Calendar Enhancements - Calendar Search and Download

Calendar Search and Download for vB4

This mod addresses yet another basic feature missing from vB4 - calendar search and download


Features:

Replaces the Calendar menu item with a drop-down menu which adds a calendar search and export function. You can search in username, event title, description. custom fields, calendar and by year/month range. You can also export the search results (or the full calendar) as an iCalendar file (for import into a PC, mobile, Google, etc) or as a PDF text document.

Both export functions include email contact information for the event poster (provided that the current user has permission to view member groups and send emails AND the event poster allows email contact).

NEW! - v1.04b onward supports automated Google Calendar updates (view your vB calendar on Google alongside your other calendars!)

You can use the automatic indexing feature in Google Calendars to view your forum calendar (and sync it with your Nokia/iPhone/BlackberryAndroid/etc cell phone). Only calendars that have unregistered user access will be viewable (Unregistered Usergroup->can view calendars & ->view others events to yes).

To setup Google Calendars (http://www.google.com/calendars) to view your vB calendar(s) , select Other calendars->add->add by URL then enter http://your_forum_url/calsearch.php?do=gcal (replacing your_forum_url with your real forum URL!). Google can take many hours to actually index the vB calendar so be patient! If you want to start from a particular year - &startyear=20xx (it defaults to the current year).

Tested with Vbulletin 4.0.2 AND vBadvanced 4 beta. Product has no custom phrases or template/code edits. It uses two template hook locations in the navbar to change the calendar menu to a drop-down.


Settings:
None are needed - it does what it says on the tin .

AdminCP->vbulletin->options->message searching options->search results per page

Determines the number of event items displayed per page.


Installation

1. Unzip the download package and copy the contents of the UPLOAD folder into your forum folder.
2. Go to the VB AdminCP->Plugins & Products click "Manage Products". The click "Add/ImportProduct" at the bottom of the page.
3. Click "Browse" button and point to the product-calsearch-(etc).XML file included in this ZIP package.
4. Click "Import"

... all done


Updates

To update- uninstall the product AND delete the uploaded file calsearch.php then re-install as above.

v1.10
tested with vB 4.0.3
Recurring events now grouped by date
v1.09b
Added month selection options
v1.08b
Now allows reverse date order search (by entering a "To" year less than the "From" year.
Fixed user timezone issue with iCal files
v1.07b
Added full support for recurring events (also included in iCal export)
v1.06b
Changed search option layout
Start year now uses current year if no year selected (iCal/PDF/Google downloads all start from current year).
v1.05b
Standardised phrasing
Added "no events found" message
v1.04b:
Added calendar selection dropdown
Fixed IE layout issues
Added Google Calendar support
v103b:
Fixed time zone issue yet again (it DOES work this time!)
v102b:
Fixed time zone issue properly this time
Added drop down to select search field
Added support for searching custom calendar fields.
v101b:
Fixed time zone date calculation (was showing event on wrong day in some locales)



John

[Toorak Times]

Bump...has anyone had a need for something like this, would be great for me IS NOT 4.2.3 compatible

[HM666]

Works fine on the latest vB 4.2.5! To enable it to work on 4.2.5 you need to do the following:

1. Download "Calendar Search and Download_110.zip" . Unzip to your desktop.

2. In an HTML editor or notebook open the product-calsearch_110.xml file. (DO NOT USE MS WORD!!!)

3. Find:

<dependency dependencytype="vbulletin" minversion="4.0.2" maxversion="4.1" />

4. Change To:

<dependency dependencytype="vbulletin" minversion="4.0.2" maxversion="4.2.6" />

5. Save the file.

6. Follow the OP'S/DEV'S install instructions.

7. After you import the file you most likely may not be able to see a drop down in your calendar area. If this is the case then you can manually add a calendar link in your calendar template where you would like to place it. I have a box that I coded at the top of my calendar and this is where I added my search link for the calendar areas. Just be sure that where ever you add your link that you use the url with calsearch.php on the end of it.

EXAMPLE:

<a href="http://yoursite.com/calsearch.php">Calendar Search</a>

Change "yoursite.com" to your actual URL.

If you need help placing it in your templates post back here and I'll help if I can.