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?

[PennylessZ28]

I find that my users aren't to swift at using the calendar, what would be useful is when a new thread is created an event can be created.

[silurius]

Originally Posted by Hanif

Any updates on this and will this work in 3.5 Gold?

Kind regards,

Hanif

It's been working fine for me under 3.5 G although I feel it could use additional features.

[rabidkevin]

It works on my 3.5 gold

http://www.eternalbeats.net/forums/

upcoming events forum

even added custom fields. change the topic around a little bit. it will delete only new events posted with inline mod. old threads previously in the forum have an issue being deleted. only bug for me. I used the updated version found somewhere in the middle of this thread.

[silurius]

Originally Posted by silurius

It's been working fine for me under 3.5 G although I feel it could use additional features.

Whoops, scratch that. I wasn't testing under regular user accounts and it seems only I can post to the Events forum. Had to upgrade to Evercraft's version which I had missed.

[silurius]

Originally Posted by Evercraft

There is still a bug in it which I havent looked at fixing yet which is the delete thread, which seems to be a bit dodgy.

If you want to try out the changes I made, then feel free to download the attatchment below. I'm using this on a live board and it seems to be working fine, aside from the one bug above.

Is this the result of the delete thread bug you're talking about, and do you think it might be fixed soon?

Fatal error: Existing data passed is not an array
 Called set_existing in /home/PATH/USER/SITE.com/forum/includes/class_dm_threadpost.php(1226) : eval()'d code on line 25
 Called eval in /home/PATH/USER/SITE.com/forum/includes/class_dm_threadpost.php on line 1226
 Called delete in /home/PATH/USER/SITE.com/forum/inlinemod.php on line 573
  in /includes/class_dm.php on line 235

Thanks for babysitting this product and I totally understand where you are coming from in trying to get approval from the creator.

[ShawnV]

Originally Posted by Evercraft

Alot of people seem to be looking for updates to this plugin, and well...

I wanted to use this on my forums, so decided to fix alot of the bugs with it (lol)

Some of the bugs I have fixed:

• Posting an event/thread follows the forumPermissions.
• Edit redirect went to the event editor for EVERY post, it now only does it for the top post (the one that the event was posted with).
• New Thread forwards to new event for moderators too (I changed this because i wanted mods to be able to use it this way too, but its easily changed back).
• Edit Event used the incorrect text after mulitple posts (this could have been due to a change i made fixing other bugs).
• If you click on an event link that doesnt have an assosiated thread, you no longer get that confusing error (no thread specified). Instead it goes to the event info as it would before the plugin was installed.
• Changed the ordering of the title. This was down to personal preference, but I did it to suite my own personal forums. IMO it would be really nice to have some way to configure this in the vbulletin options

Im sure theres other things ive fixed, but it was sort of all on the fly hehe.

There is still a bug in it which I havent looked at fixing yet which is the delete thread, which seems to be a bit dodgy.

If you want to try out the changes I made, then feel free to download the attatchment below. I'm using this on a live board and it seems to be working fine, aside from the one bug above.

Hope this helps some of you desperate for this

To Endquote
Sorry if you feel I have annoyed you by fixing all your bugs. I'm just a bit impatient and saw that I could help. If you want to use the changes I have made then feel free. I just ask that you put some credit somewhere

- Dave Mitchell

Great Job, please continue to work on this one

[Lea Verou]

Lol, this was a built-in feature in SMF and I was so happy that vBulletin is not like this!

[crash resistant]

Originally Posted by Evercraft

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....0&postcount=85

There i have fixed some of the bugs mentioned above, but as I have previously said, im not going todo anymore updates on this until the original author gets in touch. But he hasn't been online since august now, and he still hasn't replied to my PM or email

I am currently working on getting Event Attendance and this intergrated on my own boards, but i'm in no rush todo it, so unfortunatly I can't tell you when it will be done by.

Go ahead and do it man. I'll tip ya. =D
I'm dying to figure it out but I'm poor at php.

[silurius]

Originally Posted by crash resistant

Go ahead and do it man. I'll tip ya. =D
I'm dying to figure it out but I'm poor at php.

Actually, I will tip as well. What about a polite and temporary takeover while we wait for endquote to recover from whatever s/he is going through, outside the world of vB?

[nokturno]

cool!