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!

[Hyrel]

It was the only one I could find that didn't use the armory data hehe.

We've had nothing but problems with the stupid back end. 2 installs of php5 and in both of them the php.ini vanished. So then tried just doing a customized version of the php.ini (wish my stupid host had mentioned that in the first place) and it doesn't seem to be fixing the problem either.

It was working with 1.2.3 but the load time was 2+ minutes on the page. Upgraded to 1.2.4 and starting getting an error about the calendar.php. Installed went back to 1.2.3 and it has the same thing now. O.o

Ok, so since the armory parsing seem to be the problem thought I would try to go around it by just pulling the info from customer userfields. I have our Memberlist setup so it already has the race, level, and class info so it seemed simple enough to pull the information from there instead. Also, in this guild you can only have 1 alt and only one of your characters can raid anyways so thought I'd just cut the alts out all together. If they want to raid with 2 characters they can make a new account for that one ^_^

I would just leave it having the one alt, but I haven't found a way to limit what custom fields show up on the members list and stupid me designed the site with a set width and I haven't the room for the alt data as well as the main.

I've had this hosting company for 5 years and have always loved them...right now I want to torture them with brandy bunch reruns for hours.

[Hyrel]

I completely reinstalled php5 and changed the settings in the php.ini and I'm stilling getting this error.

Fatal error: Cannot use string offset as an array in /home/.dandelion/hyrel/rivalnation.com/forums/calendar.php(1208) : eval()'d code on line 237

[elricstorm]

Originally Posted by Hyrel

I completely reinstalled php5 and changed the settings in the php.ini and I'm stilling getting this error.

Fatal error: Cannot use string offset as an array in /home/.dandelion/hyrel/rivalnation.com/forums/calendar.php(1208) : eval()'d code on line 237

Easy fix.

Either your server information or your "own" characters/alternates are listed incorrectly in either your admincp or your usercp.

You will receive that error because it essentially can't find the character name. Make sure that the character name is listed properly. If you want, you can provide me the server -> character -> locale and I can run the same test.

Essentially that error is on a "per user" basis. When my members have encountered it, I would check their profiles and sure enough they had either a character or alternate spelled incorrectly.

In your case, line 237 is pointing exactly to your "second alternate".

So, I bet your second alternate is spelled incorrectly in your "usercp". Or, your profile field is not listed correctly for that second alternate. One of the two.

[Gooner]

is it possible to make the the Class, Tallent and Race colums a fixed width? it looks a bit messy when each row is out of line of the rest, Not a problem of course, just visually disturbing it would be nice to have all the images in one straight line., for race and class.

[elricstorm]

patch_ver_125 was released which fixes the column displays (which are fixed width but percentages don't always align properly when you returning multiple rows of data so it's just a minor tweak here and there. It should be fine now. It also fixes the talents not displaying properly for people who do not have any professions.

Just overwrite the product file for 124 with this one.

[Gooner]

thanks, great work

Just noticed, is it possible to get, Warlock, Shaman, and Warrior, to the right of the image like the rest of them?

The class name is just slighty below the image.

:P

[elricstorm]

Originally Posted by Gooner

is it possible to make the the Class, Tallent and Race colums a fixed width? it looks a bit messy when each row is out of line of the rest, Not a problem of course, just visually disturbing it would be nice to have all the images in one straight line., for race and class.

Update to patch_ver_125.

Also, it's not that the columns aren't a fixed width - they actually are. They are fixed with a percentage width. The problem is because each row is separately being returned, if the data is slightly larger than the rest, it will automatically "slightly stretch" that column to fit it. So, it was just a matter of me tweaking for certain talents. In this case the "elementalcombat" was probably the largest talent and I adjusted the column by 2% which fixed that. I also readjusted the name and comment columns. It should be fine now.

[Gooner]

i did update mate but the images of warrior, warlock and shaman are still slightly below the image, and a rogue has talent as lockpicking.. his tree is 26.3.32

screenshot

[elricstorm]

Originally Posted by Gooner

thanks, great work

Just noticed, is it possible to get, Warlock, Shaman, and Warrior, to the right of the image like the rest of them?

The class name is just slighty below the image.

:P

I don't have that problem on my site. It might be the type of style you are running on your site, especially if your site is "narrow". I tell you what though, here's what I'm going to add in version 1.2.6:

• Ability to adjust table width and column widths in vboptions.

This way, when a site is slightly different, you can always tweak your site to fix these types of issues. I'll put together that in 1.2.6 which will be released sometime soon.

Thanks for the feedback and yes, I personally want the ability to immediately change styles etc. on any site right away. This should take care of that.

[Gooner]

thanks this is like testing programes to work on windows and linux :P in this case to work on fluid and fixed width sites. great work by the way

that ability will help alot and give much much more flexibility

[edit] any idea on the lockpicking bug?