vB Event Forums

[Evercraft]

Introduction
Ok first things first, before we start. This plugin was originally developed by endquote (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/member.php?u=5060). You can find the old thread here (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=93308). I have now taken over the plugin development from him, and I will do my best to make this a plugin that is useful for everyone. I have made quite a few changes to the old plugin. If you have been using the old plugin, then skip to the section "I used the old plugin".
What is this plugin?
This is a plugin which allows you to create relationships between calendars and events, giving each event a thread of its own for users to discuss. This plugin is in BETA, so you are installing this on a live board at your own risk. I have tested this alot, and I am running it myself on a live board.
Sure, so whats it do?
Some examples of the features this plugin offers
When a new event is created in a calendar, an associated thread is created in the linked forum. Links to events in the calendar are forwarded to the associated thread. New thread links in the event forum are redirected to a new event form. A summary can be shown at the top of the event forum which shows the up and coming events over the next 'x' days. The date and time shown in the thread and post title, is calculated on the current viewing users timezone. In other words, times always show in the users timezone, not forced to GMT. Full moderation support. Editing a thread or event, will update its associated event/thread.
Screenshots
Some screenshots of this plugin
Admin Options (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=46239&d=1145673266) Event Thread (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=46240&d=1145673266) Event Thread with Reply (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=46241&d=1145673266) Thread List (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=46242&d=1145673289)
How do I install it?
Please follow the instructions here (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=956636#post956636) for upgrading from Version 1.x to Version 2.5.
Step 1
Install the product
Download the product XML file.

Goto your Admin CP at your forums, then goto Plugin System -> Manage Products. Click [Add/Import Product] at the bottom of the page. Browse to the location where you downloaded the xml file and then click the Import button.
Step 2
Calendar ID:
Goto your Admin CP at your forums, then goto Calendar Manager. Find the calendar you want to link to a forum, then click Edit.
Right at the top of the page you should see:
Calendar: NAME (id: ID)
Make a note of the ID, you will need this soon.
Forum ID:
Goto your Admin CP at your forums, then goto Forum Manager. Find the forum you want to activate as your event forum, then click Edit Forum.
Right at the top of the page you should see:
Forum: NAME (id: ID)
Make a note of the ID, you will need this soon.
Link a Calendar to a Forum:
Goto your Admin CP at your forums, then goto vBulletin Options and find Event Forums.
The first option you should see is Calendar/Forum Map.
Enter in your IDs into the box, as CALENDARID:FORUMID.
Example, my Calendar is 5 and my Forum is 14:
5:14
Click Save.
Step 3
Base permissions check:
You will need to check that users using the Event Forums, have basic permissions to both the Linked Forum AND Calendar.
Basic Permissions include: Can View Forum and Can Post Threads and possibly some others.
Step 4
Install on VB.org:
Browse back to this thread, and click the INSTALL (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/vborg_miscactions.php?do=installhack&threadid=102213) button so you can recieve updates whenever I update this plugin.
Can I give you money to make this?
This isn't a commercial plugin, and can be used by anyone for free. However, a few people have said to me that they would like to donate some money for my time working on the plugin and for picking it up and continuing the development of new features etc. If you do want to donate some money my way, then you can do so through paypal by clicking this link (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_xclick&business=ryuno_yaiba%40hotmail%2ecom&item_name=vB%20Event%20forums&no_shipping=1&cn=Comments&tax=0&currency_code=GBP&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8). Thanks!
Bugs / Support
If you find a bug, then please post in this thread and let me know. There are a few bugs that haven't been fixed since the old version, so i'm hoping that we can fix these soon. I will do my best to support the plugin as much as possible, however I also have a busy job which takes up alot of my time.
Known Bugs
Here is a list of known bugs to date
Soft delete actually hard deletes the thread. Search doesn't search the first post of an event thread. Inline ajax edit bugs thread title. Need to remove date and time from it before edit.
Feature request list
Here is a list of the requested features. Please note that because it makes this list, doesn't mean it will be added.
Intergration with the event attendance plugin. Customisation of the order of the custom fields in the thread title. An option to "import" all the previous events from a Calendar into threads. Extra post options support (Attachments, Post Icons, Sticky etc). Custom ordering of the %datetime variable. Custom ordering of %custom variable. Better handling of recurring events.
Credits
Thanks to endquote (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/member.php?u=5060) for originally creating the plugin.
Thanks to the Ninja :ninja: for helping me infiltrate the vb code and finding those hidden hooks!
Thanks to anybody that helps test this plugin.
Changelog
Version: 2.7
All templates should now be cached. Optimised the code which hides the first post on an Event Thread. Fixed a bug which was causing smilies and images, as well as possibly other BB code to not be parsed correctly. Added better error handling on SQL queries, and using vb functions in all places over raw mysql functions.
Version: 2.6
Added a AdminCP option to choose between using a custom variable to display the Event Details on the Thread Page, or to append it to the end of the navbar. Title now updates in last post block after editing event title. Single day events no longer adjust the timezone, which was causing the day to show incorrectly in the thread titles and event details for some timezones.
Version: 2.5
Single day events: Time has been removed from thread title, so it now only displays the date. Date and Time (if applicable) are added to Posts and Navbits when viewing a thread. Custom Fields are added dynamically along with times and dates. This solves a few bugs, and is in preperation for the AdminCP option for a custom order and look etc. Currently merging is disabled for any Event Threads because it is a bit of a tricky job to handle merging Event Threads, and it could take some time. Admin option to format Event Thread titles. Note this does not yet include ordering custom fields. Inline mod tools should now all work. Added [Finish] and [Start] as phrases into the Calendar phrases for use in the Events Summary. Ranged Events that cover multiple days, are now displayed better in the Summary, Title, Post and Navbits.
Version: 2.0
Moderation is now supported! Permissions are taken from the Calendar. Events will show up as Events only (threads are hidden and handled seperatly by the plugin) in the moderation queue. Better error handling when creating an event. This should now correctly handle flooding, min chars and any other errors creating a thread could give. An event is NOT created if there was an error creating the thread. Instead it displays the correct error message. Event View is now displayed above the threads, similar to how VB.org does with the addons. Links added to the event day view, to View Replies and Post a Reply. Added a UserCP option to choose which event it should default to when pressing the "New Thread" button. Summary is now totally seperate from the Home Page up "and coming events". The summary will now function even if the homepage version is disabled. Ranged Events now show the end date if the Event doesn't finish on the same day. Problems with DST and Timezones have been solved. There is an update due in VB v3.6 which corrects confusion with DST. See here (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/bugs35.php?do=view&bugid=2386) for more info. This is more specific to Calendar rather than this plugin though, but its relevant. Moving an event to a Calendar not run by the Plugin will remove the link to the assosiated thread. Moving an event to a Calendar run by the Plugin will attempt to also move the thread linked to it, to the correct forum. Moving a thread to a different event forum, will attempt to move the event to the correct calendar. Moving a thread outside an event forum, removes the link to the assosiated event. Delete thread or first post now forwards to the Delete Event. Allowing soft-delete of events is something to consider, but for now it only supports Perma Deleting. This would be made much easier if soft deleting events was something supported in the native VB code. Fixed Deleting an Event and it now properly updates the forum counters, so the last thread should be correct. Event Summary template addition is no longer necessary. A seperate template is added and handled by the plugin. Event Summary in the forum now only shows the events for that forum/calendar link.
Version: 1.0
Taken over development from Endquote. Fixed alot of bugs, I can't remember what now.

[harry1951]

downloaded and will test it on my testboard :-)
Thnx picking up the 'old' hack and continuing to develop it :-)

[ZacUSNYR]

I'll be installing this shortly as well! Sounds like a great way to get more activity into the calendar.

[nexialys]

i've read by the walls that the Event Attendance will be merged as a addon to this plug-in... somene have plans on this ?! - as everyone will ask, i'm doing it right now!

btw, for someone playing with the Event Attendance hack, the Thanks this Post hack is a good start... ok, it's MOST of the job done if you know how to code... https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=92410

very happy with your results Evercraft

[Snake]

Whoa this is a great hack man. Glad you have ported it over to 3.5. :)

* Snake installs

[lanc3lot]

Exm, any shots around or even a demo site to see how it works this one?

I cant find any:(

[tris]

Wow great work, I am waiting for the Intergration with the event attendance plugin. :rolleyes:

[Evercraft]

i've read by the walls that the Event Attendance will be merged as a addon to this plug-in... somene have plans on this ?! - as everyone will ask, i'm doing it right now!

btw, for someone playing with the Event Attendance hack, the Thanks this Post hack is a good start... ok, it's MOST of the job done if you know how to code... https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=92410

very happy with your results Evercraft

Yep the merge of the 2 plugins, or adding an attendance feature is something that is on the requested features list up top.

Looking at that thanks plugin, your right. It its almost how the attendance thing would work. I'll try and take a look at the code sometime this week, and maybe look at how this could work with the vB events forum plugin. Thanks for the link. :)

My main concern at the moment however, is to fix all the lurking bugs that still exist. I fixed alot, but there is still a couple, so im hoping that bugs people find, they will post and let me know.

[OneShot]

Thank you Evercraft - the system finally works again. Good Job :up:

[nexialys]

when i install it tomorrow morning, i will try to debug it myself - i usually have more situations than anybody on my testground.,..

for the thanks thingy, the thing that is missing to make it an attendance hack is to list the names and identify the members attending in the calendar, and maybe add a cronjob to post an alert to these members when the event is in 24hours... (like the Subscribe to Event!)

and i'm sure someone will require the block for vBadvanced.

[djsydeburnz]

I have some ideas that would work well with all this calendar / forum stuff, but not sure if it would be a feature request for this particular project:

Have the ability to include images with the event posting (like a fllyer)
Having a clickable link to the event location (mapquest, yahoomaps, etc)
Ability to review each event
Linking event to an album in gallery

[ShawnV]

Yep the merge of the 2 plugins, or adding an attendance feature is something that is on the requested features list up top.


Thank You Evercraft! :banana:

[trancetopia]

Not sure if this hack does a check on previous events upon installation or not but I have a lot of events already in a calendar and installing this would only be beneficial if you started with a blank calendar.

i.e. if you already had 50 events in a calendar and installed this mod, your calendar would show 50 events but your event forum would show nothing.

Does this new version of this mod will do an intelligent import upon installation. If not, can this be considered as this would be an excellent feature and make this mod backwards compatible with previous calendar events.

[Evercraft]

Not sure if this hack does a check on previous events upon installation or not but I have a lot of events already in a calendar and installing this would only be beneficial if you started with a blank calendar.

i.e. if you already had 50 events in a calendar and installed this mod, your calendar would show 50 events but your event forum would show nothing.

Does this new version of this mod will do an intelligent import upon installation. If not, can this be considered as this would be an excellent feature and make this mod backwards compatible with previous calendar events.

Thats a good idea, and might be something I can add. I'll add it to the feature requests and see if I get round to looking at it.

[skizzy203]

Great work Evercraft. Glad to see this pluggin finally progressing.

Once the bugs are worked out and the event attendance hack has been integrated with reminders and someone figures out a way to merge old events into the respective event forum, I will be a happy camper and install.

Watching and waiting eagerly. It's such a coincidence that this is coming along just in time for the new calendar year too... Yippy! I have so many events to add!

[EasyTarget]

many thanks evercraft. I'm one of those that's interested in a merge with the event attendance as well.

[Code Monkey]

If you do add an event attendance feature. It would be nice if it had some functionality like these forums. Such as, the event creator can send an email update regarding event changes to people that have clicked the link indicating their attendance. Also seperate veiw boxes for time, date, location, number attending, etc...

Similar to what we have when making a hack thread here.

[lanc3lot]

If you do add an event attendance feature. It would be nice if it had some functionality like these forums. Such as, the event creator can send an email update regarding event changes to people that have clicked the link indicating their attendance. Also seperate veiw boxes for time, date, location, number attending, etc...

Similar to what we have when making a hack thread here.


That will be very usefull indeed :)

[djsydeburnz]

i have 2 calendars: cal1 is for events, cal2 is for radio broadcasts. in the upcoming events plugin that shows events, is there a way to get it to onlly show events from the corresponding calendar? i dont want to show radio shows on the events calendar forum. also, can anyone give me any pointers on how to change the plugin code to display the forum title a certain way?

event name | event date | custom1 only

[benFF]

i have 2 calendars: cal1 is for events, cal2 is for radio broadcasts. in the upcoming events plugin that shows events, is there a way to get it to onlly show events from the corresponding calendar? i dont want to show radio shows on the events calendar forum. also, can anyone give me any pointers on how to change the plugin code to display the forum title a certain way?

event name | event date | custom1 only

Great work, especially with the timezone thing, thanks!

One bug I've found, if you delete an event, although the thread is deleted, the forum info still shows that thread as the last posted.

It would also be great to have a CP option to choose the default new event type (timed, all day) along with date formatting options for each of the above :)

Great job, thanks so much!

[djsydeburnz]

^^dang, you quoted me so i though you were coming to my rescue . . . :(

[benFF]

Ah apologies old chap, i didn't realise the "quote message in reply" was automatically ticked... my bad :)

[Cyricx]

Instead of putting the custom fields in the title.

What about putting them in the message, with the custom field title then what is filled out like

Custom field 1: (text entered)
Custom field 2: (text entered)

(Event message)

[djsydeburnz]

^^ or thats even better!

[SoLo OnE]

For some reason dates in the forum "Upcoming Events" box aren't showing for guests or registered users.

:ermm:

[IamPud]

Can't get the calendar to create a thread not sure what i am doing wrong. In the mapping i put 1:11 which is calendarid 1 and forumid 11 but i get nothing. I do get the summary in that forum but not the new thread.

Any thoughts on what i am doing wrong?

TIA

[Evercraft]

For some reason dates in the forum "Upcoming Events" box aren't showing for guests or registered users.

:ermm:

I'll try and test that on my dev site later and see what the problem is. But one thing, make sure registered users and guests have permissions to view BOTH the calendar and the event forum, that could be why.

[Evercraft]

Can't get the calendar to create a thread not sure what i am doing wrong. In the mapping i put 1:11 which is calendarid 1 and forumid 11 but i get nothing. I do get the summary in that forum but not the new thread.

Any thoughts on what i am doing wrong?

TIA

sounds alot like the bug:

Posting a new thread by creating a new event, respects the min char for posts in vboptions. If the event doesnt make the min chars, then the thread isnt made, however it still creates the event, and should show an error instead.

Also, in a similar way, if the forum is closed to posting, or there are permissions preventing you from posting a thread normally, then this will fail too.

[SoLo OnE]

I'll try and test that on my dev site later and see what the problem is. But one thing, make sure registered users and guests have permissions to view BOTH the calendar and the event forum, that could be why.


After testing it extensively last night the problem seems to be when a users timezone causes the event to fall on a day different (or span two days) than what was originally posted.

I'm going to test it out more today and try to post some examples.

[lanc3lot]

If you do add an event attendance feature. It would be nice if it had some functionality like these forums. Such as, the event creator can send an email update regarding event changes to people that have clicked the link indicating their attendance. Also seperate veiw boxes for time, date, location, number attending, etc...

Similar to what we have when making a hack thread here.


Hello again Evercraft, do u think that the event attendance feature (and also things like the mate suggested here) could be ready anytime soon ? (i mean if its in the plan to "see" them in 5,10,20,30 days :) I wait just that to install it, as the attendance is a very crucial part for a hack like this:)

If its not in the plan, its ok, just asking :)

Thnx in advance :)

[SoLo OnE]

OK apparently the dates for ranged events dont' show up at all on the forums "Upcoming Events" area. The time and title does, but no date.

Another problem is that "soft delete" actually hard deletes the thread. :surprised:

Can someone confirm this?

[benFF]

OK apparently the dates for ranged events dont' show up at all on the forums "Upcoming Events" area. The time and title does, but no date.

Another problem is that "soft delete" actually hard deletes the thread. :surprised:

Can someone confirm this?

Also the timezone code isn't 100% correct - whilst the time changes, if the new zone pushes it to a new day, this isn't shown.

So an item at 8pm GMT on the 5th of Dec is shown as
5am (Correct - Japan = +9) on the 5th of Dec (instead of the 6th)

Ben

[PennylessZ28]

I don't know about anyone else, but the Dates in the thread titles, never match, they are always one day in advance? Why is this?

[Evercraft]

Just to let you all know i'm still around. Keep the reports coming, it really does help. I'll try and find some time on the weekend to go through the bugs and sort out some fixes.

[banjolawyer]

Does this require you to enter a start and stop time like the old one? I'm running the old version now, and don't like the start/stop time requirement.

[SoLo OnE]

I don't know about anyone else, but the Dates in the thread titles, never match, they are always one day in advance? Why is this?

Check what you have your GMT set to and what Timezone you are posting it as.

Give me an example and I'll test it out.

[lanc3lot]

Just to let you all know i'm still around. Keep the reports coming, it really does help. I'll try and find some time on the weekend to go through the bugs and sort out some fixes.


Hope with this, we will go final to a not beta version :D

[PennylessZ28]

Check what you have your GMT set to and what Timezone you are posting it as.

Give me an example and I'll test it out.

GMT -5 Eastern Standard Time

If I program an event for say the 17th from 9:00pm to 11:59pm it lists it as the 18th in the thread title. OVER AND OVER it does this.

[PennylessZ28]

<a href="http://www.757forums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=6" target="_blank">http://www.757forums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=6</a>

Every thread has been labeled one day in advanced. All my server time configurations are right.

Heres a screen shot of creation and result.

[PennylessZ28]

Bumpdigity

[crash resistant]

WOOT. GO EVERCRAFT.

tytytytytytytytyty

I really wish there were some more features to this too, like the ability to post in the same forum without making it an event. =D

[lionslair]

This is much better now but I still get an error page when I try to delete unlinked threads

[PennylessZ28]

Bumpdigity, whats the deal with the TIMESTAMPS? ANY WORD.

[crash resistant]

interesting hack. I love it!
Just wish there was a way to simplify the thread name without the crazy timestamp etc

[Evercraft]

hi sorry I haven't been up to much on this of late.

With the run up to christmas, work and family is taking up most of my time, and unfortunatly i'm just not getting the time to look at this at the moment.

I realise that lots of people are waiting for updates on this, and I will do my best to get some fixes in when I can. I do use this plugin myself, so it is also a benefit to my forum users and myself to fix these too!

If I don't get round to sorting anything this side of the holidays, then I wish you all a happy holiday! :)

[Evercraft]

I've just gone through the posts and added any new bugs to the bug list so that should be uptodate now.

[lanc3lot]

I think that the: Intergration with the event attendance plugin, is the most importan add-on for this hack, and i hope it can be added anytime soon:)

[lazyseller]

i think im having a problem somehwere.. where are the settings at ? i dont see no changes at all

[SoLo OnE]

FYI..

This

"For some reason dates in the forum "Upcoming Events" box aren't showing for guests or registered users."

Should be

"Ranged dates in the forum "Upcoming Events" box aren't showing"

[mkdevo]

I think that the: Intergration with the event attendance plugin, is the most importan add-on for this hack, and i hope it can be added anytime soon:)

Agreed 100%. Great hack, but I'm reluctant to install because the Event Attendance is really important to me...

[silurius]

Well, I can't use this yet, but I tipped anyway. Thanks again for taking this up, and looking forward to seeing it progress!

[Evercraft]

FYI..

This

"For some reason dates in the forum "Upcoming Events" box aren't showing for guests or registered users."

Should be

"Ranged dates in the forum "Upcoming Events" box aren't showing"

cheers, I edited the bug details.

[Evercraft]

Well, I can't use this yet, but I tipped anyway. Thanks again for taking this up, and looking forward to seeing it progress!

Thankyou, that is very kind. :)

[silurius]

Forgot to check:

I am assuming that most of my users will try to navigate to the calendar(s) through the links on the forumhome page, since that is what they see first. So based on this I would prefer that when users click the forum for which the calendar corresponds, that they are actually taken to the calendar display rather than to forumdisplay.php. Then of course, when they click an individual event link, they are taken to showthread.php.

Is this feasible via a tweak, or can it be added to the request pile?

[lionslair]

Forgot to check:

I am assuming that most of my users will try to navigate to the calendar(s) through the links on the forumhome page, since that is what they see first. So based on this I would prefer that when users click the forum for which the calendar corresponds, that they are actually taken to the calendar display rather than to forumdisplay.php. Then of course, when they click an individual event link, they are taken to showthread.php.

Is this feasible via a tweak, or can it be added to the request pile?


I agree with that. I think thats what my people want to.

[PennylessZ28]

This plugin is very important to me, I know Christmas is two days away, just curious if we can except something after the holiday but before mid Jan say before the 15th?

[PennylessZ28]

One other question is there a way to change the format of how thread titles are created?

I'd like to show the DATE first so I can setup the forum to arrange events by TITLE becuase right now its just an unorganized mess.

[Evercraft]

I realise this plugin is important to alot of people, and thats the reason I took this up, so hopefully I can keep it going.

However i'm doing this in my own time, and with no real benefit to myself. Im not saying that to try and fish money, so please dont go and randomly donate, I don't want that.

All im saying is, I will work on this when I can, but i'm not going to start promising things, and start working to "deadlines". My current job is busy enough, and very important to me. I deal with enough deadlines and things, without having to worry about finishing this to a certain date.

So no, you can't expect anything by the 15th, because I can't, or won't promise anything. But I hope I can have something to show for the 15th. We'll just have to see.

On a side note, the arranging of the titles (i.e date, name etc), seems to be one of the most requested things. Its on the feature list, and is something that is definetly at the top of my priorities for this. Hopefully I can add something like that soon.
I was thinking about how it could work as an option in the adminCP. Its a bit limited to yes/no, or a textfield. It could be much better, by creating a custom options page (and it could list options for individual forums) but that would make it a hack, and as such isnt what I want todo.

I was thinking maybe just a simple replace expression like:

%1 = Title
%2 = Time
%3 = Date

Then in the text field, you can enter any combination:

%1 : %2 : %3
%3 - %1
%1 [%3 - %2]

etc. I think you get the idea. What do people think of that? I think it would make it quite flexible then, which I think is the key to this. The more customisation the better.

Anyways, let me know what you think of that, Merry Christmas etc, and will speak to you all in the New Year and hopefully we can get some stuff rolling with this. Take care.

[lanc3lot]

Clear enough and thnx sir for sharing your work here :)

Merry christmas to u too and happy new year :)

[cbr929rrerion]

I noticed that when it creates the thread, the only option in the thread is to start a new thread not post a reply, and if you click new thread it takes you to new event on the calendar not a new thread..

How can this be fixed?

[SoLo OnE]

and if you click new thread it takes you to new event on the calendar not a new thread..

How can this be fixed?

Fixed?

Uhh thats the way its supposed to work. :rolleyes:

[mkdevo]

I realise this plugin is important to alot of people, and thats the reason I took this up, so hopefully I can keep it going.

However i'm doing this in my own time, and with no real benefit to myself. Im not saying that to try and fish money, so please dont go and randomly donate, I don't want that.

All im saying is, I will work on this when I can, but i'm not going to start promising things, and start working to "deadlines". My current job is busy enough, and very important to me. I deal with enough deadlines and things, without having to worry about finishing this to a certain date.

So no, you can't expect anything by the 15th, because I can't, or won't promise anything. But I hope I can have something to show for the 15th. We'll just have to see.

On a side note, the arranging of the titles (i.e date, name etc), seems to be one of the most requested things. Its on the feature list, and is something that is definetly at the top of my priorities for this. Hopefully I can add something like that soon.
I was thinking about how it could work as an option in the adminCP. Its a bit limited to yes/no, or a textfield. It could be much better, by creating a custom options page (and it could list options for individual forums) but that would make it a hack, and as such isnt what I want todo.

I was thinking maybe just a simple replace expression like:

%1 = Title
%2 = Time
%3 = Date

Then in the text field, you can enter any combination:

%1 : %2 : %3
%3 - %1
%1 [%3 - %2]

etc. I think you get the idea. What do people think of that? I think it would make it quite flexible then, which I think is the key to this. The more customisation the better.

Anyways, let me know what you think of that, Merry Christmas etc, and will speak to you all in the New Year and hopefully we can get some stuff rolling with this. Take care.

Evercraft - thanks for the update, and for all your hard work. just curious - will you be looking into getting it to work with the Event Attendance hack? that would be super.

thanks again!

[rabidkevin]

Any updates on when variables will be made for topic structure???
Or atleast give us a quick rundown of how to change it around..

I need it like this:

[Date] Topic Title [Custom #1] [Custom #2]

[Devii]

I attempted to change the title by hand, no luck ^^; No change at all, so I must be in the wrong place >.>;

The replace expressions would be great, also have configurable date() formats in the vB options, would be great for the standard date format(to use something other than your forums vB date format...).

I've had to change a few of my templates to include an e=$event[eventid] on the links to get them to work (small month for instance), just wondering what the importance of this is as the old mod (endquote) didnt seem to rely on this.

Well, thanks for the work, and I, as well as others will patently wait for more quality work ^^;

[silurius]

There is a 3.5.3 security fix which touches calendar.php. Not sure how this might affect this mod (or the previous version).

Edit: I upgraded my test site to 3.5.3 (full option). I am running endquote's July version of the Event Forums (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=93308). I got this error when I tried to edit an event I had just created:

Database error in vBulletin 3.5.3:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT postid
FROM post
WHERE threadid =
ORDER BY dateline
LIMIT 1;

MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'ORDER BY dateline
LIMIT 1' at line 4
Error Number : 1064
Date : Wednesday, January 4th 2006 @ 12:40:50 PM
Script : http://www.mysite.com/dev/testvb/calendar.php
Referrer : http://www.mysite.com/dev/testvb/calendar.php?do=getinfo&e=34&day=2006-1-5&c=4
IP Address : 216.113.168.128
Username :
Classname : vb_database

I forget, is this also a known bug for the new version of vB Event Forums?

[silurius]

Related to my previous post, I am curious to know which version of this mod might be best to use?

[nexialys]

Edit: I upgraded my test site to 3.5.3 (full option). I am running endquote's July version of the Event Forums (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=93308). I got this error when I tried to edit an event I had just created:
you have the answer in this quote: you use the OLD and BUGGED version of the hack... so why ask ?? install this stable version and you will see...

[nexialys]

I noticed that when it creates the thread, the only option in the thread is to start a new thread not post a reply, and if you click new thread it takes you to new event on the calendar not a new thread..

How can this be fixed?
... read the documentation, and you'll see...

really, if you don't understand this and think it's a bug, you don't have to install this hack because you did not read the documentation and you don't know what it is used for...

the goal of this hack is to transform your forum into a Events/Calendar machine... no threads...

[silurius]

you have the answer in this quote: you use the OLD and BUGGED version of the hack... so why ask ?? install this stable version and you will see...Thanks for the reply and, well, yes that possibility did occur to me. I was just wary of the listed bugs and uncertain if any were new since the older version.

[silurius]

So it seems to be working fairly well, good work Evercraft. Unfortunately I just created an event and while visible on the calendar, it does not show up as a thread despite having uninstalled the old version and having a correct mapping. This is exactly why I posted my question above; didn't have this issue earlier today.

[Evercraft]

So it seems to be working fairly well, good work Evercraft. Unfortunately I just created an event and while visible on the calendar, it does not show up as a thread despite having uninstalled the old version and having a correct mapping. This is exactly why I posted my question above; didn't have this issue earlier today.

glad the new version is working better :)

If there is an error during the thread creation, then it doesnt get created. Unfortunatly it doesn't currently show an error or anything to the user.

One example, which I have above in the bug list, is if the event description text isnt over the min char limit (set in vboptions), then the thread wont be created, but the event will be as normal.

[lanc3lot]

Evercraft, do u think that the feature of Intergration with the event attendance plugin, will be included soon?

Just asking, waiting for this :)

[ShawnV]

Evercraft, do u think that the feature of Intergration with the event attendance plugin, will be included soon?

Just asking, waiting for this :)


Amen :)

[silurius]

glad the new version is working better :)

If there is an error during the thread creation, then it doesnt get created. Unfortunatly it doesn't currently show an error or anything to the user.

One example, which I have above in the bug list, is if the event description text isnt over the min char limit (set in vboptions), then the thread wont be created, but the event will be as normal.Well, I probably wouldn't call this 'better' since that feature worked before, but thanks for the info. I'll test it some more to see if I can stumble across the cause.

[MB Dreamz]

*Installed* and working perfectly on 2 forums.

[SoLo OnE]

Anyone figure out how to code in the dates for ranged events to the titles and "upcoming events" area?

Its causing big issues for our forums for people posting events that span a few days.

[ConKien]

Hi Evercraft and everyone!

When a user post an event (on calendar), this plugin will also create a new thread on the corresponding forum. Is it possible to let the calendar show the [Manage Attachment] option of the forum and upload the file to the corresponding forum when creating an event?

Thank you!
CK

[bada_bing]

Would love to install this hack but will wait till it's Gold

[PennylessZ28]

I'm still waiting to, I'm willing to pay for this.

[EasyTarget]

yeah, this hack will rock.

[MissKalunji]

Can anyone show me a demo?

Thanks

[bada_bing]

Any updates to this hack???

[mkdevo]

Any updates to this hack???

pretty sure they'd be posted here if there were...

[Evercraft]

I've done a little bit of work on this over the past few days. Mainly trying to fix all the bugs, and test more on the timezones on different boards. I'm hoping to have an update this weekend if all goes well.

Things like "When you delete a thread, it still shows as the last post on the forum" and "Soft delete hard deletes" are the sort of things I hope will be in this update. Basically bugs that keep this in beta. :)

If that goes well, i'm going to try and put in the order option for the thread title (with replace tags). That isn't really hard to add, but I really want to fix some of the bugs before I add new functionality.

Also, someone asked for some screenshots, which I promised but completely forgot about. I will get those setup along with this update.

[ConKien]

Everycraf, I know you're busy but is this option easy or it's very hard to implement?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=870345&postcount=77

[dodgechargerfan]

Excellent! I'm waiting for the Attendance integration and I'll be installing.

[lazyseller]

i dont think the attendance integration is ever going to happan..

[mkdevo]

i dont think the attendance integration is ever going to happan..

<---- this one's optimistic.

[Evercraft]

Everycraf, I know you're busy but is this option easy or it's very hard to implement?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=870345&postcount=77

mm im not too sure. It would certainly require an extra template edit.

[silurius]

I've done a little bit of work on this over the past few days. Mainly trying to fix all the bugs, and test more on the timezones on different boards. I'm hoping to have an update this weekend if all goes well.

Things like "When you delete a thread, it still shows as the last post on the forum" and "Soft delete hard deletes" are the sort of things I hope will be in this update. Basically bugs that keep this in beta. :)

If that goes well, i'm going to try and put in the order option for the thread title (with replace tags). That isn't really hard to add, but I really want to fix some of the bugs before I add new functionality.

Also, someone asked for some screenshots, which I promised but completely forgot about. I will get those setup along with this update.Thanks, Evercraft! I have to say, the only bug I really care about is the one which renders this mod useles for me, ever since I moved to this from endquote's July version of the Event Forums (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=93308). (Here's my original complaint about it). (The other stuff would be good as well, of course).

Also, in that other thread I had offered to contribute to a pool, and I have a feeling I missed that effort - is there a pool established already to expand this mod, to which I can contribute? I'm very motivated to support it.

Looking forward to the update!

[ConKien]

mm im not too sure. It would certainly require an extra template edit.

I added this piece of template into calendar_edit template:


<fieldset class="fieldset">
<legend>$vbphrase[attach_files]</legend>
<div style="padding:$stylevar[formspacer]px">
<div style="margin-bottom:$stylevar[formspacer]px">
<div>$vbphrase[valid_file_extensions]: $attachtypes[extensions]</div>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom:$stylevar[formspacer]px" id="attachlist">
<if condition="$show['attachmentlist']">
$attachments
</if>
</div>
<div>
<script type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/vbulletin_attachment.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
var newpost_attachmentbit = '$newpost_attachmentbit';
vB_Attachments = new vB_Attachment('attachlist', '$editorid');
$attachment_js
document.write('<input type="button" id="manage_attachments_button" class="button" tabindex="1" style="font-weight:normal" value="$vbphrase[manage_attachments]" title="$vbphrase[add_edit_files_attached]" onclick="vB_Attachments.open_window(\'newattachment.php?$se ssion[sessionurl]$attachurl&amp;poststarttime=$poststarttime&amp;posthash=$ posthash\', 480, 480, \'$postid\')" />');
//-->
</script>
<noscript>
<a href="newattachment.php?$session[sessionurl]$attachurl&amp;poststarttime=$poststarttime&amp;posthash=$ posthash" target="manageattach" title="$vbphrase[add_edit_files_attached]" tabindex="1"><strong>$vbphrase[manage_attachments]</strong></a>
</noscript>
</div>
</div>
</fieldset>


It showed the button to upload, but when I click on the upload button, the forum msg gave me this:

Invalid Post specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator

Is there anything else I need to do to make this upload option to work?

Best,
CK

[benFF]

I added this piece of template into calendar_edit template:



It showed the button to upload, but when I click on the upload button, the forum msg gave me this:

Invalid Post specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator

Is there anything else I need to do to make this upload option to work?

Best,
CK

I can't see this bug listed, so I'll add it (sorry if it's a dupe)

But if an event ranges over two oro more days, it shows the start date and time, but only the end time (no date) - so it can get a bit confusing...

[Evercraft]

Thanks, Evercraft! I have to say, the only bug I really care about is the one which renders this mod useles for me, ever since I moved to this from endquote's July version of the Event Forums (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=93308). (Here's my original complaint about it). (The other stuff would be good as well, of course).

Also, in that other thread I had offered to contribute to a pool, and I have a feeling I missed that effort - is there a pool established already to expand this mod, to which I can contribute? I'm very motivated to support it.

Looking forward to the update!

in your original post you say that your using the old version. Does this bug still happen with this new version? (Are you uninstalling the old version as well?)

[Evercraft]

I added this piece of template into calendar_edit template:



It showed the button to upload, but when I click on the upload button, the forum msg gave me this:

Invalid Post specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator

Is there anything else I need to do to make this upload option to work?

Best,
CK

Like I said i'm not entirely sure whats involved, its a bit more complicated than just a small addition to the template.

[Evercraft]

I can't see this bug listed, so I'll add it (sorry if it's a dupe)

But if an event ranges over two oro more days, it shows the start date and time, but only the end time (no date) - so it can get a bit confusing...

yeh i think thats in the bug list somewhere. Its something im aware of anyway. :)

[silurius]

Thanks, Evercraft! I have to say, the only bug I really care about is the one which renders this mod useles for me, ever since I moved to this from endquote's July version of the Event Forums (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=93308). (Here's my original complaint about it). (The other stuff would be good as well, of course).

Also, in that other thread I had offered to contribute to a pool, and I have a feeling I missed that effort - is there a pool established already to expand this mod, to which I can contribute? I'm very motivated to support it.

Looking forward to the update!in your original post you say that your using the old version. Does this bug still happen with this new version? (Are you uninstalling the old version as well?)

I actually had uninstalled endquote's version and installed this one. I had not touched the calendar subforum in the interim, and also checked to make sure that the calendar-to-forum mapping was correct. The bug does still appear to happen with this one (re-tested again just now). 1. Navigate to calendar forum; 2. Click 'new thread' button in forum; 3. Create event (interface is event interface); 4. Event shows up on calendar but not as a thread in the forum.

[Devii]

Still getting odd date bugs, this time its a day off from what the event is listed as, the title of the thread is a day ahead.

[Devii]

Seems I tracked down this annoying bug finally, I think...

in: postbit_display_complete

where

$lv_vb_eventforums_postTitle .= vbdate($vbulletin->options['dateformat'],
$lv_vb_eventforums_event['dateline_from'], false, true, false, true);

put

$lv_vb_eventforums_postTitle .= vbdate($vbulletin->options['dateformat'],
($lv_vb_eventforums_event['dateline_from'] + (3600 * $lv_vb_eventforums_event['utc'])) , false, true, false, true);

I saw and corrected this in a few places, all of the plugins that related to the title.

[LBmtb]

I haven't this but has anyone tried installing this and the attendance seperately? Would this work?

[Devii]

Attendance is for a calendar event, not a forum thread, and thats how Event Forums work, it link the calendar to threads, so no, I dont think it would work.

[butty]

big thanks to those who are workin towards gettin the event attendance sorted with this plugin. i run a clubbing website and it would be a great feature to have on my site. much appreciated guys il be keeping my eye on this thread!

:)

[silurius]

Attendance is for a calendar event, not a forum thread, and thats how Event Forums work, it link the calendar to threads, so no, I dont think it would work.Devii, just to clarify: are you saying that they shouldn't work together because it doesn't make sense or something, or that there are technical reasons why they probably wouldn't work together? Because I am really looking forward to the possibility of seeing attendance incorporated at some point.

[Devii]

It circumvents the calendar event system, inplace it links to a forum thread, so plugins that effect the calendar events wont work directly.

[mhuckaby]

OMG! This will solve so many problems. Thanks for working on this plug-in. I can't wait till it's released in final.

Thanks!
Mark

[Evercraft]

Sorry things are going a little slow, i'm moving house at the moment so i don't have my internet connection at home for a little while till I get things sorted.

On the event attendance, basically the plugins proberly won't work together because they conflict with certain hooks. You could always just find out, install up a test board and install them both and try it :p

But it would make this plugin seriously useful if it was intergrated, and I think thats why alot of people want it. Its like a whole advanced event management system thingy, or something.

Anyway, will post an update as soon as I can, hopefully with most, if not all those remaining bugs, so we can get started on features (i.e thread ordering, attendance, etc).

[mhuckaby]

Sorry things are going a little slow, i'm moving house at the moment so i don't have my internet connection at home for a little while till I get things sorted.

On the event attendance, basically the plugins proberly won't work together because they conflict with certain hooks. You could always just find out, install up a test board and install them both and try it :p

But it would make this plugin seriously useful if it was intergrated, and I think thats why alot of people want it. Its like a whole advanced event management system thingy, or something.

Anyway, will post an update as soon as I can, hopefully with most, if not all those remaining bugs, so we can get started on features (i.e thread ordering, attendance, etc).

Thanks for all you're doing...

[LBmtb]

Thanks for all you're doing...
What he said ^ :)

[dodgechargerfan]

You could always just find out, install up a test board and install them both and try it.

I gave this a quick try and found that Event Attendance breaks. The calendar entry comes up as a regular entry even though you click on the allow attendance options when creating the event. There is no link in the event entry to click to confirm attendance.

Even after uninstalling event forums, the entry stays broken. I even tried editing the event and un-checking the allow attendance checkbox and then editing it again to turn it back on and it doesn't come back..

Just to see if things were back to normal, I then entered in another test event after uninstalling Event Forums and things seem to be fine. Just that the entry made while Event forums was installed is still not right.

Hopefully, this is helpful information for you and I hope it might provide some insight into a possible solution. *crosses fingers and wishes the coder(s) all the best*

[Casparian]

Something I'd love is the ability to have multiple options for the desination forum. We have regional forums - ie England has London, South East, South West, Yorkshire, midlands, north east, north west - so it'd be useful if we could list the id number of all those forums and they'd come up as a drop down when posting the event, letting you select which region is relates to. the appropriate event would then be posted in that forum rahter than just an "events" forum.

It'd also be great if each forum could display upcoming events for that region only at the top like this already does for the events forum!

Casp

[PennylessZ28]

This works fine, my only problem is and has been the dates on thread titles. :) Great work, I'm waiting pactie.....urgh i can't spell it.

[Henry-RS]

This is very nice. I can't wait to see how this progresses.

[vau7]

Is it still beta?
Because its not in the betaforum but the text says its in beta.

[GamerJunk.net]

I installed this but don't know where to edit the plugin to put what forum I want the thread to be made in and such...

[d8tabyte]

Anyway to get birthdays to show, or is that with the whole "input previous items" future option.

[tendo]

Can't wait for this to go non-beta!! :)

[GamerJunk.net]

Still no way to edit this?

[GamerJunk.net]

Any help?

[lionslair]

I installed this but don't know where to edit the plugin to put what forum I want the thread to be made in and such...


Its under options in the admincp

[MissKalunji]

anyone can show me a screenshot plz?

[GamerJunk.net]

Where do I find the calendarID? I'm a noob when it comes to the calendar.

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

There is a 3.5.3 security fix which touches calendar.php. Not sure how this might affect this mod (or the previous version).

Edit: I upgraded my test site to 3.5.3 (full option). I am running endquote's July version of the Event Forums (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=93308). I got this error when I tried to edit an event I had just created:

Database error in vBulletin 3.5.3:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT postid
FROM post
WHERE threadid =
ORDER BY dateline
LIMIT 1;

MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'ORDER BY dateline
LIMIT 1' at line 4
Error Number : 1064
Date : Wednesday, January 4th 2006 @ 12:40:50 PM
Script : http://www.mysite.com/dev/testvb/calendar.php
Referrer : http://www.mysite.com/dev/testvb/calendar.php?do=getinfo&e=34&day=2006-1-5&c=4
IP Address : 216.113.168.128
Username :
Classname : vb_database

I forget, is this also a known bug for the new version of vB Event Forums?


I'm getting this same error when I make an event then try to edit it.
:(

-new boards. only hacks installed are this and "who visited forums"
- hack version 1.2. no old version of hack istalled.
- vb 3.5.3

[Deska]

So, any update for errors above?
Thank's....

[galaxyre]

Looks like no one is working on this. Too bad, it's such a great hack! Check out this site... www.rhythmism.com - it looks like it has the hack installed, and it looks like it's working great. I tried to contact them about it, but no one has responded. They also have a hack for VENUES, which I can't seem to find ANYWHERE.

I also get that same SQL Syntax error when editing an event.

Looks like I'm gonna have to uninstall for now, till the bugs get worked out.

- O

[Jaguartje]

Got it working...

One question though:

When you look at the forum containing all the events, the time and date are included, when you click on one of those events, the date and time aren't viewable anymore. Anyway to change this? Meaning the thread itself doesn't contain the date and time for the events.

[YLP1]

This mod is AWESOME!!! I am on version 3.5.3... Question: How can a default post icon be added - Like an Events or News icon to the topic title when it's created?

Thanks in advance.....

[iamme1]

I have this installed, but I can't seem to get it to work. It looks like you just enter the calendar id and forum id in the admin panel, but I've tried everything possible and it won't post a new thread.

my calendar id is 2 and the forum id is 27. can anyone help?

I couldn't find a tutorial or anything on here so I had to ask you.

Thanks

EDIT- never mind. The problem seemed to be that I entered the event in the calendar prior to installing this. I deleted the event and re did it. Now it works. What about having an option to have the event thread stickied when created?

[bada_bing]

Seems as if 7 out of 10 people are experiancing issues with this hack. I wanted to install this but after looking at the quality of support and the fact that it has been in beta for a long time now and most people are having problems with this hack

[iamme1]

Seems as if 7 out of 10 people are experiancing issues with this hack. I wanted to install this but after looking at the quality of support and the fact that it has been in beta for a long time now and most people are having problems with this hack


it's actually working great for me. any problems I am having are with the calendar manager, not this hack.

[silurius]

Count me in as having issues. I've been patiently waiting for a while since my last posts on this and am just about ready to just throw in the towel on this one.

[phifou]

I have a problem with this mod...

Of course the joint-venture between calendar and Forums runs nice....

But when you have many events, the forums are simply un-readable because they are sorted by the last comment and not by the date of the events !

So people abuse of "bump" or "up" that allow their event to be at the beginning of the list.

A way to have a readable forum could be to sort the thread list by event date...

[JaeTea]

A way to have a readable forum could be to sort the thread list by event date...

There's a hack to do exactly that...

[Joey805]

I too would love to see event attendance working with this. My members would really use it alot.

[Neo_obs]

works great but im with everyone attendance would also be great

[Annapurna]

just to get sure: does it work with 3.5.4 or not?


Andreas

[YLP1]

When I delete an event from the calendar, it looks like the mod wants to delete the topic that was created.

I say that because the topic still shows in the forum when it was created by adding the event to calendar but when you click on the topic, this is the error received:

vBulletin Message
No Topic specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator


How do I remove the deleted event from the specified forum?

Thanks in advance.

Edited to add: I was able to remove the deleted event from the forums by using the VB Utility: Remove orphan posts.

[Brandon Sheley]

hmm, i was running this on my site since it came out with no problems.. but now i redid my site started from scratch and used the old database,, this installed fine and all looks correct, i put in my calender and forum id.. but nothing happens,, adding an event doesn't make a thread :(

[Neo_obs]

did you change the templates?

[Brandon Sheley]

Double Click Forum Display Templates
Double Click FORUMDISPLAY

this part works.. but adding an event to the calendar, doesn't make the post

[kommuni]

Loco: Did you use the vbulletin-settings to link a calendar id to a forum-id? this is not part of the installation instruction but sounds useful :D

One Problem here: Tha shown events in the event forums do not only contain events from the calendar id linked to the forum but also from the standard calendar (or probably every other calendar?)

Any help`?

[kommuni]

does anyone see a chance to get this working together with "event attendance"? the work fine together but only on calendars not linked to a forum :(

[kommuni]

ok i just saw that evercraft already thinks about integrating the event attendance - would love to see this.

also there seems to be a problem with event forum installed when editing an event in the standard-calendar (not linked to a forum).

i get this error:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT postid
FROM post
WHERE threadid =
ORDER BY dateline
LIMIT 1;

MySQL-Fehler : You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'ORDER BY dateline
LIMIT 1' at line 4
Fehler-Nr. : 1064

[therapist]

I must be completely blind. I have installed this but don't know where to link a calendar with a forum. Where can I do that?
Thanks.

[Joey805]

I must be completely blind. I have installed this but don't know where to link a calendar with a forum. Where can I do that?
Thanks.

This does not do that. It only lets users RSVP to a calendar event.

[therapist]

Loco: Did you use the vbulletin-settings to link a calendar id to a forum-id? this is not part of the installation instruction but sounds useful

OK, does that mean that I have to have 9 calendars if I want to link one with forum with ID=9?

How to change the ID numbers of forums? I want to have only one calendar and want to associate it with forum with ID=9.

Thanks again.

[therapist]

This does not do that. It only lets users RSVP to a calendar event.

What is RSVP?

[therapist]

Works fine now.
I had to link Forum to Calendar. Its made in the Admin CP. In vBulletin Options menu select Event Forums and Edit Settings.
Then enter your calendarid:forumid numbers to the Calendar/Forum Map text box.

I overlooked the Event Forums setting in vBulletin Options menu, thats why it was not working. This should be mentioned in the "How do I install it?" instructions maybe. ;)

Anyway, this is a great plugin. Thanks.
I would appreciate the possibility to choose the arrangement of the thread title generated.

[therapist]

just to get sure: does it work with 3.5.4 or not?


Andreas


Yes, working fine for me.

[CrazyShooter]

How do i choose what forum i want the new thread in.

[therapist]

How do i choose what forum i want the new thread in.

In Admin CP open the Forum Manager, on the selected forum choose Edit Forum, and note the forum id number (on the top of the page).

Note your calendar id too. In your Admin CP by the same way.

In Admin CP, open vBulletin Options, select Event Forums from the list and click Edit Settings.

Write down yourcalendarid:yourdesiredforumid to the Calendar/Forum Map text box (the first one).
f.e.:
1:9

(every new event in calendar with id=1 will create a new thread in forum with id=9)

[GSX-Racing]

Is this working for 3.5.4 because when i go to import the product, it is giving me an error that it's missing a includes/xml/.xml file

Don't have the error handy right now.

Does this need to be installed before the 'Event Attendance' mod?

[Brandon Sheley]

yes this works on 3.5.4

i don't know about the event attendace, I don't use it

[lawahdy]

hey .. i think i found a bug here.

if you have more than 5 events in the same day .. things start to get funny (or at least i guess... :)) anyways.. if people reply to a calendar thread it shows instead of the event itself in the calendar view.

http://www.dubaidjs.com/forums/calendar.php?do=getinfo&day=2006-3-9&c=1

have a look.. those posts that says "woo hoo! hope to be there! " is a reply for the original thread which has the events details.

did i make myself clear.. i'm sure if i read this agian i'll confuse myself.

[lawahdy]

i love this hack that i'm actually finding so many things to do with it..

a quick question.. if i have "Custom Fields" in my caledar.. how can i make them show in the content of the event rather than the title..?

simple right..

[tendo]

Is there a stable release coming soon? I've been checkin this thread pretty regularly this is going to be an awesome hack once it comes out of beta!!

:)

[lawahdy]

Is there a stable release coming soon? I've been checkin this thread pretty regularly this is going to be an awesome hack once it comes out of beta!!

:)


dude .. we are all a lone here.. no one is even visiting this thread.. :cool:

[silurius]

I think someone will come along and revive this at some point. All it takes is a good developer with time on their hands.

[lawahdy]

any good news from anyone.. i guess i have to pm the coder..

[iamme1]

I hope this wasn't already mentioned, but it would be nice if the threads did not show up until the day of, or before the event. Is there a way to control when the events are posted?

We have a basketball forum and I want to have a game calendar. But I don't want all games to show up in threads until a day or so before the game.

[noonespecial]

How do you define what forum this posts into? I can't figure that out for the life of me..

[arcosanti]

Maybe someone could help me out here. I just installed this but whenever I try and edit the calendar I get the following:

Database error in vBulletin 3.5.4:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT postid
FROM post
WHERE threadid =
ORDER BY dateline
LIMIT 1;

MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'ORDER BY dateline
LIMIT 1' at line 4
Error Number : 1064
Date : Monday, April 10th 2006 @ 02:20:18 PM
Script : http://www.skunkcanyon.com/scb/calendar.php
Referrer : http://www.skunkcanyon.com/scb/calendar.php?do=getinfo&e=122&day=2006-4-10&c=1
IP Address : 152.130.15.14
Username :
Classname : vb_database

Is there something that I'm doing wrong?

[jerx]

How do you define what forum this posts into? I can't figure that out for the life of me..
You set the mapping between calendar and forum in vbulletin options. Select the event forums setting group. There you specify the calendarid first and then comes the forum id, eg 1:10 (calendar id 1:forum id 10).

[chipsndip]

This is a great hack, and looks a lot better than the last version. I only wish I could customize the title like was mentioned earlier. I may dig into the code where it builds the title and modify it myself soon... Time to pull out that PHP reference and learn some more.

[Evercraft]

First of all my deepest apologies. I thought I had posted an update of what was happening, but it seems I didn't and i've left you all in the Dark for a long time. I'm really really sorry! Things have been really busy, and I basically just stopped whatever I was doing on this for a while. :confused: However...

:banana:

I think you will all be interested to hear that vB Event Forums is now at Version 2.5. Version 2 was finished mid week, and i've got to Version 2.5 from doing various tweaks and bug fixes after running with it live for a few days. I'm sure there is still some bugs there, but hopefully i'll get time to fix as many as possible.

Here are the changelogs for the versions. I realise they are a bit big, but I urge you to read through them properly, there is some really big changes! Some of the most notable is how the Event is displayed on the Thread Page & Moderation support. I really feel like this plugin is super close to going Gold now. :)
Version: 2.5
Single day events: Time has been removed from thread title, so it now only displays the date. Date and Time (if applicable) are added to Posts and Navbits when viewing a thread. Custom Fields are added dynamically along with times and dates. This solves a few bugs, and is in preperation for the AdminCP option for a custom order and look etc. Currently merging is disabled for any Event Threads because it is a bit of a tricky job to handle merging Event Threads, and it could take some time. Admin option to format Event Thread titles. Note this does not yet include ordering custom fields. Inline mod tools should now all work. Added [Finish] and [Start] as phrases into the Calendar phrases for use in the Events Summary. Ranged Events that cover multiple days, are now displayed better in the Summary, Title, Post and Navbits.
Version: 2.0
Moderation is now supported! Permissions are taken from the Calendar. Events will show up as Events only (threads are hidden and handled seperatly by the plugin) in the moderation queue. Better error handling when creating an event. This should now correctly handle flooding, min chars and any other errors creating a thread could give. An event is NOT created if there was an error creating the thread. Instead it displays the correct error message. Event View is now displayed above the threads, similar to how VB.org does with the addons. Links added to the event day view, to View Replies and Post a Reply. Added a UserCP option to choose which event it should default to when pressing the "New Thread" button. Summary is now totally seperate from the Home Page up "and coming events". The summary will now function even if the homepage version is disabled. Ranged Events now show the end date if the Event doesn't finish on the same day. Problems with DST and Timezones have been solved. There is an update due in VB v3.6 which corrects confusion with DST. See here (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/bugs35.php?do=view&bugid=2386) for more info. This is more specific to Calendar rather than this plugin though, but its relevant. Moving an event to a Calendar not run by the Plugin will remove the link to the assosiated thread. Moving an event to a Calendar run by the Plugin will attempt to also move the thread linked to it, to the correct forum. Moving a thread to a different event forum, will attempt to move the event to the correct calendar. Moving a thread outside an event forum, removes the link to the assosiated event. Delete thread or first post now forwards to the Delete Event. Allowing soft-delete of events is something to consider, but for now it only supports Perma Deleting. This would be made much easier if soft deleting events was something supported in the native VB code. Fixed Deleting an Event and it now properly updates the forum counters, so the last thread should be correct. Event Summary template addition is no longer necessary. A seperate template is added and handled by the plugin. Event Summary in the forum now only shows the events for that forum/calendar link.

I've updated the Plugin Info page to show better installation instructions, which should hopefully help out those having trouble installing and setting this up. I've also added a few screenshots to those who were asking for them. Bit late I know, but better late than never! ;)

If your upgrading, please follow the instructions here (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=956636#post956636) for upgrading to Version 2.5.

[Evercraft]

Upgrading from Version 1.x to Version 2.5
Step 1
Admin CP -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> <style name> -> Edit Template

Double Click Calendar Templates
Double Click calendar_showeventsbit

Find and remove the green:
<td class="tcat"><if condition="$eventinfo[nwt_threadid]"><a href="showthread.php?t=$eventinfo[nwt_threadid]"></if>$eventinfo[title]<if condition="$eventinfo[nwt_threadid]"></a></if></td>
Step 2
Admin CP -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> <style name> -> Edit Template

Double Click Forum Display Templates
Double Click FORUMDISPLAY

Find:
$announcebits
And below it remove all of:
<if condition="$show['upcomingevents']">
<tr>
<td class="thead" colspan="<if condition="$show['threadicons'] AND $show['inlinemod']">7<else /><if condition="!$show['threadicons'] AND !$show['inlinemod']">5<else />6</if></if>">
<a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_events')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_events" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_events].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
<if condition="$show['todaysevents']">$vbphrase[todays_events]<else /><phrase 1="$lv_vb_eventforums_showDays">$vbphrase[upcoming_events_for_the_next_x_days]</phrase></if>
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="collapseobj_forumhome_events" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_events]">
<td class="alt2"><a href="calendar.php$session[sessionurl_q]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/calendar.gif" alt="$vbphrase[calendar]" border="0" /></a></td>
<td class="alt1" width="100%" colspan="<if condition="$show['threadicons'] AND $show['inlinemod']">6<else /><if condition="!$show['threadicons'] AND !$show['inlinemod']">4<else />5</if></if>"><div class="smallfont">$upcomingevents</div></td>
</tr>
</if>
Step 3
Download the latest product XML file.

Goto your Admin CP at your forums, then goto Plugin System -> Manage Products.

Click [Add/Import Product] at the bottom of the page. Browse to the location where you downloaded the xml file and click the OVERWRITE check box. Then click the Import button.

[PennylessZ28]

Excellent work, very much appericated. Thank you for your hard work and effort.

[Hell?]

This was a very nice surprise in my inbox, thank you very much for the excellent update and all the hard work.

[SMO]

have a little issue. I put the event on the 2nd and in the titleit says the day prior. So, i had to schedule it on the day ahead of time to make it show in the title to say when the event actually happen..did that make sense?

[xfaethorx]

it looks excellent but I need the event attendance hack to be bound in with it.

[Evercraft]

have a little issue. I put the event on the 2nd and in the titleit says the day prior. So, i had to schedule it on the day ahead of time to make it show in the title to say when the event actually happen..did that make sense?

errm not sure I fully understand. Could you perhaps post a screenshot, or maybe a more detailed example? Also, what type of event is it (i.e Single Day (no times), Ranged (with times), Recuring).

[klaush]

Thanks! But still not working. Permissions are set correctly; even when adding an event and tried to save he wants to have an username and to click the back button.

Any idea?

[Evercraft]

Thanks! But still not working. Permissions are set correctly; even when adding an event and tried to save he wants to have an username and to click the back button.

Any idea?

You mean when you try to save the event, it asks you for a username?

Any chance you could post a screenshot of the error?

Also, do you have any other Plugin's installed relating to Events/Forums?

[Crazy Serb]

it looks excellent but I need the event attendance hack to be bound in with it.

yeah, we're still waiting for that one...

and is there any way to add this as one of the options:

- when clicking on NEW THREAD or EDIT EVENT is there a way to enable adding/editing of attachments as well? as I have it right now when editing a thread/event I can only edit the message...

I have attachments as little thumbnails displayed on my front page (vbAdvanced) for each of those post, so it's a bit of a pain in the ass to go back into the vb settings, change the forum/calendar associations, then go back into the threads i need to edit, add attachments, then switch back the forum/calendar associations in vb settings...

[Crazy Serb]

also, how and where would I change the %datetime variable for thread titles...

I want it to be in the format of "[m.d] M. d - thread title..."

[klaush]

You mean when you try to save the event, it asks you for a username?

Any chance you could post a screenshot of the error?

Also, do you have any other Plugin's installed relating to Events/Forums?

Correct, Evercraft. I disabled all related plugs with the same error.

Here is a screen:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2006/04/8.jpg

Sorry, it?s in German because it is an German board! :-)

[Crazy Serb]

also, how do I make this work with vbAdvanced... as it is right now the events are being displayed ABOVE all the menus/side modules in vbAdvanced instead of the way old plugin used to display them - as a first post in the thread.

p.s. - why is Hook Location : postbit_display_complete (Add Time and Date to post title) disabled by default?

[SMO]

errm not sure I fully understand. Could you perhaps post a screenshot, or maybe a more detailed example? Also, what type of event is it (i.e Single Day (no times), Ranged (with times), Recuring).

ok, i didnt think it was quite clear as well.

the calendar says the 3rd and the event is on the 2nd.

[Crazy Serb]

You can't currently format the order of the individual date and times. I'll put this down as something to consider.

how did it work in the previous version? or you changed the way that works completely?

the event time is not important, but the date displayed is a bit confusing (mm-dd-yyyy) for my visitors as they are used to something more "readable" and easily understandable...

so please consider that as well.

[Evercraft]

EDIT: Just put all my posts into 1.

also, how and where would I change the %datetime variable for thread titles...

I want it to be in the format of "[m.d] M. d - thread title..."

You can't currently format the order of the individual date and times. I'll put this down as something to consider.

p.s. - why is Hook Location : postbit_display_complete (Add Time and Date to post title) disabled by default?

Its disabled because its not used. I'll remove this in the next version, as it could cause confusion, and will cause problems if you re-enable it. :)

also, how do I make this work with vbAdvanced... as it is right now the events are being displayed ABOVE all the menus/side modules in vbAdvanced instead of the way old plugin used to display them - as a first post in the thread.

This should be fixed in the next version.

Currently it appends the eventblock to the $navbar variable in the template. So if you've customised your style alot, it may or may not show at all.

I will add a AdminCP option so you can either use the current way with it appending (useful if you run default style), or use a custom variable in the template, to put anywhere you wish.

I will add an option todo the same with the Summary too.

ok, i didnt think it was quite clear as well.

the calendar says the 3rd and the event is on the 2nd.

If you click the little '3' in the corner to go to the event day view, it will show all the events in a list on 1 page. What date does it give it in the same place then?

EDIT: Just put all my posts into 1.

[Evercraft]

how did it work in the previous version? or you changed the way that works completely?

Yep pretty much. The event info used to be part of the post, now the post is "hidden" and instead it shows the Event details using the Showevents template.

the event time is not important, but the date displayed is a bit confusing (mm-dd-yyyy) for my visitors as they are used to something more "readable" and easily understandable...

so please consider that as well.

If you mean changing it from say (mm-dd-yyyy) to (dd-mm-yyyy), this is done in your AdminCP under locale options (i think). There is an option to enter the format for Date and Time. The plugin uses whatever the settings are set for your forum. So it should be in the same format as your last posts, the time at the bottom and everything else on your forum.

[Crazy Serb]

If you mean changing it from say (mm-dd-yyyy) to (dd-mm-yyyy), this is done in your AdminCP under locale options (i think). There is an option to enter the format for Date and Time. The plugin uses whatever the settings are set for your forum. So it should be in the same format as your last posts, the time at the bottom and everything else on your forum.

that's the thing, I have a customized way of displaying the dates of calendar events that is different from the default vbulletin setting for the board... could you just add another setting in the "event forums" that would let us define our own %datetime variable?

so instead of pulling it from vbulletin->options['dateformat'] (from Date and Time settings), you could pull it from another variable defined in this plugin's settings...

i am aware that for calendar display (calendar.php file) it requires a certain format, but just for the thread titles displayed it would be great if we could customize that setting... in my case, I need it to be something along the lines of "[m.d] M. d" date format...

how's that?

[htscpl]

Just installed the product and went to do settings and my board blew up!

Now I can't get back in to the admincp to turn it off or uninstall. I went to phpmyadmin and edited to make the event product inactive but still can't get into my site.

Here is the code I get when I try to access:


Fatal error: Unsupported operand types in /home/httpd/.../.../html/vbulletin/global.php(341) : eval()'d code on line 46

Any help to get back into my admincp would be great :surprised:

[GSX-Racing]

I like the way this works now... however, it's still not compatible with 'Event Attendance'.

Anyway of making both work together?

[albertsch9]

Thanks for the Update works great!!

[kurtbarker]

Hey guyz, can I just cliarfiy the functionality of this, it wasn't all that clear to me in the initial post...

I have 5 event forums, can I link all these to this system so that when a thread is created in any of those it creates a calander event?

If I was going to create a calander event and wanted it to create a thread in a forum, I need a way of specifiying which one of my 5 event forums I want it posted in. Is that possible?

When the thread is updated, is the calander event automatically updated.

It does create a calander event when a thread is made in the events forum doesn't it? or does it only create a thread when a calander event is made?

[Evercraft]

Just installed the product and went to do settings and my board blew up!

Now I can't get back in to the admincp to turn it off or uninstall. I went to phpmyadmin and edited to make the event product inactive but still can't get into my site.

Here is the code I get when I try to access:


Fatal error: Unsupported operand types in /home/httpd/.../.../html/vbulletin/global.php(341) : eval()'d code on line 46

Any help to get back into my admincp would be great :surprised:

The VB documentation might be useful. It says how to disable it here (http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/main/disable_plugins).

I can't see how my plugin could do that, its not doing anything special there at all.

Do you have any other plugin's installed?

[Evercraft]

I like the way this works now... however, it's still not compatible with 'Event Attendance'.

Anyway of making both work together?

Its been said many times, this is a requested feature and something i'm thinking about doing.

[Evercraft]

If I was going to create a calander event and wanted it to create a thread in a forum, I need a way of specifiying which one of my 5 event forums I want it posted in. Is that possible?

Yes thats how it currently works. You link 1 forum to 1 calendar.

When the thread is updated, is the calander event automatically updated.

Yes it does.

I have 5 event forums, can I link all these to this system so that when a thread is created in any of those it creates a calander event?
It does create a calander event when a thread is made in the events forum doesn't it? or does it only create a thread when a calander event is made?

I'll clarify, when you click "New Thread" it takes you to the Add Event Form for that linked Calendar. So your adding an event to the calendar. The plugin then automatically makes a thread linked to the event, and does all the other stuff it needs todo. Once the plugin is installed and you link up a Calendar to a Forum, you can't make normal threads in that forum anymore.

[lionslair]

Since updating this I know get the future events display twice in the threads list.

Please See the link below.

http://www.commodorecarclubwa.com/forumdisplay.php?f=8

[JaeTea]

ok, i didnt think it was quite clear as well.

the calendar says the 3rd and the event is on the 2nd.

Seems to be a bug with "Single Day" events only.

[rabidkevin]

ok, i didnt think it was quite clear as well.

the calendar says the 3rd and the event is on the 2nd.

I have this same problem. Let me see if I can word this better..

I post an event for Thursday, May 4th, 2006. When viewing the calendar, it is on the 4th. When I click the '4' it shows the event. In the forum that is integrated to this calendar, the topic title says [Wed May 3, 2006]. So the topic title is displaying the day prior.

How do we fix this?

[Evercraft]

I have this same problem. Let me see if I can word this better..

I post an event for Thursday, May 4th, 2006. When viewing the calendar, it is on the 4th. When I click the '4' it shows the event. In the forum that is integrated to this calendar, the topic title says [Wed May 3, 2006]. So the topic title is displaying the day prior.

How do we fix this?

Ok I think I know the problem. I'll try and get a fix in asap. Thanks for the extra info all, was really useful :)

[Evercraft]

Since updating this I know get the future events display twice in the threads list.

Please See the link below.

http://www.commodorecarclubwa.com/forumdisplay.php?f=8

You haven't removed your template additions.

Please see Upgrading from 1.x to 2.5 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=956636#post956636) instructions. That should sort you out.

[rabidkevin]

Ok I think I know the problem. I'll try and get a fix in asap. Thanks for the extra info all, was really useful :)

Well I finally upgraded from the original event forums plugin which was working for me just fine (modified to have no errors) and now I upgraded to your version on a LIVE board and everyone is getting confused. I really hope there is a fix to this asap... sigh

[Evercraft]

Well I finally upgraded from the original event forums plugin which was working for me just fine (modified to have no errors) and now I upgraded to your version on a LIVE board and everyone is getting confused. I really hope there is a fix to this asap... sigh

As stated at the top of this plugin, this is in BETA. Your installing it on a LIVE board at YOUR OWN RISK. I've already said, I will fix it as soon as I can. If you don't like that, don't use the plugin.

[rabidkevin]

I understand and apologise if I come off demanding... Do what you need to resolve the issues. Just sayin, most people use this on a live board and they do not wait 6-12months before this is no longer beta. I'll be checking this thread heavily hope you figure this one out soon, good luck.

[htscpl]

The VB documentation might be useful. It says how to disable it here (http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/main/disable_plugins).

I can't see how my plugin could do that, its not doing anything special there at all.

Do you have any other plugin's installed?

Yeah, I have several plugin's installed and I was able to disable them to uninstall this one and my board is working again. I would really like to use this plugin I just need to find the problem and which other plugin is causing my board to blow up with yours installed.

Thanks for the response, if I find a cause I'll post it for others.

Henry :D

[YLP1]

A bit off topic but how did you get the upcoming events to show at the top of the forum page as it shows in the 4th image attachment for this plugin?

BTW: Excellent mod!!

[Evercraft]

I understand and apologise if I come off demanding... Do what you need to resolve the issues. Just sayin, most people use this on a live board and they do not wait 6-12months before this is no longer beta. I'll be checking this thread heavily hope you figure this one out soon, good luck.

Sorry didn't mean to stress out at you, was a long day yesterday. I hope to have this fix live tomorrow evening (uk time).

[Evercraft]

Yeah, I have several plugin's installed and I was able to disable them to uninstall this one and my board is working again. I would really like to use this plugin I just need to find the problem and which other plugin is causing my board to blow up with yours installed.

Thanks for the response, if I find a cause I'll post it for others.

Henry :D

If your able to send me a PM with all the plugin code you have installed that uses the cache_templates hook, I might be able to help you. :)

[Evercraft]

A bit off topic but how did you get the upcoming events to show at the top of the forum page as it shows in the 4th image attachment for this plugin?

BTW: Excellent mod!!

In your Admin Control Panel, goto VB Options, and find Event Forums in the list.

You should see 2 options relating to a Summary.

One options is to turn it on or off, the other defines how many days you want it to show ahead of today.

Hope that helps. BTW not off-topic, thats what this forum is for! :p

EDIT: ah i think I misunderstood.

Code wise, it appends the summary to the end of the Annoucements variable. Building the summary I basically just took the code from the whos online events and tweaked it as necessary, as well as the template code for it.

[bada_bing]

Any updates to when this will come out of Beta.. Would love to install this on my site as but really waiting for it to come out of Beta.. Any time frame???

[Evercraft]

Any updates to when this will come out of Beta.. Would love to install this on my site as but really waiting for it to come out of Beta.. Any time frame???

I'm not too sure to be honest, but its very close.

[Evercraft]

Changelog
Version: 2.6
Added a AdminCP option to choose between using a custom variable to display the Event Details on the Thread Page, or to append it to the end of the navbar. Title now updates in last post block after editing event title. Single day events no longer adjust the timezone, which was causing the day to show incorrectly in the thread titles and event details for some timezones.

I've tested this as much as I could with different timezones etc and i'm pretty sure its working correctly. Let me know if you encounter any bugs/problems. Cheers :)

[rabidkevin]

THanks so much man! I'll upgrade and edit this message verifying if the bug has been squashed

edit: annoying bug squashed, im once again a happy camper! thanks for the quick fix

[YLP1]

In your Admin Control Panel, goto VB Options, and find Event Forums in the list.

You should see 2 options relating to a Summary.

One options is to turn it on or off, the other defines how many days you want it to show ahead of today.

Hope that helps. BTW not off-topic, thats what this forum is for! :p

EDIT: ah i think I misunderstood.

Code wise, it appends the summary to the end of the Annoucements variable. Building the summary I basically just took the code from the whos online events and tweaked it as necessary, as well as the template code for it.

Thank you for the quick response. My event forums in admin cp
has the summary turned on and in the number of days in the summary, I have 30.

But my events are not showing like yours are at the top.

Here is the url to my site in case you need it. http://www.lincolnparkforums.com/lpsforum.php

Maybe I am supposed to turn something else on? I am fairly new to all of this.

Thanks in advance.

Edited to add: Is there a way to add a post event icon to the Thread Title Format?

[Crazy Serb]

just a note - once you edit the title of the thread (in the forum where the calendar events are listed) using the AJAX inline thread editing, the date of the event is displayed twice in the title (meaning appended again to the title).

is this just me...?

[Evercraft]

just a note - once you edit the title of the thread (in the forum where the calendar events are listed) using the AJAX inline thread editing, the date of the event is displayed twice in the title (meaning appended again to the title).

is this just me...?

Nope not just you. Doh!

Thanks for the report, will add it to my list and try to work out a fix asap. :)

[Evercraft]

Thank you for the quick response. My event forums in admin cp
has the summary turned on and in the number of days in the summary, I have 30.

But my events are not showing like yours are at the top.

Here is the url to my site in case you need it. http://www.lincolnparkforums.com/lpsforum.php

Maybe I am supposed to turn something else on? I am fairly new to all of this.

Thanks in advance.

Edited to add: Is there a way to add a post event icon to the Thread Title Format?

I just went here (http://www.lincolnparkforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=70) and I see 2 summarys on your page. Did you add anything to your templates at all? The summary is added at the end of the $announcements variable in the template, so if thats there twice, or not at all, it will effect how the Summary is shown.

[Evercraft]

Edited to add: Is there a way to add a post event icon to the Thread Title Format?

Not yet.

Some of the next things I hope todo, is pull out the options like Post Icon, attachments, Sticky, Close, subscribe into the Edit Event form, and handle that. Its a big job, and needs a little planning. I'm hoping its possible, as it would tie everything together really nicely.

[YLP1]

I just went here (http://www.lincolnparkforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=70) and I see 2 summarys on your page. Did you add anything to your templates at all? The summary is added at the end of the $announcements variable in the template, so if thats there twice, or not at all, it will effect how the Summary is shown.
Doh.. I didn't think to check that section...and double doh with how in the heck did I get two of these? LOL

See I was thinking that this list was at the top of the forum categories page (the link I posted originally)....

Sorry for taking time up on my DOHs times 2.

[Crazy Serb]

another thing that's really bugging me now (since it's been changed from that previous version 1.0 or whatever that was)...

sorting threads by title... not working as I thought it would. if I add the date prefix before the title so it looks like this:

[$date] - $title

it still sorts by $title only.

then again, until i can define a custom variable $date in the format that I want it in, there's not much point in arguing about this issue.

and all I want is the events to be sorted by Date, that's all... hook the brotha up with some love.

[sickboy6ths]

Very very cool mod... Love it!
And indeed like the guy above me... Having an option to configure how $datetime shows up would be wonderful!! (and all that is missing for me :)


Running mysql 5, php 5, VB 3.5.4
Only Problem (When going into my event forums):
Warning: mysql_fetch_array(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in \includes\functions_forumdisplay.php(414) : eval()'d code on line 60



And if I go into an event-topic:
Warning: mysql_fetch_array(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in \showthread.php(819) : eval()'d code on line 49

Warning: mysql_num_rows(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in \showthread.php(1912) : eval()'d code on line 68

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in \showthread.php(1912) : eval()'d code on line 82

Warning: mysql_fetch_array(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in \showthread.php(1912) : eval()'d code on line 101

Warning: mysql_fetch_array(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in \showthread.php(1912) : eval()'d code on line 120

Warning: mysql_fetch_array(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in \showthread.php(1912) : eval()'d code on line 263

[sickboy6ths]

Does anyone know... how to make these 2 Products compatible with eachother:
Event Attendance: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=93782
Together this mod would be perfect for my usage! Problem is... if there is an event linked to a thread, and someone opens the event... All the options for attending/unattending are not working, while in the normal calendar (view) it does.

[Evercraft]

Event attendance options is something i'm interested in doing, I just want to get the base features of this working first.

I will try and look into your errors when I get home later today.

[YLP1]

I seem to have run into a snag with the newest version. Steps taken:
1) Created a Calendar event (single day)
2)Added the Title and contents of the event
3) Topic is created for this calendar event added
But, the topic contents (event comments) and the calendar event contents are blank.

When I installed the newest version, I checked the yes on overwrite and confimed all other steps.

Seems I've broken this mod again....

I need help in fixing the problem.

Please advise and Thank You.


Edited to add:
To:
I just went here and I see 2 summarys on your page. Did you add anything to your templates at all? The summary is added at the end of the $announcements variable in the template, so if thats there twice, or not at all, it will effect how the Summary is shown.
I could not find a $announcements anywhere in any template including the forum display.


Also I have attached screen shots to show when creating an event, the event contents do not appear on the event in the calendar or the newly created event topic. In addition, when creating a single day event, many duplicates of event topics are created. Refer to graphics on this.

Please advise on how to fix. Thanks in advance.

[yinyang]

Event attendance options is something i'm interested in doing, I just want to get the base features of this working first.

that'll rock!

[JaeTea]

I seem to have run into a snag with the newest version. Steps taken:
1) Created a Calendar event (single day)
2)Added the Title and contents of the event
3) Topic is created for this calendar event added
But, the topic contents (event comments) and the calendar event contents are blank.

Also I have attached screen shots to show when creating an event, the event contents do not appear on the event in the calendar or the newly created event topic. In addition, when creating a single day event, many duplicates of event topics are created. Refer to graphics on this.

Please advise on how to fix. Thanks in advance.

Your templates ARE definetly messed up!

I've tested it (extensively) and never encountered this problem with single day events.

[Evercraft]

I could not find a $announcements anywhere in any template including the forum display.

Sorry its $announcebits in FORUMDISPLAY.

What other plugins/products do you have installed?

[lawahdy]

dude..

how can we have the "up coming events" to look more like the attachement.. i don't like the way they are arranged now.. and i guess it would look easier for users like that.. please advice..

EDIT: may i know what i've done wrong here

http://www.dubaidjs.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1808

it is showing double posts for the same event.. ?

[maroceve]

i am really afraid to upgrade since the old version is working fine ...
Will i loose my events or something ? or it will stay the way it is ..the connection between every calendar and forum etc...

Thanks for letting me know ;)

I love your mod !

[TomasDR]

i am really afraid to upgrade since the old version is working fine ...
Will i loose my events or something ? or it will stay the way it is ..the connection between every calendar and forum etc...

Thanks for letting me know ;)

I love your mod !

I upgraded from 1.2 to 2.5 then to 2.6, I had some family issues hence the long delay. I had no problems and all events stayed.

Though I don't like the new look, I preferred the look of 1.2 where the event looked like a normal post with avatar and part of the thread rather then seperate and minimal as it is now.

[sickboy6ths]

Any word yet on the mysql warnings?

[cat4m]

Can anyone help me, because I keep getting the events showing up in duplicate on the threads and when I try to delete one it deletes them both. I am a newbie and havent upgraded yet as I dont know how to. Any help would be gratefully received.

[lawahdy]

Can anyone help me, because I keep getting the events showing up in duplicate on the threads and when I try to delete one it deletes them both. I am a newbie and havent upgraded yet as I dont know how to. Any help would be gratefully received.


i know cat4m. i'm getting the samething..
can't wait for some help too..

:)

[therapist]

great piece of work Evercraft, have installed 2.6, working fine, thanks

big ups

[JaeTea]

Major problem here!

How the hell do you get images to show up in the calendar events??!?!?

Mine all show up as links

http://www.djforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=69865

Doesn't make any sense..when you reply to the thread the images show for the intial post..but when you actually view the thread they're just links.

Also smilies aren't being parsed either..they don't show up at all.:confused:

When I disable the plug-in the images and smilies show up correctly in the regular calendar event listing

You can see on my test forum it displays correctly as a post (turned off the "Hide First Post" plug-in) but when its inserted into the calendar event template it goes to crap...

http://www.djforums.com/test/forums/showthread.php?t=64405

Is there an include missing or parser issue?

[lawahdy]

dude..

how can we have the "up coming events" to look more like the attachement.. i don't like the way they are arranged now.. and i guess it would look easier for users like that.. please advice..

EDIT: may i know what i've done wrong here

http://www.dubaidjs.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1808

it is showing double posts for the same event.. ?


do i need to change my user name to "bad luck?"

let me know :(

[Evercraft]

OK sorry i haven't got round to replying sooner, work has been a bit busy this week, and my landlord has told me only today that my internet is down for 2 weeks >.< I can still work on this, from my office, but its just a bit of a pain. :)

YLP1, the only way I can see that you could have 2 summaries is if you didnt complete the upgrade steps (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=956636#post956636) fully, specifically Step2.

lawahdy, i'll try to write some short steps asap for you on how to make the up and coming events look like your attachment. I'm pretty sure it should be fairly easy todo. Also, can you send me in a PM your template for SHOWTHREAD, what options you have set for Event Forums and if you have disabled any Event Forums plugins and in addition any plugins which use any of the showthread_* hooks. I know its alot, but then I can try to investigate why the first post is still showing for you, because i've tried a few things on my test site and I can't reproduce it.

cat4m, I have written a set of upgrade instructions which you can find here (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=956636#post956636). I think they are pretty clear and easy to follow, but besides logging onto your site and doing it for you (which I won't be), I don't think there is much else I can do to help you upgrade.

JaeTea i'll have a look at the code tomorrow and see if its possible that it could get skipped. Do you have any plugins which use any of the showthread_* hooks?

[lawahdy]

lawahdy, i'll try to write some short steps asap for you on how to make the up and coming events look like your attachment. I'm pretty sure it should be fairly easy todo. Also, can you send me in a PM your template for SHOWTHREAD, what options you have set for Event Forums and if you have disabled any Event Forums plugins and in addition any plugins which use any of the showthread_* hooks. I know its alot, but then I can try to investigate why the first post is still showing for you, because i've tried a few things on my test site and I can't reproduce it.



as for why the first post is showing twice after any reply.. i found out the problem.. it is becuase i'm using "First Post On All Pages" plugin.. so it would push for the first post to show again.. deactivate that from the forum you are linking to the calendar and it should work fine.


can't wait for the upcoming events rewrite..

thanks dude.. you rock

[JaeTea]

JaeTea i'll have a look at the code tomorrow and see if its possible that it could get skipped. Do you have any plugins which use any of the showthread_* hooks?

I actually wiped everything out (php files, plugins, etc.) except for this plugin on my test forums, upgraded to the latest version of vb..and still the same thing.

http://www.djforums.com/test/forums/showthread.php?t=64408

I'd like to know if anyone else is having this problem or its just me.:confused:

[Evercraft]

I actually wiped everything out (php files, plugins, etc.) except for this plugin on my test forums, upgraded to the latest version of vb..and still the same thing.

http://www.djforums.com/test/forums/showthread.php?t=64408

I'd like to know if anyone else is having this problem or its just me.:confused:

ok good news, I think I just found the problem. I still need to test it a little, but hopefully I should have a fixed version soon. :)

[Evercraft]

sickboy6ths, i've added some better error handling for the sql queries which should solve your problems. New version will be up soon-ish so you can check it out. :)

[Crazy Serb]

is it just me or after I submit an event, go into the thread where it's listed, and in EVENT OPTIONS (bottom right) choose "EDIT EVENT" it gives me an error saying "You did not select any posts to which the action you picked can be applied."

WTF?!

how do I edit my events now?

p.s. - that EDIT EVENTS option seems to be using inlinemod.php for the edits... and that's where the error is coming from to.

[Evercraft]

is it just me or after I submit an event, go into the thread where it's listed, and in EVENT OPTIONS (bottom right) choose "EDIT EVENT" it gives me an error saying "You did not select any posts to which the action you picked can be applied."

WTF?!

how do I edit my events now?

p.s. - that EDIT EVENTS option seems to be using inlinemod.php for the edits... and that's where the error is coming from to.

Sounds like you put your eventblock variable inside the inline form. You'll have to move it outside the form, theres no way I can code around this unfortunatly.

[Crazy Serb]

got it. fixed! thanks!

[soulface]

Installed & 2 Uncached templates....
Page generated in 0.41628 seconds with 50 queries (1 queries for uncached templates) [Server Loads: 0.03 0.11 : 0.14]
Uncached templates: lv_vb_eventforums_event (1)

Page generated in 0.28904 seconds with 26 queries (1 queries for uncached templates) [Server Loads: 0.01 0.09 : 0.13]
Uncached templates: forumhome_event (1)

[sickboy6ths]

sickboy6ths, i've added some better error handling for the sql queries which should solve your problems. New version will be up soon-ish so you can check it out. :)
Sounds good m8, can't wait :)

[albertsch9]

I get this errors on PHP5.1.2 and Mysql 4.1.12 then i use Mysqli with Mysql everything works.

Warnung: mysql_fetch_array(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /includes/functions_forumdisplay.php(413) : eval()'d code (Zeile 49)

Warnung: mysql_fetch_array(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /includes/functions_forumdisplay.php(413) : eval()'d code (Zeile 49)

Warnung: mysql_fetch_array(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /showthread.php(819) : eval()'d code (Zeile 49)

Warnung: mysql_num_rows(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /showthread.php(1912) : eval()'d code (Zeile 68)

Warnung: mysql_fetch_array(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /showthread.php(1912) : eval()'d code (Zeile 101)

Warnung: mysql_fetch_array(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /showthread.php(1912) : eval()'d code (Zeile 120)

Warnung: mysql_fetch_array(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /showthread.php(1912) : eval()'d code (Zeile 263)

[sickboy6ths]

I got a fix for that...

replace all instances of "mysql_" with "$db->"
in your product xml file, reimport the xml file with Overwrite --> Yes.

Warnings should go away :)

Only Warning I still have is the following:

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in \showthread.php on line 2213
Which is this line: foreach($membergroupids as $key => $value)

[albertsch9]

I got a fix for that...

replace all instances of "mysql_" with "$db->"
in your product xml file, reimport the xml file with Overwrite --> Yes.

Warnings should go away :)

Only Warning I still have is the following:

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in \showthread.php on line 2213
Which is this line: foreach($membergroupids as $key => $value)


Now i get this:
Fatal error: Call to a member function fetch_array() on a non-object in /www/htdocs/v030134/v2/forum/includes/functions_forumdisplay.php(413) : eval()'d code on line 49

[Evercraft]

Installed & 2 Uncached templates....

thanks, i'll get those cached :)

[bada_bing]

installed last night and so far good... thank you

[Evercraft]

Changelog
Version: 2.7
All templates should now be cached. Optimised the code which hides the first post on an Event Thread. Fixed a bug which was causing smilies and images, as well as possibly other BB code to not be parsed correctly. Added better error handling on SQL queries, and using vb functions in all places over raw mysql functions.

[bada_bing]

How do you upgrade from 2.6 to 2.7 ? I just installed 2.6 last night too. :banana:

[soulface]

well not you know... now its not even showing the name of the uncached templates :/

Page generated in 0.41719 seconds with 54 queries (1 queries for uncached templates) [Server Loads: 0.05 0.08 : 0.08]
Uncached templates: (1)

[Kanustep]

I like the subscription price to events, how do you add that custom field?

[bada_bing]

I like the subscription price to events, how do you add that custom field?
If you go to your calandar manager in admincp click edit calandar then right under Display Order you will see Custom Fields [Add New Custom Field]

Add your custom fields there

[cat4m]

"cat4m, I have written a set of upgrade instructions which you can find here. I think they are pretty clear and easy to follow, but besides logging onto your site and doing it for you (which I won't be), I don't think there is much else I can do to help you upgrade."

Thats okay only wanted advice !! Didnt want you to do it for me !!!!

[bada_bing]

"cat4m, I have written a set of upgrade instructions which you can find here. I think they are pretty clear and easy to follow, but besides logging onto your site and doing it for you (which I won't be), I don't think there is much else I can do to help you upgrade."

Thats okay only wanted advice !! Didnt want you to do it for me !!!!
Where are the upgrade instructions?

[cat4m]

You'll find them here mate.
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=956636#post956636