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!

[Disi]

Hiho Elric, didn't read through the whole thread, so hopefully no one else posted that befor

maybee just a idea for you next release (No Armory version):

to make everything language independend

<!--(Table)=========================================================-->
<!--begin!kadov{{--><div align=center><!--}}end!kadov-->
<table class="btable" cellspacing=0 width=90%>
<tr>
<th class="bl vbmenu_control" width=21%>
<font style class="p" align=center>$vbphrase[calendar_time]</th>
<th class="vbmenu_control" width=21%>
<font style class="p" align=center>$vbphrase[calendar_name]</th>
<th class="vbmenu_control" width=7%>
<font style class="p" align=center>$vbphrase[calendar_level]</th>
<th class="vbmenu_control" width=9%>
<font style class="p" align=center>$vbphrase[calendar_race]</th>
<th class="vbmenu_control" width=10%>
<font style class="p" align=center>$vbphrase[calendar_class]</th>
<th class="br vbmenu_control" width=32%>
<font style class="p" align=center>$vbphrase[calendar_comments]</th></tr>
</table>

and the phrases

<phrase name="calendar_time" date="0" username="Elricstorm" version="1.0.0">
  <![CDATA[ Time ]]> 
</phrase>
<phrase name="calendar_name" date="0" username="Elricstorm" version="1.0.0">
  <![CDATA[ Name ]]> 
</phrase>
<phrase name="calendar_level" date="0" username="Elricstorm" version="1.0.0">
  <![CDATA[ Level ]]> 
</phrase>
<phrase name="calendar_race" date="0" username="Elricstorm" version="1.0.0">
  <![CDATA[ Race ]]> 
</phrase>
<phrase name="calendar_class" date="0" username="Elricstorm" version="1.0.0">
  <![CDATA[ Class ]]> 
</phrase>
<phrase name="calendar_comments" date="0" username="Elricstorm" version="1.0.0">
  <![CDATA[ Comments ]]> 
</phrase>

The other thing is, you schould cache the armory side and just update it once a day. its sometime so slow that i could me a cap of cofee . A secound advantage is that if you cache it you got a working version if armory is down

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Hi there,

I am receiving this error when trying to create a new raid... I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the product 6 times too!

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.8:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT field5,,
FROM userfield
WHERE userid = 1;

MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '
FROM userfield
WHERE userid = 1' at line 1
Error Number : 1064

[dune3000]

Hi Noxious,

Our club playing 3 games at this moment. Not just WoW

I like to install this MOD for WoW members.
But I don't want to have option on vB sign-up page to insert WoW character data.

How I can remove that ? And if I remove that will that effect factuality of this mod?

Thank you,

[dune3000]

Any help on that ?

[hinch]

is this still being actively supported ?

[hinch]

OK having some major issues with version 1.2.7 if anyone knows how

Basically its special characters that are causing my nightmare more specifically our server name.

Al'Akir
the ' = %27

If in the admincp settings i set the server as Al'Akir i get the error

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: curl_init() in /home/hinch/fa.com/includes/wowcalendar_functions.php on line 12

to resolve this i replaced the admincp server name with Al%27Akir

This gets past that initial error and allows me to view the calendar. However its now not parsing the character names in the usercp and not populating the dropdown lists. Again I believe the cause of this is the ' in the server name.

EU|Al'Akir|Horde|Hinch
EU|Al'Akir|Horde|Untard

However if i then this time replace the ' with %27 i get the same error as above.

Anyone got any suggestions

[Disi]

Originally Posted by dune3000

Hi Noxious,

Our club playing 3 games at this moment. Not just WoW

I like to install this MOD for WoW members.
But I don't want to have option on vB sign-up page to insert WoW character data.

How I can remove that ? And if I remove that will that effect factuality of this mod?

Thank you,

hmm ill quite don't get what you strait want, because its a WoW Event/Raidplaner so it is based on the characters.

Originally Posted by hinch

OK having some major issues with version 1.2.7 if anyone knows how

Basically its special characters that are causing my nightmare more specifically our server name.

Al'Akir
the ' = %27

If in the admincp settings i set the server as Al'Akir i get the error

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: curl_init() in /home/hinch/fa.com/includes/wowcalendar_functions.php on line 12

to resolve this i replaced the admincp server name with Al%27Akir

This gets past that initial error and allows me to view the calendar. However its now not parsing the character names in the usercp and not populating the dropdown lists. Again I believe the cause of this is the ' in the server name.

EU|Al'Akir|Horde|Hinch
EU|Al'Akir|Horde|Untard

However if i then this time replace the ' with %27 i get the same error as above.

Anyone got any suggestions

I wouldn't use the armory because if its down you don't have any cache or something like it. The secound reason is that the page get realy slow.

The Problem you're talking about happens when you got a UTF-8 setup of your php/apache/os. it's a pain in the a**** you'll always get that kind of problems.

[hinch]

Originally Posted by Disi

The Problem you're talking about happens when you got a UTF-8 setup of your php/apache/os. it's a pain in the a**** you'll always get that kind of problems.

not fussed about it not working or being slow due to armoury as thats typically only temp

but this problem with the ' any idea of a work around?

[Disi]

To be onest, not realy,

you could check what $xml in the product-wow_calendar.xml calls for the page and/or replace the ' with a %27

[Gryphon]

It appears that it is not the server name. Does it work for any other servers? It appears more likely that you do not have cURL compiled with php.