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

*scratches head* Ok, I know I'm missing something stupid and that's why it's not filling in the tables. The fields are set correctly, checked that first. The php file is in the forum includes. Does it matter that my file system is forums instead of forum?

And installed the new xml file. No errors ^_^ but no armory data too.

Anyone who does coding should be nominated for sainthood /bow to the code master. This stuff gives me headaches ^_^

• What is your field name for main character?
• What is your field name for alternate 1?
• What is your field name for alternate 2?
• What is your locale? US or EU?
• What is your server name?
• Did you modify the code?

[elricstorm]

Version 1.2.3 is now the new stable version. When I come out with version 1.2.4 - the new version will be the beta version and 1.2.3 will be the stable version.

[Zaeolos]

My only problem is when I create recurring events, the only one that shows up on the calendar is the first event of that sequence. Is this a vBulletin thing or is my board messed up.

[Gooner]

I get this error with 1.2.3:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: curl_init() in /home/gooner07/public_html/includes/wowcalendar_functions.php on line 10

Any reason why?

i did everything exactly by instructions, This was a clean install since my site got totally wiped today because of a critical hard disk error.

[Hyrel]

I have some hidden issue on my board *grumbles* SO seeing how the guild is not using it yet and I hate looking for bugs, I'm going to purge the database and delete the files off the server and start over. I have a feeling it's an addon or mod I was trying out and thought I removed all traces of but missed some, missing things up. I was messing around with some memberlist mods and I have a feeling they are the ill messing things up -.-

Thanks again for all your help. For 2 years I've tried to find something that does what your doing. Phpraid was awesome except the lack of VB integration. And since guild members worldwide seem to suffer from the same laziness when it comes to using the guild website, different signups meant a good portion of the members wouldn't use it. Some because they are lazy; some because they are really clueless when it comes to the internet. So thank you again for making this available and for helping all us code noobs get it working ^_^

[Zaeolos]

Originally Posted by Gooner

I get this error with 1.2.3:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: curl_init() in /home/gooner07/public_html/includes/wowcalendar_functions.php on line 10

Any reason why?

i did everything exactly by instructions, This was a clean install since my site got totally wiped today because of a critical hard disk error.

I was getting that error at first. I did a phpinfo() and found that Curl had not been compiled into the php. Once I recompiled, everything was fine.

[Gooner]

it seems my hosting company are still setting up the server, which earlyer today had a new HDD installed, i was told i needed to wait :P

[Noxious]

well so far mine works great without a single problem

[Hyrel]

ok... now I'm truly perplexed.

Clean install of VB on a clean DB. After the installation I setup the VB settings and installed the mod. Followed the instructions to the T. Since it is a clean install field5, field9, and field10 are used for character name, alternate 1 and alternate 2. I wasn't sure if fields 6, 7, and 8 needed to be empty so I made dummy fields and deleted them to get me to field 9 and 10. Same problem as before. No errors are coming up. Everything works except it isn't getting the armory data. So the class total data is empty and the class, level, and race fields are empty. Going to do some diging see if I can find anything.

[Hyrel]

Here's a screenshot of the database tables...not sure if that helps any. the output is the same as the past screenshots.