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!

[manub]

My host doesn't support the curl library. Do I have to use the version without Armory?

[Caerydd]

Originally Posted by Elenna

Any chance this can be modified to work with the Event Forum mod?

I second this. I'm looking at just using Farcaster's mod and that, if I can't get the armory version of this to work.

My host has curl, but fopen not at all. However the host's wiki indicates that fopen can be bypassed by using curl - is it possible to get a version of this mod that would do it that way, since it uses curl anyways?

[louth]

Originally Posted by elricstorm

All new calendar versions will use the new profile fields that gwow uses as well. I understand that it may appear more confusing for you but it is very flexible. Given that eventually the system may support up to 6 characters or more, it would be silly to expect everyone to create extra profile fields to accomodate the system.

With the new changes, it puts more emphasis on the user rather than the administrator. In addition, it supports cross-server, cross-faction.

Thanks,

But, I don't want that.

I'm asking if there's anyway to change the font with the version I want to use, because that's what I want to use on my forums.

Thanks in advance.

[elricstorm]

Originally Posted by Caerydd

I second this. I'm looking at just using Farcaster's mod and that, if I can't get the armory version of this to work.

My host has curl, but fopen not at all. However the host's wiki indicates that fopen can be bypassed by using curl - is it possible to get a version of this mod that would do it that way, since it uses curl anyways?

Not without creating a new XML parser. The xml parser built into vbulletin's class uses fopen. I would have to create a completely unique parser and I don't really want to have to do that. fopen and curl are 100% controllable in any PHP environment. Therefore, it's up to the end user to decide whether or not to change their environments and to use the addon.

I've made a great many compromises to the addon over time but this is one that I don't see changing for quite some time.

Thanks,

[elricstorm]

Originally Posted by louth

But, I don't want that.

I'm asking if there's anyway to change the font with the version I want to use, because that's what I want to use on my forums.

Thanks in advance.

The fonts are changeable in vb options for this addon. If you are using a different version that doesn't have those vboptions then you need to edit the modification and change the font directly.

Thanks,

[Kahoona]

Is there a way you could make a cURL patch due to the security faults of allow_url_fopen and
allow_url_include?

[Gryphon]

There are no security faults with fopen, or vBulletin would not use it themselves as well.

[Kahoona]

Well, my host does not have fopen turned on, and I do not have the knowledge to create a custom PHP.ini file.

[Caerydd]

:-/

It's the only thing I can think of that would be why your mod is not working on my forums. For now I'm going with Farcaster and Event Forums (as the event forum functionality is vur vur nice for my guild) as it works 'now' and I can make several calendars to handle events like pvp, arena, heroics and RP, and have separate permissions for the raid calendar sign ups.

I might have another go at installing it, but I don't get any option to sign up once the event has been created, even after ticking 'allow users to sign up' when creating an event.. At the time it was a clean install, and yes I did double check the installation instructions - even though I had to make mah boyf alt tab out of wow so I could read them (.chm files to work on macs! I demand OS-neutral instructions. GIEF EPIXPL0XNOWOMGBB.

Ahem.

Errr, anyways >>

Mac friendly instruction File
Integration with event forums.
I get myself a new host that allows fopen. (although vb has no trouble >< Anyone remember a low cost web host? VPS and PS are beyond my means at present.)

[Krieg]

Hi elricstorm and thank you for that mode.

I would prefer to tell you that everything is going fine on my boards but as you would expect, this is not the case.

I installed the 1.2.7 version as stated in the .chm file and I am having several issues as you can see in the attached images.

Firstly, I went to check your own boards just to have a complete view of the addon fully working (1st image) and it differs from what I have.

- despite the fact I filled the image path field differently (http://path.to/my/forums/images/wow or ./images/wow), images don't show up and when I check the path in the missing image proprieties, it keeps showing the same path : http://path.to/my/forums/
- on the profile page, there are links towards the armory for the various characters, but in my boards, there is no link (last image)

Actually, there seems not to be any link towards the armory and details such as classes, templates, etc don't appear. I have checked my host fopen paramaters and it is configured.

I am not a really advanced vBulletin coder but I tried to digg it out but I am now hopeless

If you have a few minutes, I would be glad if you can read through my problems and hope to be of the best help if you need it.