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!

[eddiec]

The Drop Down List is not populating the character names. anyone got any idea why this would happen? i followed the directions as listed in the help file. Thanks for your time and help.

eddiec

[Collyn]

any delay in armory could cause this. This is also assuming that you have the info your CP correct and the field # in your cp matches the field # in your settings as well.

[Wayne Luke]

Would be nice if it cached the armory data in a table within the local site. That way it only has to retrieve information if there is a new character signing up.

[Collyn]

indeed, Caching the Armory every 24 hours or by button click would be a nice thing to see.

[Caerydd]

Is anyone still updating this, perhaps for 3.7 ? I'm considering new hosts that hopefully allow fopen_url so that I can use this script, I'd like to know if elricstorm is going to continue developing, or I should just stick with farcaster's event attendance + event forums I really like this product, and am will to donate if I see continued support and activity.

[Philipp G?rard]

I also - surprise! - experience the problem with insane loading times. I'll take a look into the sourcecode but wonder how that can anyways happen if curl is beeing used properly.

Also, sometime the data is beeing read out wrong from the arsenal, the second entry-data (warlock, blood-elf) also fills out the data for the third entry. I suppose that is because the arsenal-server is not reachable within some time.

[Ninok]

No more support for this? I'm having major timeout issues while using the calendar.

[Patriko]

can anyone mod the non-armory version to work with the gwowchar string?

[BigKev45]

Im having the issue where the Charcters names do not show up. I have installed the hack completely and gone over it about 4 times. The field is correct and so is the server. Any help is appericated.

Thanks

[Patriko]

<a href="https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=141455&page=7" target="_blank">https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showt...=141455&page=7</a>

try that fix... worked like a charm for me!!

or...

open/edit the xml file

search for:
$xml = parse_wowarmory("http://" . $armory . "/character-sheet.xml?r=" . $vbulletin->options['wow_server'] . "&n=" . urlencode(utf8_encode($character)));

change to:
$xml = parse_wowarmory("http://" . $armory . "/character-sheet.xml?r=" . urlencode($vbulletin->options['wow_server']) . "&n=" . urlencode(utf8_encode($character)));

if you don't want to search, line 744

i also did this on a fresh install of the plugin