Add-On Releases - World of Warcraft Event Calendar

What does this Mod do?
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This is a calendar mod that supports events created for World of Warcraft that allows signups for mains and alternates. Data for mains and alternates are pulled from the world of warcraft armory automatically and listed/displayed in a table format based on the style of your current site.

Current Version
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Current beta version = 1.2.7 (recommended)
Current stable version = 1.2.6

Whether you are upgrading or installing from new, you ALL need to download the instructions and read them. There is a section for New Installs and a section for Upgrading. Inside there is also a NEW .CHM file (help file) that will also make it easier to read. I kept the instructions file in there as well but it's renamed to wowcalendar.txt instead. Review wowcalendar.chm if you are able to. It works better.

What is required?
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You will essentially need to perform:

• One product XML import
• Two PHP file uploads
• One Profile addition for User Profiles
• One Template Modification
• Uploading image files to the specified path listed in the instructions

Review the "instructions" contained in the zip file before installing this product.

Creating a Calendar Entry
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When you create a calendar entry, single, recurring, etc. - make sure you enable users to signup (located at the bottom of the new calendar event form) (see the screenshot listed in this post). By default, it should place an automatic signup checkmark in that box. Once you submit, users will be able to signup.

Alternates
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If you have alternates on, alternates can be used to signup with (only if people have added additional characters to their user profile. At this time, the calendar only reads the top 3 lines in the profile box so any more characters listed will not be usable in the calendar.

(i.e. if you have 7 characters listed, only the first 3 will be usable.

Armory Data
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Armory Data is pulled as soon as a "registered" user checks the calendar event. This data is then replaced into the armorydata table for use later on with the signups. Remember to set your server and your locale as well. If your server has two words (ex. Scarlet Crusade) you would input Scarlet+Crusade in the server box. If you play on a US server you would put US in the locale box. If you play on a European Server you would input EU in the locale box. Make sure you set all appropriate options.

Options for your Calendar System
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Go into your vb options and you will find two separate sections for setting options - one is for settings and one is for styles. You can change any options in here. Future revisions will include more substitutions/changes in this area.

SPECIAL THANKS TO:
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[name]Farcaster[/name]:
For his initial MOD and ideas which got me started and into customizing the entire calendar. Farcaster's Event Attendance can be found at: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=129088

[name]Gryphon[/name]:
For helping with the original wow parser code and for giving me some tips/advice for working to implement it with the calendar system. In addition, Gryphon, formerly Blackjack, worked with me deeply to allow both this calendar and his current gWoWCharacter mod to be cross-compatible. He also helped with localization. Many thanks!

[Quickness]

Installed it.. seems to work great. Thank you for the time you put into this.

[Gooner]

Thanks for your hard work, Keep it up your doing a superb job., looking forward to 1.2.4

[NightPhoenix]

Working very nicely so far... if I get any errors I'll post em... great work

[elricstorm]

Thanks everyone. I really appreciate the kind words. I also appreciate the fact that you have been influential and supportive of the project by providing positive and negative feedback, and reporting any errors that surface. Community efforts drive projects and that means a lot to me.

[Hyrel]

*scratches head* Ok, I know I'm missing something stupid and that's why it's not filling in the tables. The fields are set correctly, checked that first. The php file is in the forum includes. Does it matter that my file system is forums instead of forum?

And installed the new xml file. No errors ^_^ but no armory data too.

Anyone who does coding should be nominated for sainthood /bow to the code master. This stuff gives me headaches ^_^

[Hyrel]

Love the new instructions btw, they look sexy.

[Ulkesh]

Installed and set up 1.2.1 and everything was working beautifully. Had events created, users signing up for 'em, and life was good. :up:

Upgraded to 1.2.3, and now getting "Unknown function: curl_init()" error. working on the issue with the host. I (and my users) love the add-on. I'm just hoping I can revert to the old version without erasing all my event data, until I can figure something out with my host, again. :erm:

Weird. cURL library wasn't included on the server. Time to recompile!

[elricstorm]

Originally Posted by Ulkesh

Installed and set up 1.2.1 and everything was working beautifully. Had events created, users signing up for 'em, and life was good. :up:

Upgraded to 1.2.3, and now getting "Unknown function: curl_init()" error. working on the issue with the host. I (and my users) love the add-on. I'm just hoping I can revert to the old version without erasing all my event data, until I can figure something out with my host, again. :erm:

Weird. cURL library wasn't included on the server. Time to recompile!

Yeah, that was the only reason why I waited with adding cURL to the code because I knew there would be some instances where the library was not loaded on the server. However, most hosting providers are now formally loading them since it is a much better library to work with where authentication is concerned.

[elricstorm]

Originally Posted by Hyrel

Love the new instructions btw, they look sexy.

Thanks - btw, did you get yours working. So far everyone says it's working great. I just want to make sure I didn't miss something in my instructions.

[Hyrel]

Not yet =/ getting a friend to look through my code and see if they can find where I went astray.