Mini Calendar

Mini Calendar

THIS HAS MOVED OUT OF BETA. SEE THE NEW THREAD HERE: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=68117

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:

• 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.

[Colin F]

Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner.

I uploaded your file to my site, but (unfortunatelly) everything worked. The events are on the right day and the links work...

I'm thinking it has something to do with your timezone. What timezone are you in?

[upnorth]

Time zone that the forum is set on is (GMT –7:00) Mountain Time (US & Canada)

I took a look at the “event” table and it looks like data fields are filled in differently from the old events that were put in during version 2.3.2 and any new events that were put in after the upgrade. The differences are as follows.

Older events the “dateline_from” and “dateline_to” fields are filled in and 0 is in the “dateline” field. For the new events “dateline_from” is filled in and “dateline_to” is empty and “dateline” is filled in. Example can be found below.

Event / dateline_from / dateline_to / dateline
Old1 / 1090497600 / 1090501200 / empty
New1 / 1090972800 / 0 / 1090607909

Does this help at all? Any ideas?

[Colin F]

Ok, from the new one I know that dateline is when the event was entered. dateline_from is when it started.

On your old example, the dateline isn't filled in yet (I assume that's new) and the dateline_from and dateline_to are an hour apart.

You might try changing the date() functions to vbdate(), but I'm not sure if that would help

[uReside.com]

Will this work for having a different calender for each subforum? Can you have it automatically add the calendar when you add a new sub forum? Because i want a calender for each sub forum but i'm planning on having around 5000 sub forums

[Colin F]

no, there's nothing in it to make calendars. But you can have different calendars

[upnorth]

which date() function are you reffering to?

[Colin F]

all of them actually

[upnorth]

sorry for all the questions as I just started codeing and am very green behind the ears.

Do you mean I should try changeing like the following

$year=date("Y");
to
$year=vbdate("Y");

and

$dayname1 = vbdate('w',mktime(0,0,0,$month,1,$year));
to
$dayname1 = vbdate('w',mktime(0,0,0,$month,1,$year));

for example?

[Colin F]

yes.

But it's just a guess, because I'm not sure if vbdate has something to work around the timezones. It won't break anything for sure (well, pretty sure )