Event Forums

Note: This plugin has been discontinued and taken over here. Installing this plugin is *not* recommended.

The plugin creates a tight integration between a calendar and a forum.

• When an event is created in a calendar, a corresponding thread is created in its forum.
• When an event is deleted, its thread is deleted.
• When a thread is deleted, its event is deleted.
• When an event is edited, its thread is edited.
• When a thread is edited via quick edit, its event is edited.
• Links to event details are redirected to the thread.
• New post links in event forums are redirected to new event forms, except for moderators.
• Advanced editing on a thread is redirected to event edit.

To set up your calendar/forum pairs, look under "Event Forums" in "vBulletin Options" in admincp.

There is also one template change. In calendar_showeventsbit, change:

PHP Code:

<td class="tcat">$eventinfo[title]</td> 


to:

PHP Code:

<td class="tcat"><if condition="$eventinfo[nwt_threadid]"><a href="showthread.php?t=$eventinfo[nwt_threadid]"></if>$eventinfo[title]<if condition="$eventinfo[nwt_threadid]"></a></if></td> 


I run a forum at http://nwtekno.org/ that is heavily oriented to calendar data, so this is useful to me, though I'm not sure how useful it will be to others. Mostly I'm putting this up for critique by people who know more than me.

One thing I'm wondering is how to get the included template (nwteventforums_calendar_showeventsbit) to replace calendar_showeventsbit when installed. Or should I just tell people to copy/paste from one to another?

[jugo]

Originally Posted by thecool

1. My registered users get:
Invalid Thread specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator
when they try to post an event.

it seems like the event has to be moderated even though ALL of their permissions say otherwise.

Any way to get this fixed??

Also, is there a way to insert the additional Info posted in the post text instead of the Thread Title?

[GReaper]

The "Invalid thread specified" occurs if the event/post length is too short. Rather annoyingly the event is still posted on the calendar, however the thread isn't posted, so theres no valid link to a thread.

It would be great if the title prefix was a customisable option in the vBulletin control panel.

[thecool]

Originally Posted by FD929

I posted the moderation problem earlier in the thread, no reply yet.

Overwrite the product with the attached xml to have m-d-y date format.

thanks, its working fine now. although is there any way to allow users to post the events themselves without moderation? (registered members are already set to be able to post events in the usergroup permissions section)

[SRuvbnhad]

Installed and works great! Question: Is there an option to change the way the thread is created? Instead of it being [day - month - year] I want it to adopt the standard format of [month - day - year]

Also, is there a way to post an event for future reference? Example I make a post on Monday for an event coming up the next Saturday. Instead of it showing up on Monday on the Calender, show up on Saturday. This maybe something in development and if so good job!

[HKAndrew]

Originally Posted by SRuvbnhad

Installed and works great! Question: Is there an option to change the way the thread is created? Instead of it being [day - month - year] I want it to adopt the standard format of [month - day - year]

Also, is there a way to post an event for future reference? Example I make a post on Monday for an event coming up the next Saturday. Instead of it showing up on Monday on the Calender, show up on Saturday. This maybe something in development and if so good job!

[day - month - year] is the standard in most places metric.

[taffy056]

Hi,

Installed with no problems, but how do I configure this to work, what is calendarid:forumid in the Events Forums section of the admincp?

taffy

[Wayne Luke]

Have this installed but there are two issues:

1) It should use the default date format in the forums. I created an event and it says 05-08-20 for the date. My members are American for the most part and this is an improper date format. I am not running an International Forum.

2) After the date it says [][] in the thread title. I am guessing the times belong here but don't really now. These should be fixed or removed.

[jugo]

Originally Posted by GReaper

The "Invalid thread specified" occurs if the event/post length is too short. Rather annoyingly the event is still posted on the calendar, however the thread isn't posted, so theres no valid link to a thread.

It would be great if the title prefix was a customisable option in the vBulletin control panel.

Not in my case (and others as well).

The post gets thrown in the moderator queue and the user does not see it until the admin releases it, regardless of the settings.

There Has to be a way around this.

[endquote]

Originally Posted by Wayne Luke

Have this installed but there are two issues:

1) It should use the default date format in the forums. I created an event and it says 05-08-20 for the date. My members are American for the most part and this is an improper date format. I am not running an International Forum.

Agreed, I should change that.

Originally Posted by Wayne Luke

2) After the date it says [][] in the thread title. I am guessing the times belong here but don't really now. These should be fixed or removed.

After the date, any custom fields you have in your calendar are displayed. Do you have custom fields in your calendar?

[endquote]

Originally Posted by taffy056

Installed with no problems, but how do I configure this to work, what is calendarid:forumid in the Events Forums section of the admincp?

If you go to either a calendar or forum, it's the calendarid (c=1) or forumid (f=16) in the URL.