Event Forums

Note: This plugin has been discontinued and taken over here. Installing this plugin is *not* recommended.

The plugin creates a tight integration between a calendar and a forum.

• When an event is created in a calendar, a corresponding thread is created in its forum.
• When an event is deleted, its thread is deleted.
• When a thread is deleted, its event is deleted.
• When an event is edited, its thread is edited.
• When a thread is edited via quick edit, its event is edited.
• Links to event details are redirected to the thread.
• New post links in event forums are redirected to new event forms, except for moderators.
• Advanced editing on a thread is redirected to event edit.

To set up your calendar/forum pairs, look under "Event Forums" in "vBulletin Options" in admincp.

There is also one template change. In calendar_showeventsbit, change:

PHP Code:

<td class="tcat">$eventinfo[title]</td> 


to:

PHP Code:

<td class="tcat"><if condition="$eventinfo[nwt_threadid]"><a href="showthread.php?t=$eventinfo[nwt_threadid]"></if>$eventinfo[title]<if condition="$eventinfo[nwt_threadid]"></a></if></td> 


I run a forum at http://nwtekno.org/ that is heavily oriented to calendar data, so this is useful to me, though I'm not sure how useful it will be to others. Mostly I'm putting this up for critique by people who know more than me.

One thing I'm wondering is how to get the included template (nwteventforums_calendar_showeventsbit) to replace calendar_showeventsbit when installed. Or should I just tell people to copy/paste from one to another?

[EasyTarget]

wow, I think this is a very useful/cool idea.

are the thread/event deletion features optional?

I'd like the ability for something like this to read data from a specified forum and then create a calender event from the data it gathers. Or maybe in post options or something under a post there can be a box to include/scan/add this post to the calender. (if the scan is too much, maybe just a popup box like w/ attachments and the user can put the needed calender info into that box.)

[FD929]

I have been waiting for this since February! Thank you so much!!

1 problem. I'm getting database errors on install. Then the product installs, but not properly. It is attempting to install to a database I do not have.

Classname : vb_database

[kaihawaii]

FD929: try using the Manage Produsts > Import Button, not the Plugin-Import Option.

[kaihawaii]

where can i access this cool extension after installation? how can i configure the calender and boardname?

[FD929]

Originally Posted by kaihawaii

FD929: try using the Manage Produsts > Import Button, not the Plugin-Import Option.

That is what I did. This is a product. You didn't get any sql errors?

[AN-net]

this isnt a relase so it doesnt belong here.

[FD929]

Table prefixes aren't being considered.

[FD929]

Originally Posted by AN-net

this isnt a relase so it doesnt belong here.

Don't tease me. I need this one.

[Neal-UK]

Originally Posted by FD929

Don't tease me. I need this one.

Can you edit the file for those whose database have a prefix, thanks