Linking to Pollstar
Linking to Pollstar from your Web page
Add a Pollstar Tour Database search form to your Web page
Pollstar graphics you can use on your Web page

 Search Examples
Examples of how to Search for an Artist
Examples of how to Search for a City
Examples of how to Search for a Venue
LINKING TO POLLSTAR FROM YOUR WEB PAGE
There are a variety of ways you can link to Pollstar. The simplest way is to link to our home page. You can do this by adding the following in your web page:

<!-- Pollstar link STARTS here -->

<a href="http://www.pollstar.com">
<img src="http://images.pollstar.com/icons/polltour.gif" align=center></a>

<!-- Pollstar link ENDS here -->

Or to search the Pollstar Tour Database directly by Artist, copy the following HTML code:

 <a href="http://www.pollstar.com/tour/searchall.pl?By=Artist&Content=FirstName+LastName&Exact=Y">Artist Name goes here</a>

To search the Pollstar Tour Database directly by City, copy the following HTML code:

 <a href="http://www.pollstar.com/tour/searchall.pl?By=City&Content=City+ST&Exact=Y">City Name goes here</a>

To search the Pollstar Tour Database directly by Venue, copy the following HTML code:

 <a href="http://www.pollstar.com/tour/searchall.pl?By=Venue&Content=VenueName,City,ST"&Exact=Y">Venue Name goes here</a>



ADDING A POLLSTAR TOUR DATABASE SEARCH FORM TO YOUR WEB PAGE
To add a search form to your page, simply use or copy the following HTML code in your page:

 <!-- Pollstar Search Form code STARTS here -->

<form action="http://www.pollstar.com/tour/searchall.pl" method=post>
<a href="http://www.pollstar.com">
<img vspace=6 src = "http://images.pollstar.com/icons/pollstar.gif" border="0"></a>

Search Tour Database by:
<input type="radio" name="By" value="Artist" checked>Artist
<input type="radio" name="By" value="City">City
<input type="radio" name="By" value="Venue">Venue

<input name="Content" size=30>
<input type="image" src="http://images.pollstar.com/icons/pssearch.gif" name="StartSearch" border=0>
</form>

<!-- Pollstar Search Form code ENDS here -->

It is that simple. You can of course, choose to copy the graphics to your site so that it will load faster. Please attempt this only if you're familiar with coding HTML. The search form will look something like this:

Search Tour Database by: Artist City Venue


POLLSTAR GRAPHICS YOU CAN USE ON YOUR WEB PAGE
The following are graphics you can use on your Web page when linking to us:









The following two are good for pages with dark backgrounds:





The last two are good for pages with light backgrounds:





 EXAMPLES OF HOW TO SEARCH FOR AN ARTIST
Capitalization is only important for the URL. The following rules apply for the Artist, Band, or Event Name:
  1. Capitalization is ignored.
  2. Spaces are converted to "+".
  3. Special characters are converted to hexidecimal.
One Name: Jawbreaker
<a href="http://www.pollstar.com/tour/searchall.pl?By=Artist&Content=Jawbreaker&Exact=Y">

Two Names: Urge Overkill
<a href="http://www.pollstar.com/tour/searchall.pl?By=Artist&Content=Urge+Overkill&Exact=Y">

Band Name: Junior M.A.F.I.A.
<a href="http://www.pollstar.com/tour/searchall.pl?By=Artist&Content=Junior+MAFIA&Exact=Y">

Band Name: R.E.M.
<a href="http://www.pollstar.com/tour/searchall.pl?By=Artist&Content=R.E.M.&Exact=Y">

Band Name: Hootie & The Blowfish
<a href="http://www.pollstar.com/tour/searchall.pl?By=Artist&Content=Hootie+%26+The+Blowfish&Exact=Y">

Event Name: Shining Time Station - Live!
<a href="http://www.pollstar.com/tour/searchall.pl?By=Artist&Content=Shining+Time+Station+Live!&Exact=Y">

 EXAMPLES OF HOW TO SEARCH FOR A CITY
The first letter(s) of the city name must be capitalized and both letters of the state abbreviation must be capitalized. 'Exact=Y' is needed to turn a string search into an exact match.
  1. Special characters are dropped--these include periods (.), amperstands (&), dashes (-), apostrophes ('), question marks (?), colons (:), semi-colons (;), parenthesis () and slashes (/).
  2. Single and double spaces are converted to "+".
<a href="http://www.pollstar.com/tour/searchall.pl?By=City&Content=Denver,+CO&Exact=Y">

 Two name City and State: Santa Rosa, California
<a href="http://www.pollstar.com/tour/searchall.pl?By=City&Content=Santa+Rosa,+CA&Exact=Y">

Two name City and State: Las Vegas, Nevada
<a href="http://www.pollstar.com/tour/searchall.pl?By=City&Content=Las+Vegas,+NV&Exact=Y">

To include 'Nearby Cities' in your specified city search, simply add the following syntax immediately following the state abbreviation: &Market=Y Here is a City search example of San Diego, California, including Nearby Cities:

<http://www.pollstar.com/tour/searchall.pl?By=City&Content=San+Diego,+CA&Market=Y&Exact=Y>

 EXAMPLES OF HOW TO SEARCH FOR A VENUE
The first letter(s) of the Venue name must be capped (and combined with '+' if containing more than one word), followed by a comma (,), then the City name (which should be capped) followed by a comma (,) and last, the state abbreviation (which should be an all-cap two letter abbreviation.
  1. Special characters are dropped--these include periods (.), amperstands (&), dashes (-), apostrophes ('), question marks (?), colons (:), semi-colons (;), parenthesis () and slashes (/).
  2. Single and double spaces are converted to "+".
<a href="http://www.pollstar.com/tour/searchall.pl?By=Venue&Content=Casbah,San+Diego,CA&Exact=Y">

One name Venue: Kingdome and City, State: Seattle, Washington
<a href="http://www.pollstar.com/tour/searchall.pl?By=Venue&Content=Kingdome,Seattle,WA&Exact=Y">

Multiple name Venue: Red Rocks Amphitheatre and City, State: Morrison, Colorado
<a href="http://www.pollstar.com/tour/searchall.pl?By=Venue&Content=Red+Rocks+Amphitheatre,Morrison,CO&Exact=Y">