Mini Calendar

Mini Calendar

What it does:
The Mini Calendar is just what it's name says. It allows you to add a small calendar to any or all vBulletin page(s). It links back to the month, next and previous month as well as any days with an event.

Is it complicated?
Installation is easy. Just include the cal.php file on any page that you want it shown, make one new template and insert $smallcalendar at the exact place you want it shown. Look at the instructions below.

Changes:
New files (1):
cal.php

Changed files(0-1):
depending on where it should be shown

New database fields/tables(0):
none

New templates(1):
small_calendar

Changed templates(1-2):
wherever mini calendar should be shown
(phpinclude_start, if shown on all pages)

New phrases(0):
none

Screenshots:
see attachments

• screenshot1.jpg
• screenshot2.jpg

Instructions:

• Backup all your files as well as your database.
  For help backing up your database, look here: http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/m...atabase_backup
• Upload cal.php (attachment) to your forum home directory
• Make a new template with the name small_calendar and insert the contents of template.txt (attachment) into it
• Decide if you want to have your mini calendar on specific pages or on all your pages
  • If you decide to have the mini calendar on all your pages (for example in a sidebar) edit your phpinclude_start template and add
    PHP Code:

    include ("cal.php"); 

    to the end of it.
  • If you only want the mini calendar on specific pages, open the php file that makes that page and under
    PHP Code:

    require_once('./global.php'); 

    add
    PHP Code:

    include ("cal.php"); 

• edit the template that shows the area in which you want to insert your mini calendar and add $smallcalendar to the exact spot where your mini calendar should be shown.

Donations: This hack will always be free, however your donations are kindly accepted and will help towards further development. If you donate, please leave me some info (either your forum site or username at vB.org) so that I can thank you.

Install:

Don't feel like donating, but still want to thank me for my work? Click the install button to show your appreciation. As a great side effect, you'll get an email update once there is a bigger update or important security fix!

Updates:

10.08.2004: Updated cal.php to fix (hopefully) the events being on the wrong day with far out timezones.

[DRJ]

Seems to be a small bug. I have my time set as PST gmt-8 and it is 2am on the 26th but the calendar shows the current date is the 25th.

If I change my time to gmt it is then 10am and shows the right date of the 26th. When I set it back to PST it goes back to the wrong date.

Any ideas?

[Colin F]

I know about the timezone bug. I'll try to fix it when I get some time, but don't expect anything soon...

[DRJ]

Sounds good

Great job so far.

[bashbang]

This doesn't appear to have been addressed yet. Sorry if this is a repeat.

I was having issues with the mini cal taking a long time to load as well as getting a lot of items href'd that resulted in a link to an event that didn't exist for that day.

It turns out that even though I hard coded the calendar id at the top of cal.php it was searching through events for all calendars. I just added an extra filter onto he SELECT to fix the problem:

Was

PHP Code:

$events=$DB_site->query("SELECT dateline_from,title,eventid,utc FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "event WHERE (dateline_from BETWEEN $from AND $to) AND visible=1 ORDER BY dateline_from ASC"); 


To:

PHP Code:

$events=$DB_site->query("SELECT dateline_from,title,eventid,utc FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "event WHERE (dateline_from BETWEEN $from AND $to) AND visible=1 AND calendarid=$calendarid ORDER BY dateline_from ASC"); 


[Mighty Mojo]

For sites that use the calendar extensivley, I've suggested a format for the mini-calendar that would allow for easier use:

Ideally, this would plug into Vbadvanced cmps 2

This is what I had in mind for the Mini-calendar ala Vbadvanced--see attached.

The user sees easily navigatable calendar. They can navigate through the months and can see a list of events for each month (or the results can be truncated to a specified number of events, with a more option at the bottom if there are to many events that month). When they refresh the page or return to the page they are given the month that we are currently in again.

The user can cycle through the months seeing all of the events for that corresponding month. They could do this by using the arrows or the ultra-mini calendars.

The ultra-mini calendars on the side would be optional---seeing as they would probably break up the formating of most every other module. (of course this leaves less space for event names, the register option etc. but I bet you could fit all that in there with a small text)

They can register for an event simply by checking the box next to the event---then the admin and/or other users can see who is registered for the event.

A notification can be sent either via PM or email to the user when the event comes within a specified range of time before the event. User or admin controlled.

The user is then prompted upon their next login to let the admin know if they actually attended the event and a poll is created to determine if the event went well---the poll is pulled as a result of all feedback from members that attended the event (poll optional per event and/or globally for all events set by admin)

(Points can be given depending on how often they attend events)

[GSX-Racing]

Can this work on a non vb forum page? For example an index page that doesn't use vB.

[wildondallas]

mighty mojo, did you create the hack for what you have an image attached for?

[MajorFm.com]

Originally Posted by GSX-Racing

Can this work on a non vb forum page? For example an index page that doesn't use vB.

ditto

[ngto]

I have searched all morning, and cannot seem to find anyone with a mod/hack to get a mini-calendar or events listing to show independently of vB (so it can be included in an iframe or sucked via http). Does anyone know if this mod does this? I tried and cannot get it to work outside VB

[Bonee70]

Originally Posted by ngto

I have searched all morning, and cannot seem to find anyone with a mod/hack to get a mini-calendar or events listing to show independently of vB (so it can be included in an iframe or sucked via http). Does anyone know if this mod does this? I tried and cannot get it to work outside VB

Any info so far?