Version: 1.10, by HCGB
Developer Last Online: Oct 2012
Category: Calendar Enhancements -
Version: 4.0.x
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Released: 03-20-2010
Last Update: 04-14-2010
Installs: 51
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Calendar Search and Download for vB4
This mod addresses yet another basic feature missing from vB4 - calendar search and download
Features:
Replaces the Calendar menu item with a drop-down menu which adds a calendar search and export function. You can search in username, event title, description. custom fields, calendar and by year/month range. You can also export the search results (or the full calendar) as an iCalendar file (for import into a PC, mobile, Google, etc) or as a PDF text document.
Both export functions include email contact information for the event poster (provided that the current user has permission to view member groups and send emails AND the event poster allows email contact).
NEW! - v1.04b onward supports automated Google Calendar updates (view your vB calendar on Google alongside your other calendars!)
You can use the automatic indexing feature in Google Calendars to view your forum calendar (and sync it with your Nokia/iPhone/BlackberryAndroid/etc cell phone). Only calendars that have unregistered user access will be viewable (Unregistered Usergroup->can view calendars & ->view others events to yes).
To setup Google Calendars (http://www.google.com/calendars) to view your vB calendar(s) , select Other calendars->add->add by URL then enter http://your_forum_url/calsearch.php?do=gcal(replacing your_forum_url with your real forum URL!). Google can take many hours to actually index the vB calendar so be patient! If you want to start from a particular year - &startyear=20xx (it defaults to the current year).
Tested with Vbulletin 4.0.2 AND vBadvanced 4 beta. Product has no custom phrases or template/code edits. It uses two template hook locations in the navbar to change the calendar menu to a drop-down.
Settings: None are needed - it does what it says on the tin .
AdminCP->vbulletin->options->message searching options->search results per page
Determines the number of event items displayed per page.
Installation
Unzip the download package and copy the contents of the UPLOAD folder into your forum folder.
Go to the VB AdminCP->Plugins & Products click "Manage Products". The click "Add/ImportProduct" at the bottom of the page.
Click "Browse" button and point to the product-calsearch-(etc).XML file included in this ZIP package.
Click "Import"
... all done
Updates
To update- uninstall the product AND delete the uploaded file calsearch.php then re-install as above.
v1.10
tested with vB 4.0.3
Recurring events now grouped by date
v1.09b Added month selection options v1.08b Now allows reverse date order search (by entering a "To" year less than the "From" year.
Fixed user timezone issue with iCal files v1.07b Added full support for recurring events (also included in iCal export) v1.06b Changed search option layout
Start year now uses current year if no year selected (iCal/PDF/Google downloads all start from current year).
v1.05b Standardised phrasing
Added "no events found" message v1.04b: Added calendar selection dropdown
Fixed IE layout issues
Added Google Calendar support v103b: Fixed time zone issue yet again (it DOES work this time!) v102b: Fixed time zone issue properly this time
Added drop down to select search field
Added support for searching custom calendar fields. v101b:
Fixed time zone date calculation (was showing event on wrong day in some locales)
Cal. Search & Download steps on FCEM, so that while you can set the option to RSVP, people cannot actually RSVP the event, as the option does not display.
This mod doesn't change the way that calendar event are displayed- if the RSVP options aren't appearing then you need to check the Farcaster mod has been installed properly (disable the cal search mod and you will see that it makes no difference to the Farcaster mod)
Quote:
Originally Posted by c0rpz0r
I installed it on 4.0.5 and it rips apart the layout of the forum..footer is next to calender..?!
Using the vb4 standard theme it works just fine in 4.0.5/6. It has no effect on the layout of any page other than the calendar search page) other than adding a simple menu item. If you are using a custom theme then check that the theme has the standard menu hooks in the template
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08-20-2010, 07:41 AM
