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!

[Gooner]

I just realised, The only real big issue i have with this system is that every update i install all the raid signup information gets lost, which means another 40 people needs to re-sign, and because our guild raids almost every night, This can be quite a big issue...

Is there any way around installing updates without losing the sign information?
If not i guess i can just copy/paste the sign information to the forums.

[Noxious]

yeah dont uninstall the previous version and just allow overwrite when you import the product file.

[elricstorm]

Correct. Don't uninstall and reinstall the product. Doing that causes all of the tables to be removed and that's why you are losing your information. Just import the product and choose "overwrite" yes. You only have to uninstall and reinstall if you were upgrading from any version that came before the alternates system was implemented.

[elricstorm]

1.2.2 will come tomorrow as I left my flash memory key at work with my code on it. - lol

[Gooner]

sweet, look forward to 1.2.2 and thanks for the help

[elricstorm]

1.2.2 and 1.2.3 are combined - I'll be adding the product update this afternoon. Also, it's moving "a lot" faster now with the way I've worked on the design. There will be a functions.php file to add to your /includes folder now and I'm building a .chm documentation file so that it answers all questions regarding the system. Everything should be in place by 5 pm today.

Zoom zoom zoom!

[Quickness]

Looking forward to the new release since 1.2.1 works, but doesn't pull any info from the Armory.

[Noxious]

Originally Posted by Quickness

Looking forward to the new release since 1.2.1 works, but doesn't pull any info from the Armory.

yeah, elricstorm's explained about that a problem with the curl timeout string within the code. If you need to get it sorted, download the previous versions zip from this mod and install version 1.2.0. just overwrite the data and don't uninstall so you keep your info

[elricstorm]

Version 1.2.3 released

Please download and read the .chm instructions or the .txt instructions. CHM is nicer to look at and read. You have to do one PHP file upload now as well. They are both contained in the instructions.zip file.

Version 1.2.2 and 1.2.3 Combined changes

• Created a wowcalendar_functions.php file that houses the wow parser. This was done to keep from encountering declaration errors that surfaced when viewing multiple events on a particular event day.
  
• Created a new wow parser code that includes better checking and curl features for armory data retrieval.
  
• Created a new .chm file to house all of the installation instructions, creation events, troubleshooting issues, and version notes.

Special thanks to Blackjack for his advice on the wowparser for the armory. I redesigned it based on his design coupled with the new curl features. It works pretty solidly now.

[Quickness]

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