Calendar Enhancements - Farcaster's Event Attendance

A BETA version 2.0 is now available in the 3.7 modification area.

This hack will allow your users to RSVP "Yes," "No," or "Maybe," for events posted on your forum calendar. You can configure which calendars RSVP should be enabled or excluded from, and on each event you can also specify whether this is an RSVP event. Unlike the old Event Attendance script, this hack will work on all types of events whether they are single day, ranged or recurring.

For ranged and recurring events, members are able to RSVP for a single day of the event. So, if the recurring event occurs every Monday, your members can RSVP separately for each recurrence. For ranged events that span more than one day, members can sign up for individual days of the event. Thus, if the event had a duration of 5 days, a member could signup for only one or two of the days, if he chose.

This hack is known to work with 3.6.x, and may work with 3.5.x, but no support is offered for this version at this time.

vB Event Forums Users:
You will need to install an additional module: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=133970


Upgrade Instructions:
- 1 xml upload

1. Use the Product Manager to import the product file product-rah_calendar_rsvp_1_2_2.xml. Be sure to ALLOW OVERWRITE.

Installation Instructions
- 1 XML upload
- 1 template modification

1. Use the Product Manager to import the product file product-rah_calendar_rsvp_1_2_2.xml
2. Use the Style Manager to find and edit your calendar_showeventsbit:

Near the bottom of the calendar_showeventsbit, find:

     </form>

Below that add:

     $rsvp_form

That?s it. You should now configure any changes to the default options you like. If you previously used Event Attendance 2.0 by Arpy, you should disable it or uninstall it.

If you want to change any of the wording or need to enter translations, this hack uses the following phrases:

Calendar Phrases:
calendar_rsvp_allow
calendar_rsvp_attendquestion
calendar_rsvp_changelater
calendar_rsvp_maxlength
calendar_rsvp_maychange
calendar_rsvp_yoursvp
calendar_rsvpd
-- Added on 11/30/06:
calendar_rsvp_guest
calendar_rsvp_guest_limit
calendar_rsvp_guests_prompt
calendar_rsvp_max_guests
-- Added on 2/20/07
calendar_rsvp_changeby
calendar_rsvp_maychangeby
calendar_rsvp_closed
calendar_rsvp_expires

Standard Phrases:
yes
no
maybe
submit
comment
-- added on 2/20/07
minutes
seconds

Extra Instructions for 3.5.x Users:
This hack MAY work with 3.5.x, but you will need to add the standard global phrase "Comment"

Screenshots Attached.

If you use this hack, please be sure to click "Install" so that you can receive notifications of any updates.

Revision Log:
1.0.0 - 10/14/06 - Initial Release

1.0.1 - 10/19/06 - Maintenance Release.

• Updated to handle getting a link without the "day" parameter.
• Fixed timezone bug.
• Updated calendar_rsvp_yoursvp phrase to include date.
• Updated calendar_rsvp_attendquestion phrase to include date.
• Updated calendar_rsvp_form for changed phrases.

1.1.0 - 11/30/06 - Minor Revision

• Added ability for members to register guests in their RSVP. The guest system can be completely disabled, and is also configurable by event to limit the number of guests each member can bring.
• RSVPs are now time stamped. The date and time of the RSVP can be displayed on the RSVP form if desired from a setting in the admincp.
  RSVPs can now be sorted by the date the user signed up or by member name.
• The hack is now configured to work with the "Check Version" option for products in vBulletin.

1.1.1 - 12/15/06 - Maintenance Release.

• Fixed uninstallation code. The hack can now be uninstalled without error and will correctly remove all fields and tables added by this hack.

1.1.2 - 12/21/06 - Maintenance Release.

• Corrected install code to handle fields left behind by installations prior to version 1.1.1. You only need to install this update if you were recieving database errors when attempting to install the product.

1.2.0 - 02/20/07 - Minor Revision [Detailed Notes]

• Feature: Moderators and owners can remove member RSVPs from events.
• Feature: RSVP Expiration System added.
• Bug Fix: Changing the date or recurring options of an event now removes all RSVPs.

1.2.1 - 05/09/07 - Maintenance Release

• Bug Fix: Fixed problem with event description being truncated if it ended in the letter "n"
• Bug Fix: Fixed summary when multiple events on the same day are shown so that it no longer cumulatively adds the guests and member counts to the next event.

1.2.2 - 05/03/08 - Maintenance Release

• Added Security Token to be compatible with vBulletin 3.6.10 and 3.7.0.

This hack is provided completely free of charge. However, if you use this hack and are so moved, you may make a donation via PayPal:

[Farcaster]

I'm close to finishing up a rather major update to the Attendance modification, so be on the lookout for a new version in the next couple of days. This will be posted in the 3.7 section, but I expect it to be fully compatible with 3.6.x as well. Here is a summary of the coming changes in the new version:

• Greatly improved handling of differing timezones. Hopefully, much of the problems you may have been seeing with time zone issues, etc, will be resolved now.
• Configurable response options.. You won't be stuck with Yes, No, Maybe. You can setup whatever responses you want.
• When events are updated, RSVPs will not be deleted unless the event moved to a different day, or the end date of a ranged or recurring event was shortened. Changing the recurring options will still automatically delete the associated RSVPs.
• The ability to suppress RSVP deletions on event update entirely, if you wish, although this isn't recommended.
• You can now specify a maximum number of attendees for an event. After the maximum is reached, you can configure members to either receive an error or have their response (RSVP) automatically changed to something else. This could be used to create a wait-list bucket, for instance. There won't be any automated system to move members from the wait-list if a space becomes available in this revision, however.
• The time stamp on the RSVP is no longer changed unless the member when the member simply updates his comments. The date will only be changed if the member changes from one response to another (i.e. Yes to No).

Those changes represent many of the requests that were previously made on this thread. Are there any other quick-win / easy changes that anyone else would like to see?

Thank you all for your patience. As I said, you should be seeing a new version released within the next few days or so.

[Caerydd]

Amazing work Farcaster very glad to see you working on it again! The timezone bug was a big issue for my lot who straddle two different timezones ><

I use your modification to handle sign up for game raids, so the ability to make a wait bucket to begin with would be awesome

So our statuss would be

'Approved for Invite' - editable by event maker only (so part of your max attendees)
'Available' - editable by all users
'Back up or might not be able to come' - editable by all users
'Not available' - editable by all users

Would that be possible? We can cope/live without it as we have so far by putting final line ups in the body of the event

otherwise big thumbs up!

[Ozy]

Is there a way to set RSVP permissions? I want some users to be able to view the event but not RSVP to it.

[Elenna]

Originally Posted by Ozy

Is there a way to set RSVP permissions? I want some users to be able to view the event but not RSVP to it.

You could set up a conditional to not display the rsvp form for certain usergroups.

[Ozy]

Originally Posted by Elenna

You could set up a conditional to not display the rsvp form for certain usergroups.

I have no idea how to do that.

[Elenna]

Originally Posted by Ozy

I have no idea how to do that.

Check out this article:
http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/t...e_conditionals

What you'd want to do is make note of your usergroup numbers in the Usergroup Manager.

Then edit the template and "around" the $rsvp_form (that you added when installing), put this:

<if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 6, 13)">
$rsvp_form
</if>

That will hide the RSVP form from everyone except people in the 6 and 13 usergroups.

If you wanted to show another message, instead of just hiding it, you'd do this:

<if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 6, 13)">
$rsvp_form
<else />
You are not authorized to RSVP for this event.
</if>

[Ozy]

Works great. I'm still learning the in & outs of vb coding. That worked great.

[Farcaster]

A BETA version 2.0 is now available in the 3.7 modification area.

[Zweeper]

edit.....

[droid101]

I have an event up right now that says RSVP's have closed, even though the event isn't until tonight at 10PM.

I made sure that there wasn't any time int he "Close RSVP's this amount of time before event" and everything. Hrm...

http://constantcognizance.com/forums...9365#post19365

See?