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:

[Elenna]

Oops!!

Thanks so much. I did get an additional , in there in my code.

Thank you for the second pair of eyes. I'm sorry to bug you!!

This now works

I'm not sure if this is your design, or something in vB... but now that I can see the event, is it supposed to show both events (the holiday and the RSVP event) on the same page? This only happens when I view the Holiday. When I click on the RSVP event, I only see the event, not the holiday.

See this link:
http://www.graceofthevalar.com/calen...day=2007-10-20

[Farcaster]

Originally Posted by Elenna

'm not sure if this is your design, or something in vB... but now that I can see the event, is it supposed to show both events (the holiday and the RSVP event) on the same page? This only happens when I view the Holiday. When I click on the RSVP event, I only see the event, not the holiday.

If you click on an event from the month or week view, you should only see the event you clicked on. That is default vBulletin behavior. If you click on a day, or I suppose a holiday, you'll see everything that is scheduled for that day.

[Elenna]

Thanks for the reply! I was thinking that that is probably the default behavior. The bummer is that is shows the RSVP form for the event on that day, which is confusing to folks, but that certainly isn't your fault!

[pgb]

i just upgraded from vb 3.6.3 to the latest release and all of the rsvp's that people had previously posted are gone.

any ideas?

thanks in advance for your help.

[sandbender]

Great hack! Very useful in my forum.

Except I too need a custom user field instead of avatar.

Could we maybe use the guests field?

[IGCEMA]

Is there a possibility of adding a way to manually add an individual to the RSVP list by username?

[IvyKeepMommy]

I'm continuing to have a problem with RSVP's on ranged events (the response to the first day of the event carries through for all instances of the event). Any help on how to fix this? And if there isn't a fix is there a way to simply disable the ranged events so that they can't be used that way, and thus force my users to put in the events individually?

I run a mommy group with lots of playdates (many of them weekly events) and it's really messing up the planning to have the incorrect reponses posting.

Thanks for your help and a great mod!

[Underlab]

This is awesome.

[chris1979]

This is a brilliant mod and it works great for me, but I have one question. I'd really like the first entry in the thread (the calendar entry) to look the same as the other entries (the forum posts).

I have custom fields in my forum postbit so I need to find a way to get those custom fields to show up in the calendar entry.

Does anyone know how I can get custom fields to appear? (For example, in the postbit template I just type $post[field7] - how can I get that same data to show up in the calendar template?)

Thanks in advance.

Chris

[TheMilkCarton]

Chris,

You're posting in the wrong modification section. This mod is completely separate from vB Event Forums, which is what turns an "event" into a "thread". As for the custom fields, you'd probably have to add a query to grab them, although since the Event Forums turns the calendar into a normal forum, the $post field method should work? I guess not though.

Farcaster,

Can you share the old contents of the calendar_update_complete plugin, or whatever used to update the RSVPs when you change the event date? I'm currently trying to reverse it, and the easy part was stopping the deletion of the RSVPs, but now I'm trying to recreate the update query to set them to the right date (they still disappear when I change the date, but reappear when I change it back)

*snip*

Nevermind, I got it changed the way I want it. I even added an automated PM informing members of a date change.