleared)
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# Search '''Refresh'''
# Type your username into the text box for a final verification
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# Click Open next to '''Refresh Your Event''' (also listed as Refresh/Archive Your Event)
# Congrats! Your fair should be cleared for future use
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# Follow the step-by-step wizard to archive previous information and prepare for your next event
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# Review options carefully:
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#* Which user types to remove (you can keep judges)
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#* Whether to reset remaining accounts to first-time login
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#* Archive Before Date if early registrations already exist
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# Confirm only when you are sure — '''archive cannot be undone'''
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For FAQs (when to archive, keeping accounts, reactivation), see '''[[All About Archiving]]'''.
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Also see: [[Refreshing Your Event]]
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''Updated from Support instructions (2026).''
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[[Category: Admin]]
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[[Category: Features]]
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[[Category: How To]]

Latest revision as of 12:37, 31 July 2026

How to Archive your fair

  1. Sign into your zFairs site with your Admin account
  2. Click the gray info icon (i) in the bottom-right
  3. Search Refresh
  4. Click Open next to Refresh Your Event (also listed as Refresh/Archive Your Event)
  5. Follow the step-by-step wizard to archive previous information and prepare for your next event
  6. Review options carefully:
    • Which user types to remove (you can keep judges)
    • Whether to reset remaining accounts to first-time login
    • Archive Before Date if early registrations already exist
  7. Confirm only when you are sure — archive cannot be undone

For FAQs (when to archive, keeping accounts, reactivation), see All About Archiving.

Also see: Refreshing Your Event



Updated from Support instructions (2026).