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:

[Darat]

A really nice mod - thanks for sharing it.

If you are looking for suggestions for any future features I would say a good feature would be if the person who adds the event gets a PM when someone else adds or edits a RSVP. That would really help an event organiser.

[Farcaster]

Originally Posted by Darat

a good feature would be if the person who adds the event gets a PM when someone else adds or edits a RSVP.

Not a bad idea. Thanks. I'm also thinking about building in a configurable notifaction system so that if someone RSVP'd they receive a reminder email, and perhaps if they haven't RSVP'd they receive a different one asking them to update their status. Something like that.

[tako]

$rsvp_form wont show event attendance info .... any cause you can think of?

[tako]

oops, i found what it is. it is event forum hack..... I just read your note this wont work with event forums... Can someone make both hacks work together...

[ChurchMedia]

Very nice! Thanks!! :up:

[ShawnV]

Found one small problem perhaps.

The event email link it sends out seems to be missing some info, if you click on the email link to go to the site you get a different version of the calendar then the one you get by clicking the event directly.

Ergo from the site the url: /forum/calendar.php?do=getinfo&e=121&day=2006-10-16&c=1

From the Email link:
/forum/calendar.php?do=getinfo&e=121

>Its missing the: &day=2006-10-16&c=1

Also users get this error message if clicking on the email link to the event:

1.. Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this
page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative
features or some other privileged system?
2.. If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your
account, or it may be awaiting activation.

IF from the site, no problems.

Great mod though, thanks.

_V

[Lionel]

Originally Posted by Farcaster

I've contacted Evercraft, but the problem is that his hack does not create a seperate thread for each recurring event, so it breaks one of the chief advantages of this hack. We'll see what we can do though. At the very least, the comment system my hack has should help a bit to fill the void.

At least to make both hacks compatible, can you make it so we select the type of event?

I am currently using the event forum (which includes a fix for event attendance) but would love to use yours for recurring options.

To the least, if I create a different calendar and specify your hack to work only with that calendar, and not set it up for events forums hack (I can disable event attendance, but events forums is important to me), can the 2 hacks forums and yours coexist together?

[Farcaster]

ShawnV, I was able to reproduce the problem where a notification email does not have the "&day=xx" parameter, thus causing a problem where the RSVPs are not shown. I don't get a permissions error though. I'll check into this further.

[Farcaster]

Originally Posted by Lionel

To the least, if I create a different calendar and specify your hack to work only with that calendar, and not set it up for events forums hack (I can disable event attendance, but events forums is important to me), can the 2 hacks forums and yours coexist together?

That solutution should work. The Event Forums and my RSVP hack can coexist, they just will not cooperate. So, if you have event forums setup on one calendar and exclude that calendar from the RSVP hack, it should work fine.

[ShawnV]

Originally Posted by Farcaster

ShawnV, I was able to reproduce the problem where a notification email does not have the "&day=xx" parameter, thus causing a problem where the RSVPs are not shown. I don't get a permissions error though. I'll check into this further.

Have someone else create an event, once you get the email click the link and then try to submit a yes or no, you should get the error. I have had 20 people from my board test this now.

Cheers,

_V