[RELEASE v2] Today's Events on Main Forum Page

my first hack, enjoy...

Today's Events on Main Forum Page
Hack Version: 4

Description:
Lists today's events on the main page, under the Online Users & Birthdays (both public, and private events).
*Version 2 adds the ability to list either bulleted or linear
*Version 3 uses the users timezone adjusted date, rather than the servers date
*Version 4 fixes a type-o on line 47ish, and adds one bit of instruction if using the bulleted list, rather than linear

Files to Add: todaysevents.php
Files to Edit: index.php
Templates to Edit: forumhome_loggedinusers
Templates to Add: calendar_privateevent_linear, calendar_publicevent_linear
Demo:
Bulleted:

Linear:


upgrade from version 2:
0) backup necessary files
1) upload new todaysevents.php
2) done

upgrade from version 2:
0) backup necessary files
1) upload new todaysevents.php
2) done

upgrade from version 1:
0) backup necessary files
1) upload new todaysevents.php
2) add 2 templates
(NOTE: there is an important space after the comma at the end, and an extra space in {calpubliccolor } and {calprivatecolor })

calendar_publicevent_linear

PHP Code:

<a href="calendar.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&action=getinfo&eventid=$eventid"><smallfont color="{calpubliccolor }">$eventsubject</smallfont></a>, 


calendar_privateevent_linear

PHP Code:

<a href="calendar.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&action=getinfo&eventid=$eventid"><smallfont color="{calprivatecolor }">$eventsubject</smallfont></a>, 


3) edit todaysevents.php to either show bulleted or linear events (comment or uncomment the corresponding eval statement)
4) done



First Time Installation:
0) backup everything, just in case
1) upload todaysevents.php to your main vbulletin directory
2) edit index.php
after this:

PHP Code:

if ($displayloggedin) { 


add this:

PHP Code:

require('./todaysevents.php'); 


3) edit the 'forumhome_loggedinusers' template
change this:

PHP Code:

$birthdaybits</smallfont></td> 


to this:

PHP Code:

$birthdaybits
$todaysevents</smallfont></td> 


4) add 2 templates
(NOTE: there is an important space after the comma at the end, and an extra space in {calpubliccolor } and {calprivatecolor })

calendar_publicevent_linear

PHP Code:

<a href="calendar.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&action=getinfo&eventid=$eventid"><smallfont color="{calpubliccolor }">$eventsubject</smallfont></a>, 


calendar_privateevent_linear

PHP Code:

<a href="calendar.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&action=getinfo&eventid=$eventid"><smallfont color="{calprivatecolor }">$eventsubject</smallfont></a>, 


5) edit todaysevents.php to either show bulleted or linear events (comment or uncomment the corresponding eval statement, and the line near the end doing the substr)

6) All done.


one person downloaded version 4, i didnt test my change, and forgot to comment out a line.
line 10 needs comments for that one person who downloaded the bad version 4

this one is fixed, fyi (its at the bottom somewhere)
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...943#post141943

[azork]

what do you put in the todaysevent.phpfile?

[SirSteve]

Originally posted by kyrnel

I modified the hack to display events for the next two weeks by modifying the SQL query to this:

SELECT eventid, subject, eventdate, public
FROM calendar_events
WHERE (eventdate >= '$today' AND eventdate <= DATE_ADD('$today', INTERVAL 14 DAY)) AND ((userid = '$bbuserinfo[userid]') OR (public = 1))
ORDER BY eventdate

I also modified the hack to display "None" if there are no events found. You just have to add an 'else' clause to the If/Then statement.

How is the "Upcoming Weeks" part pulled in? By the same $todaysevents ?

And where is that If/Then statement to change for "None" ?

[Floris]

In your instructions you say: Edit template forumhome_loggedinusers from $birthdaybits to $birthdaybits then $todaysevents then the smallfont and end tag for the cell.

This is how my 'vB 2.2.2' ORIGINAL template looks like:

<tr id="cat">
	<td bgcolor="{categorybackcolor}" colspan="6"><a href="online.php?s=$session[sessionhash]"><normalfont color="{categoryfontcolor}"><b>Currently Active Users</b></normalfont></a><normalfont color="{categoryfontcolor}"><b>: $totalonline</b></normalfont></td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td bgcolor="{firstaltcolor}" colspan="6"><smallfont>
	<nobr>There are currently  $numberregistered members and $numberguest guests on the boards.</nobr> |
	<nobr>Most users ever online was $recordusers on $recorddate at $recordtime.</nobr><br>
	$activeusers</smallfont></td>
</tr>

And after $activeusers it doesn't say $birthdaybits .. so that template is wrong!


I fixed this by going to that template and just add $todaysevents right below $activeusers and then edited the todaysevents.php file by replacing the original line with:

$todaysevents = "<tr><td bgcolor='{firstaltcolor} colspan='6'><smallfont>Today's Events: ";

So instead of that <hr> It now gets displayed in its own cell, why is this needed?

If either a birthday isn't there, or no event, an empty table screwup will appear with a single line that looks like an empty cell.

[rishel]

Is there a way to put this on a non VB page, where it actually lists the events? Say on the index page of a website ( in our case we use an index.php page etc )?

[mondaynightmike]

reat hack just installed, thanks.

[tanster]

This is wonderful, and your instructions were great. Thank you!

Jennie

[Sadie Frost]

If anyone else is having the problem where birthdays and events on the same day conflict and cause events to move to the top, what worked for me was to move $todaysevents before $birthdaybits (I have these in my forumhome).

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[syion]

Is it possible to have the events show up on NON VB pages ?

I want the upcoming events to show up on my web sites main page.

Thanks, this it really a great hack !

[amsch]

Anyone having problems with 2.2.4? I ca not get mine to show up and everything is correct. I get this error,
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: vbdate() in /home/sites/20ishparents.com/web/boards/todaysevents.php on line 19

[Steve Machol]

I've used this successfully on every version from 2.0.3 to 2.2.5. Never had a problem.