FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
GRANITE CITY, Ill., June 12, 2026 — Wildfire CityPages, the community news and events platform serving the Metro East and Missouri communities, has rolled out an update that simplifies how local businesses and residents post events. The change eliminates the separate "business events" category in favor of a single, flexible event form that gives every user the option to associate a posting with their verified business or keep it personal.
Previously, users with verified business accounts had to navigate to a separate section to post business events. Under the new system, any user posting an event now sees an optional "Post as" dropdown if they have a linked business account. Users can still manage multiple organizations like their business and church. Selecting a business automatically applies the Verified Business badge to the listing; leaving it set to "Post as individual" publishes the event exactly as before. Great for things like garage sales.
The update touches the event creation form, the underlying logic, and the posting backend consolidating three separate code paths into one. Business owners who want to promote an open house, a grand opening, or a community workshop can now do so without switching contexts, while individuals posting neighborhood gatherings or school events see no additional friction.
The release also resolves a navigation issue. That fix is now live across all category pages.
"We've been hearing from business owners who want to be more active in the community calendar without jumping through extra hoops. This makes it effortless with one form, one submission, and your event shows up with your business name attached. That's the kind of thing that makes a local platform genuinely useful."
"By default, Events stay in their lane, the Events tab unless comments are made. At that point, an event also becomes a discussion topic. This gives us the ability to discuss events as they approach. It also gives users the ability to post information about the event afterwards. For example, a 5K run is announced and then results can be posted all in the same thread."
— George Sykes, Wildfire
About Wildfire CityPages
Wildfire CityPages is a community-driven hyper local news and events platform serving the Metro East Illinois and Missouri communities owned and operated by Wildfire Internet, Granite City. Wildfire has been developing Internet Applications and Solutions since 1995.
Media Contact
George Sykes, President
Wildfire Intenet
sykes@wildfire.net
GRANITE CITY, Ill., June 12, 2026 — Wildfire CityPages, the community news and events platform serving the Metro East and Missouri communities, has rolled out an update that simplifies how local businesses and residents post events. The change eliminates the separate "business events" category in favor of a single, flexible event form that gives every user the option to associate a posting with their verified business or keep it personal.
Previously, users with verified business accounts had to navigate to a separate section to post business events. Under the new system, any user posting an event now sees an optional "Post as" dropdown if they have a linked business account. Users can still manage multiple organizations like their business and church. Selecting a business automatically applies the Verified Business badge to the listing; leaving it set to "Post as individual" publishes the event exactly as before. Great for things like garage sales.
The update touches the event creation form, the underlying logic, and the posting backend consolidating three separate code paths into one. Business owners who want to promote an open house, a grand opening, or a community workshop can now do so without switching contexts, while individuals posting neighborhood gatherings or school events see no additional friction.
The release also resolves a navigation issue. That fix is now live across all category pages.
"We've been hearing from business owners who want to be more active in the community calendar without jumping through extra hoops. This makes it effortless with one form, one submission, and your event shows up with your business name attached. That's the kind of thing that makes a local platform genuinely useful."
"By default, Events stay in their lane, the Events tab unless comments are made. At that point, an event also becomes a discussion topic. This gives us the ability to discuss events as they approach. It also gives users the ability to post information about the event afterwards. For example, a 5K run is announced and then results can be posted all in the same thread."
— George Sykes, Wildfire
About Wildfire CityPages
Wildfire CityPages is a community-driven hyper local news and events platform serving the Metro East Illinois and Missouri communities owned and operated by Wildfire Internet, Granite City. Wildfire has been developing Internet Applications and Solutions since 1995.
Media Contact
George Sykes, President
Wildfire Intenet
sykes@wildfire.net
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