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]

Aye got your PMs and sent the memo to my hosting company. They said sure it's easy to fix, here compile your own php5 on your server. So a friend set about doing that last night..never did get it work. he was trying to do some kind of walk around for it to make the curl work instead. I'm not sure what's going on now, because the data you imputed is now showing up correctly. Not sure what's going on now.

[Gooner]

Finally got my new site up with a new host, Forums installed and your mod was the first plugin on, , i was just wondering when you plan to add the raid instance information thingy that is in your screenshot , looks cool.

[VenomMaster]

Originally Posted by elricstorm

I'm not sure why you had to create three more columns though.

I added them to read the genderid from the xml, to use the male/female-pics. Anyways, if there's a possible way to change the things in a way others can choose, (i'm shure there is one), i have to say that i don't kow it

However, it works great for me.

-Venom

[Hyrel]

ok new thing, if anyone signs up as a YES it is posting the default data, but not if they say no or maybe.

[elricstorm]

Originally Posted by Gooner

Finally got my new site up with a new host, Forums installed and your mod was the first plugin on, , i was just wondering when you plan to add the raid instance information thingy that is in your screenshot , looks cool.

I have two scenarios to accomplishing this. I can either add "additional columns" to the calendar custom field table or I can create a completely new table and attempt to create a sql class that works with the new table. The latter seems a bit harder so far but that's the one I'm trying to work with because I don't like working with vbulletin tables. I might have a third option but I have to wait and see.

I will have something up within a week or two to test with.

[elricstorm]

Originally Posted by Hyrel

ok new thing, if anyone signs up as a YES it is posting the default data, but not if they say no or maybe.

Hyrel, if you go into your admincp -> maintenance -> view php info...

You will see that you still have:

• allow_url_fopen Off Off
• allow_url_include Off Off

Set these to on and you shouldn't have any issues. Also, please make sure you didn't modify the code. Step by step here is what I would do initially:

• Change the php.ini files with the changes to the allow_url etc.
• Uninstall the product completely
• Reinstall the product completely
• Re-edit your test event and allow folks to signup.
• Test signups.

Make sure the product you use has "0" modifications to it - not saying it doesn't but just want to make sure that's what you use. If you do that, I can safely say it will work 100% with your site.

Also, remember that after you recompile, you need to reboot your server to get the new php.ini changes to take effect.

[elricstorm]

Originally Posted by VenomMaster

I added them to read the genderid from the xml, to use the male/female-pics. Anyways, if there's a possible way to change the things in a way others can choose, (i'm shure there is one), i have to say that i don't kow it

However, it works great for me.

-Venom

You would use conditionals in the column template to choose between..

<if condition="$show_images == 1">
    <img src="imagepath/image.jpg">
<else />
    <if condition="$show_images == 2">
        <img src="imagepath/image.jpg">&nbsp;$field#
    <else />
         $field#
    </if>
</if>

$show_images would be a equal to a vboptions setting for (0 = off) (1 = image only) (2 = image + class/race etc name).
$field# would be equal to the field for race, class, etc. for the column.

I will add something similar to this in one of the upcoming releases. So, no need to go through the extra work. It's better to simply say, hey Elric can you add a feature for "x" rather than customize something that I would otherwise do.

Thanks,

[Hyrel]

Ok, back to tyring to get the php5 installed ^_^ I'll try doing it myself this time and see what happens. Thanks for not giving up on this noob!

[elricstorm]

I will have version 1.2.4 released by this weekend. It will include two new columns for gender and talents. It will provide support for EU special naming characters. It will have full phrasenames in place for all English names so that EU users can phrase easier. It will provide image support for icons. Overall, it's looking pretty solid so far. I think you'll like it once it's updated. I'm still working on the customcalendar fields but that wont' be released for another version or 2.

[Gooner]

Sounds great, Cant wait, Like the though of having icons