Calendar Modification Installed
Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 4:34 pm
Just because I post this in the "Trouble Report" forum doesn't mean it trouble, at least no trouble for you, I have to toil over this stuff some to make it work.
I've just finished installin the "Calendar Hack" for the forum. What this means is that there is now a scheduling calendar that you can put upcoing events into.
For instance, I've already entered the "Sunday Chat" for next Sunday at 5PM. Clicking on the link in the calendar brings up a page with any text, smileys, inages, links, etc that are entered when making the event post. Posting is pretty much like posting to the forum, although you have to enter the date and time you want the event to show up on the calendar. Selecting a time span of greater than one day posts the event in all the days between the start and end dates. Handy. You can go back and edit your event post too.
I don't know how useful this will be, but it made sense to be able to make things in advance. Enter your favorite festivals, your birthday if it's important, the next full eclipse of the moon, etc.
There are more add-ons for this, including a "MiniCalendar" that can be placed on pages, and a text field that displays upcoming events in the calendar on pages. I'll look into adding those once I know it's getting some use (and after I figure out how it all works).
For now, the calendar is publically viewable, but only registered users can add an event post.
Registered users can get there by clicking "Calendar" in the left-hand menu. Guests will need to know the address:
http://www.mrsharkey.com/forum/calendar.php
I can make the calendar link show up in the menu for guests if everyone thinks that is a good idea.
Try it out and have fun, just don't go nuts. I expect there will be a few test posts, so please make a note in the text of the message that it's a test and I'll remove them after everyone has had a chance to play with it some. Also please keep your test posts in the month of February so I don't have to look all over hell and gone to find them for deletion.
Feedback and ideas are welcome.
I've just finished installin the "Calendar Hack" for the forum. What this means is that there is now a scheduling calendar that you can put upcoing events into.
For instance, I've already entered the "Sunday Chat" for next Sunday at 5PM. Clicking on the link in the calendar brings up a page with any text, smileys, inages, links, etc that are entered when making the event post. Posting is pretty much like posting to the forum, although you have to enter the date and time you want the event to show up on the calendar. Selecting a time span of greater than one day posts the event in all the days between the start and end dates. Handy. You can go back and edit your event post too.
I don't know how useful this will be, but it made sense to be able to make things in advance. Enter your favorite festivals, your birthday if it's important, the next full eclipse of the moon, etc.
There are more add-ons for this, including a "MiniCalendar" that can be placed on pages, and a text field that displays upcoming events in the calendar on pages. I'll look into adding those once I know it's getting some use (and after I figure out how it all works).
For now, the calendar is publically viewable, but only registered users can add an event post.
Registered users can get there by clicking "Calendar" in the left-hand menu. Guests will need to know the address:
http://www.mrsharkey.com/forum/calendar.php
I can make the calendar link show up in the menu for guests if everyone thinks that is a good idea.
Try it out and have fun, just don't go nuts. I expect there will be a few test posts, so please make a note in the text of the message that it's a test and I'll remove them after everyone has had a chance to play with it some. Also please keep your test posts in the month of February so I don't have to look all over hell and gone to find them for deletion.
Feedback and ideas are welcome.