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!

[elricstorm]

Originally Posted by Hyrel

Elric is evil! Just when I get one addon working he adds another to frustrate me =p

Ok, I have it just shy of being exactly the way I want it. I've added the column and header for the member's spec. All that is missing is adding the commands to actually make it pull the data from userfield22 and input it in the table.

I tried changing calendar_getday_event which seemed like it was part of the process but I either missed something or that is only part. This seemed a good point in which to ask for help before I mess something up ^_^

1.1.3 should not have to be changed at all. For the older version with non-armory data, you just have to designate what fields you are using in the vboptions section. It should be straightforward.

[Yukino_AE]

Originally Posted by elricstorm

1. Did you follow all of the steps outlined in the help file?
2. What version of php are you running on your site?
3. Do you have the curl library installed?
4. Do you have fopen for URLs turned on?
5. Are you running any calendar modifications other than this one?

Let's start with that for starters.

Yes I followed the steps. or at least i hope i did i read them all i think @_@ lol
php version 4.4.7
curl library... erm???
open for urls on ??? (sorry forgive me i'm kinda new to some of this. blah)
and no other modifications to calendar. this is the only one on a fresh install.

[elricstorm]

Originally Posted by Yukino_AE

Yes I followed the steps. or at least i hope i did i read them all i think @_@ lol
php version 4.4.7
curl library... erm???
open for urls on ??? (sorry forgive me i'm kinda new to some of this. blah)
and no other modifications to calendar. this is the only one on a fresh install.

Go into your admincp>maintenance>view phpinfo and look through there and below the following sections:

Configuration > PHP Core

You should see..

• allow_url_fopen On On

If this is set to OFF, that's your first problem and you need to talk to your host provider to have them change the php.ini file to allow it to ON. The parser uses file_get_contents to pull data from the xml file on the armory.

The second thing you should look for is under the following section while viewing the same file:

Section is named CURL

• CURL support enabled
• CURL Information libcurl/7.13.1 OpenSSL/0.9.7f zlib/1.2.2.2 libidn/0.5.15

If you don't see this then you have another problem and need to ask your hosting provider to install the curl libary which is a very common libary that everyone should have. Check that next. Also, make sure you read the troubleshooting section of the chm file.

[Yukino_AE]

Originally Posted by elricstorm

Go into your admincp>maintenance>view phpinfo and look through there and below the following sections:

Configuration > PHP Core

You should see..

• allow_url_fopen On On

If this is set to OFF, that's your first problem and you need to talk to your host provider to have them change the php.ini file to allow it to ON. The parser uses file_get_contents to pull data from the xml file on the armory.

The second thing you should look for is under the following section while viewing the same file:

Section is named CURL

• CURL support enabled
• CURL Information libcurl/7.13.1 OpenSSL/0.9.7f zlib/1.2.2.2 libidn/0.5.15

If you don't see this then you have another problem and need to ask your hosting provider to install the curl libary which is a very common libary that everyone should have. Check that next. Also, make sure you read the troubleshooting section of the chm file.

hi! thanks for the quick reply. i checked the sections you said. my allow_url_fopen is indeed set to on and the the curl section is enabled and shows the same curl info...

i'll go back and read the troubleshooting section again to see if i've missed anything but it looks like it's all correct.

[elricstorm]

Well that's great to hear. Try the steps in the .chm file one by one just to double check things and you might find out there is just one tiny thing wrong that's preventing you from using this. Otherwise, I'll continue helping you if you need help. It sounds like you at least have the backend configured properly so that's a giant step.

[Yukino_AE]

Originally Posted by elricstorm

Well that's great to hear. Try the steps in the .chm file one by one just to double check things and you might find out there is just one tiny thing wrong that's preventing you from using this. Otherwise, I'll continue helping you if you need help. It sounds like you at least have the backend configured properly so that's a giant step.

LOL Yeah k, I'm a retard. Found my own problem. It helps when the wowcalendar_functions is placed into the includes folder and not the main forum folder. LOL

Oh geez. *sigh* Hahah. Thanks for all the help elric and the fast responses. I'll pay more attention to where I'm uploading stuff next time. LOL dur.

[Hyrel]

Oh no, everything is working great! I was trying to add in a new column for displaying the spec info. I have the column and row added to the table, but I need to add the code to have it pull the information from the userfield and display it in the table.

you can see here what I mean.

http://www.rivalnation.com/forums/ca...=2007-6-25&c=1

The userfield is already added, it's userfield22

[elricstorm]

Originally Posted by Hyrel

Oh no, everything is working great! I was trying to add in a new column for displaying the spec info. I have the column and row added to the table, but I need to add the code to have it pull the information from the userfield and display it in the table.

you can see here what I mean.

http://www.rivalnation.com/forums/ca...=2007-6-25&c=1

The userfield is already added, it's userfield22

Look over the code I used for just pulling the level data in that mod. Mimic it for the new column. If you get stuck, just PM me and I'll help you along since I'd like to keep discussion topics in this thread related to the latest mod and not a previous one. But, I will definitely help you out with it.

Thanks,

[elricstorm]

If anyone is interested, I'm going to begin work on a third project for raid progression. Here's the URL for the discussion:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=1276906

[louth]

How would I go about changing the default font? Comic Sans MS is weak.

Awesome mod otherwise, keep up the good work.