Miscellaneous Hacks - Mini-Calendar in Header by BOP5 (VB 4.x.x)

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Live Demo: Mini-Calendar at Qapla.com

This mod adds a small "mini-calendar" on the header of every page, next to the logo image.

It uses the built in "ad location" called global_header1. If you use an ad in that spot (most people don't) you will need to move it prior to enabling this mod else it will not show.

If the Calendar doesn't show and you're on a custom style it is likely the style does not have the ad location coded in. See post #15 in this thread for a fix

There are settings but it is setup to work immediately after installing. Most settings should only be adjusted by advanced users. The font sizes and locations are setup for English day and month names- you may need to manually edit the headcalendar_bop5 template manually for it to look right in other languages.

You can use it as a link to the default vBulletin calendar (default behavior) or not. Also you can choose to disable it in specific styles if need be. Finally you can choose whether it displays the date based off the server's timezone or the user's timezone. (Default is user's timezone.)

New in Version 1.1 - Option to disable the display of the mini-calendar by usergroup. (Primary or secondary will work.)

I don't anticipate there will be much further development on this mod, it was just a simple thing I put together for one of my forums I figured like sharing- it already does everything I can think it needs to do, but if you have a suggestion that adds to the value I will consider it.

Each <div> has a unique id so you can use additional.css to make changes as needed.

You can see the default calendar is "blue" on top. Various other alternative color options are included in the download (red, green, yellow, and more...)

Tested as far back as VB 4.0.8 and as recent as 4.2.0 and expected to work on all 4.x versions.

Please "Mark as Installed" if you use this.
Donations Always Appreciated. :up:

[RobbieZ]

Then again if you have a notice it'll knock that down.. hmmm. nevermind

[Mr_Running]

Yes, Awesome

Usergroup permissions?

Prefer not to display to guest

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by Nirjonadda

Residence Time not working correctly? Its Showing Up 8:20PM When Current local time is 4:20PM

Are you sure your timezone is set correctly? Are you using the setting for User's Time? If so it should match the time at the bottom of every page- "The time now is 01:58 PM" for example.

Originally Posted by Mr_Running

Yes, Awesome

Usergroup permissions?

Prefer not to display to guest

I will add that at some point. :up:

[deverill2010]

Thats a shame, I have just had to unistal it. Apparently my new skin doesn't have that ad location..

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by deverill2010

Thats a shame, I have just had to unistal it. Apparently my new skin doesn't have that ad location..

You just need to add this code to your header template:

	<div class="ad_global_header">
		{vb:raw ad_location.global_header1}
		{vb:raw ad_location.global_header2}
	</div>

In the default VB style it is only 2 lines up from the very end of the header template- above the following code:

       <hr />
</div>

[ahobilam]

Is there any possible to connect with google calendar to show todays event also with the date?

[BirdOPrey5]

no.

[dlewisr]

Cute. I like it. Nice work

[Mr_Running]

User Group Permissions

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

I will add that at some point. :up:

I am drooling :up: with every passing day.

[Front Range 4x4]

Installed!

Thanks, I like it! To get it to look the way I preferred I did some small changes and used just this portion of the code.

{vb:raw ad_location.global_header1}

Here's where I moved it to and what it looks like on my site.