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!

[Hyrel]

oooh can't wait~ Finally got it working! It's just very very very slow, like it's having to upload form the armory each time, is that right?

[elricstorm]

No, it shouldn't be slow. If you have a slow hosting site that could be part of the problem. It only queries the site and updates the information for the individual looking at the event. If it does get slow or goes down, the curl features and the conditionals should bypass the site altogether. My site is fairly fast but then I have a pretty good hosting plan too. Remember, that speed will affect each user on an individual basis also. So, for instance, if my ISP provider went down or was having problems reaching the armory, I would be the only one having issues and would use the conditionals to bypass the site. Whereas, others would have no problems whatsoever.

I'm not sure how it would run on a privately built or pre-made server. I've always found those types of servers to be slower. That's why I won't privately host my own site.

And, glad you finally got it working!

[elricstorm]

Version 1.2.4 Changes

• Added encode features for utf8 to handle European characters such as umlauts in names.
• Added a new column for talents. The most points spent in a given talent determines the primary name of the spec you are trained in. Furthermore, if you hover over the talent entry you can see the full talent numbers trained.
• Added a new column for gender.
• Added the ability to include images.
• Class icon images and gender/race/class specific images are displayed on columns.
• When images mode is on, gender:race becomes a combined column. If you hover over the gender:race icon, you will see the full alternate name for the person.
• When images mode is off, gender and race become split columns instead.
• Added 3 new functions to handle the new imaging and talent codes implemented.

Enjoy.

Edit: I almost forgot. I corrected phrase names as well so that now all english words are phrased. This should help out the european community a bit.

[Gooner]

Great work, Only 1 problem is that every person race has undead male image, even trolls, orcs taurens, all have same undead male image

And my Talent space is blank, nothing shows in it. maybe this is because im viewing signups on an old raid which happened yesterday?

[Gooner]

False Alarm, I made a blank event and tested it, And it works PERFECT, Its just the current events which were made before the updated virsion got installed doesnt update, Your update is perfect, And i cant wait to see what you add in 1.2.5, I hope there is no end to what you can add.

[elricstorm]

Yeah if you just overwrite, there won't be information tied to image icons and talents until the person visits the event. That's why there's a dirty way and a clean way. I actually installed via the dirty way because my members visit so often, I knew they would update their information automatically in a quick timeframe. I wrote that down in the main section on updating to 1.2.4 - hopefully people read it. And, again, thanks.

And, just to reiterate, the OLD events will update - but only when your members visit "any" of the events on your calendar. When they do, their information is updated in the armorydata table and then all events they signed up on, even old ones, will update with the right information.

[Zarith]

My talents column doesn't work it says cloth... but if i hover the tooltip shows the breakdown.

[elricstorm]

Originally Posted by Zarith

My talents column doesn't work it says cloth... but if i hover the tooltip shows the breakdown.

What class -> what talent tree ->

Provide the character name -> the server name -> and the locale (EU or US) and I can throw up a test script and look right at the array naming variables.

The problem may just be with the armory. All of the trees are set properly via the armory array, but I did notice that instead of subtlety for rogues, they listed that tree as "lockpicking" - lol. All of the talent trees so far are checking out. Let me know which one that one is.

I can place in a substitution naming for the ones that blizzard list incorrectly. It's not a problem with the mod though. That's a problem with array naming conventions that blizzard decided to use with the armory.

[Noxious]

1.2.4 works perfect for me, fantastic

[Zarith]

Originally Posted by elricstorm

What class -> what talent tree ->

Provide the character name -> the server name -> and the locale (EU or US) and I can throw up a test script and look right at the array naming variables.

The problem may just be with the armory. All of the trees are set properly via the armory array, but I did notice that instead of subtlety for rogues, they listed that tree as "lockpicking" - lol. All of the talent trees so far are checking out. Let me know which one that one is.

I can place in a substitution naming for the ones that blizzard list incorrectly. It's not a problem with the mod though. That's a problem with array naming conventions that blizzard decided to use with the armory.

Dukkon, US, Muradin
I'm a Elemental Shaman.

When i hover over the cloth, it shows the proper talent points 41/0/# But it says Cloth instead of Elemental.