For sites that use the calendar extensivley, I've suggested a format for the mini-calendar that would allow for easier use:
Ideally, this would plug into Vbadvanced cmps 2
This is what I had in mind for the Mini-calendar ala Vbadvanced--see attached.
The user sees easily navigatable calendar. They can navigate through the months and can see a list of events for each month (or the results can be truncated to a specified number of events, with a more option at the bottom if there are to many events that month). When they refresh the page or return to the page they are given the month that we are currently in again.
The user can cycle through the months seeing all of the events for that corresponding month. They could do this by using the arrows or the ultra-mini calendars.
The ultra-mini calendars on the side would be optional---seeing as they would probably break up the formating of most every other module. (of course this leaves less space for event names, the register option etc. but I bet you could fit all that in there with a small text)
They can register for an event simply by checking the box next to the event---then the admin and/or other users can see who is registered for the event.
A notification can be sent either via PM or email to the user when the event comes within a specified range of time before the event. User or admin controlled.
The user is then prompted upon their next login to let the admin know if they actually attended the event and a poll is created to determine if the event went well---the poll is pulled as a result of all feedback from members that attended the event (poll optional per event and/or globally for all events set by admin)
(Points can be given depending on how often they attend events)
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