Calendar Enhancements - Farcaster's Event Attendance

A BETA version 2.0 is now available in the 3.7 modification area.

This hack will allow your users to RSVP "Yes," "No," or "Maybe," for events posted on your forum calendar. You can configure which calendars RSVP should be enabled or excluded from, and on each event you can also specify whether this is an RSVP event. Unlike the old Event Attendance script, this hack will work on all types of events whether they are single day, ranged or recurring.

For ranged and recurring events, members are able to RSVP for a single day of the event. So, if the recurring event occurs every Monday, your members can RSVP separately for each recurrence. For ranged events that span more than one day, members can sign up for individual days of the event. Thus, if the event had a duration of 5 days, a member could signup for only one or two of the days, if he chose.

This hack is known to work with 3.6.x, and may work with 3.5.x, but no support is offered for this version at this time.

vB Event Forums Users:
You will need to install an additional module: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=133970


Upgrade Instructions:
- 1 xml upload

1. Use the Product Manager to import the product file product-rah_calendar_rsvp_1_2_2.xml. Be sure to ALLOW OVERWRITE.

Installation Instructions
- 1 XML upload
- 1 template modification

1. Use the Product Manager to import the product file product-rah_calendar_rsvp_1_2_2.xml
2. Use the Style Manager to find and edit your calendar_showeventsbit:

Near the bottom of the calendar_showeventsbit, find:

     </form>

Below that add:

     $rsvp_form

That?s it. You should now configure any changes to the default options you like. If you previously used Event Attendance 2.0 by Arpy, you should disable it or uninstall it.

If you want to change any of the wording or need to enter translations, this hack uses the following phrases:

Calendar Phrases:
calendar_rsvp_allow
calendar_rsvp_attendquestion
calendar_rsvp_changelater
calendar_rsvp_maxlength
calendar_rsvp_maychange
calendar_rsvp_yoursvp
calendar_rsvpd
-- Added on 11/30/06:
calendar_rsvp_guest
calendar_rsvp_guest_limit
calendar_rsvp_guests_prompt
calendar_rsvp_max_guests
-- Added on 2/20/07
calendar_rsvp_changeby
calendar_rsvp_maychangeby
calendar_rsvp_closed
calendar_rsvp_expires

Standard Phrases:
yes
no
maybe
submit
comment
-- added on 2/20/07
minutes
seconds

Extra Instructions for 3.5.x Users:
This hack MAY work with 3.5.x, but you will need to add the standard global phrase "Comment"

Screenshots Attached.

If you use this hack, please be sure to click "Install" so that you can receive notifications of any updates.

Revision Log:
1.0.0 - 10/14/06 - Initial Release

1.0.1 - 10/19/06 - Maintenance Release.

• Updated to handle getting a link without the "day" parameter.
• Fixed timezone bug.
• Updated calendar_rsvp_yoursvp phrase to include date.
• Updated calendar_rsvp_attendquestion phrase to include date.
• Updated calendar_rsvp_form for changed phrases.

1.1.0 - 11/30/06 - Minor Revision

• Added ability for members to register guests in their RSVP. The guest system can be completely disabled, and is also configurable by event to limit the number of guests each member can bring.
• RSVPs are now time stamped. The date and time of the RSVP can be displayed on the RSVP form if desired from a setting in the admincp.
  RSVPs can now be sorted by the date the user signed up or by member name.
• The hack is now configured to work with the "Check Version" option for products in vBulletin.

1.1.1 - 12/15/06 - Maintenance Release.

• Fixed uninstallation code. The hack can now be uninstalled without error and will correctly remove all fields and tables added by this hack.

1.1.2 - 12/21/06 - Maintenance Release.

• Corrected install code to handle fields left behind by installations prior to version 1.1.1. You only need to install this update if you were recieving database errors when attempting to install the product.

1.2.0 - 02/20/07 - Minor Revision [Detailed Notes]

• Feature: Moderators and owners can remove member RSVPs from events.
• Feature: RSVP Expiration System added.
• Bug Fix: Changing the date or recurring options of an event now removes all RSVPs.

1.2.1 - 05/09/07 - Maintenance Release

• Bug Fix: Fixed problem with event description being truncated if it ended in the letter "n"
• Bug Fix: Fixed summary when multiple events on the same day are shown so that it no longer cumulatively adds the guests and member counts to the next event.

1.2.2 - 05/03/08 - Maintenance Release

• Added Security Token to be compatible with vBulletin 3.6.10 and 3.7.0.

This hack is provided completely free of charge. However, if you use this hack and are so moved, you may make a donation via PayPal:

[Maxi62]

Gives a german translation for this hack?

[redtailboa]

calendar_showeventsbit

i can get the showevents block to show on my default theme but on my new theme it won't show.
www.C-L-A-W.org
anyone have an idea?

[Farcaster]

Originally Posted by stwilson

I have a small issue with my implementation. When I post an event the event description (thread starter content) is posted twice, once in a box without the event attendance options and then once with the attendance options. ???

Verify that the Plugin "Display Event Details on Thread Page" under the Event Forums hack is disabled.

Originally Posted by Quantnet.org

Did anyone ever find out how to solve the extra queries issue on the event thread ? I have over 60+ queries for an event thread and an uncached template...Not sure how to fix this...anyone else have the same problem ?

http://www.quantnet.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1250

Looking at the query executions, it looks like it keeps going back to the database to fetch the phrases it needs. This should only be required once. I'll look into this. To be clear, this would be a problem with the Event Forums Integration add-on, not the Event Attendance hack itself.

Originally Posted by Maxi62

Gives a german translation for this hack?

No, but this hack uses phrases, so you can add German translations. To get a list of phrases used, look at the first post.

Originally Posted by redtailboa

calendar_showeventsbit

i can get the showevents block to show on my default theme but on my new theme it won't show.
www.C-L-A-W.org
anyone have an idea?

Have you followed the steps to add the $rsvp_form variable to your other theme?

[redtailboa]

Yep I added it at the bottom of the

Near the bottom of the calendar_showeventsbit,

[Quantnet]

Originally Posted by Farcaster

Looking at the query executions, it looks like it keeps going back to the database to fetch the phrases it needs. This should only be required once. I'll look into this.

Awesome. Thanks for your help, Farcaster.

[CrAEckY]

Nice Addon or Hack!

I´ve got 2 more Question!

1.) Is it possible to use "User Fields" in your Modification? Shall i name the variables or how can i use them?

Example:
User Field5 contains the Name of our Guild. The Variable in the Admin CP is $post['field5']. I can use it in the default postbit as well. Shall i assign the Variable like $rsvp[guild] == $post['field5'] to use it in calendar_rsvp_bit? Or how can i use the Details of the User Fields in the rsvp?

2.) How can i prevent multiple Answers of the same User?

Example:
An User signs up with yes for the first time. His answer is displayed as yes in the rsvp. If he changes his opinion and sign in as no, i´ve got 2 Answers. 1 x yes and 1 x no! By deleting his entry i´ll lose both entries of the User, not only the Entry i´ve selected...

Please help me out!

Regards
Chris

[Maxi62]

Bug: The summer time (in Germany) is not correctly considered. The date is indicated 1 hour too late

[Benj]

suggestion - make events RSVP'd "YES" bold in calendar view

[Elenna]

Originally Posted by Ted S

Also, N's are still being truncated.

N's are still being truncated for me, as well.

Originally Posted by CrAEckY

1.) Is it possible to use "User Fields" in your Modification? Shall i name the variables or how can i use them?

I would LOVE to have this feature available too - did you get this to work? I might take a look at it as well.

[popowich]

Hello,

When an event is posted, is it possible to have the date the event was posted displayed somewhere in the event headers? You can list the start and end times of your event, but for reasons that don't matter too much here they also want an easier way to figure out the post times than checking the post times of threads created around the same time based on the thread numbers.

-Raymond