[RELEASE v2] Today's Events on Main Forum Page

my first hack, enjoy...

Today's Events on Main Forum Page
Hack Version: 4

Description:
Lists today's events on the main page, under the Online Users & Birthdays (both public, and private events).
*Version 2 adds the ability to list either bulleted or linear
*Version 3 uses the users timezone adjusted date, rather than the servers date
*Version 4 fixes a type-o on line 47ish, and adds one bit of instruction if using the bulleted list, rather than linear

Files to Add: todaysevents.php
Files to Edit: index.php
Templates to Edit: forumhome_loggedinusers
Templates to Add: calendar_privateevent_linear, calendar_publicevent_linear
Demo:
Bulleted:

Linear:


upgrade from version 2:
0) backup necessary files
1) upload new todaysevents.php
2) done

upgrade from version 2:
0) backup necessary files
1) upload new todaysevents.php
2) done

upgrade from version 1:
0) backup necessary files
1) upload new todaysevents.php
2) add 2 templates
(NOTE: there is an important space after the comma at the end, and an extra space in {calpubliccolor } and {calprivatecolor })

calendar_publicevent_linear

PHP Code:

<a href="calendar.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&action=getinfo&eventid=$eventid"><smallfont color="{calpubliccolor }">$eventsubject</smallfont></a>, 


calendar_privateevent_linear

PHP Code:

<a href="calendar.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&action=getinfo&eventid=$eventid"><smallfont color="{calprivatecolor }">$eventsubject</smallfont></a>, 


3) edit todaysevents.php to either show bulleted or linear events (comment or uncomment the corresponding eval statement)
4) done



First Time Installation:
0) backup everything, just in case
1) upload todaysevents.php to your main vbulletin directory
2) edit index.php
after this:

PHP Code:

if ($displayloggedin) { 


add this:

PHP Code:

require('./todaysevents.php'); 


3) edit the 'forumhome_loggedinusers' template
change this:

PHP Code:

$birthdaybits</smallfont></td> 


to this:

PHP Code:

$birthdaybits
$todaysevents</smallfont></td> 


4) add 2 templates
(NOTE: there is an important space after the comma at the end, and an extra space in {calpubliccolor } and {calprivatecolor })

calendar_publicevent_linear

PHP Code:

<a href="calendar.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&action=getinfo&eventid=$eventid"><smallfont color="{calpubliccolor }">$eventsubject</smallfont></a>, 


calendar_privateevent_linear

PHP Code:

<a href="calendar.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&action=getinfo&eventid=$eventid"><smallfont color="{calprivatecolor }">$eventsubject</smallfont></a>, 


5) edit todaysevents.php to either show bulleted or linear events (comment or uncomment the corresponding eval statement, and the line near the end doing the substr)

6) All done.


one person downloaded version 4, i didnt test my change, and forgot to comment out a line.
line 10 needs comments for that one person who downloaded the bad version 4

this one is fixed, fyi (its at the bottom somewhere)
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...943#post141943

[tanster]

This is wonderful, and your instructions were great. Thank you!

Jennie

[Sadie Frost]

If anyone else is having the problem where birthdays and events on the same day conflict and cause events to move to the top, what worked for me was to move $todaysevents before $birthdaybits (I have these in my forumhome).

http://www.after-darkness.com

[syion]

Is it possible to have the events show up on NON VB pages ?

I want the upcoming events to show up on my web sites main page.

Thanks, this it really a great hack !

[amsch]

Anyone having problems with 2.2.4? I ca not get mine to show up and everything is correct. I get this error,
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: vbdate() in /home/sites/20ishparents.com/web/boards/todaysevents.php on line 19

[Steve Machol]

I've used this successfully on every version from 2.0.3 to 2.2.5. Never had a problem.

[Floris]

You are not the only one smachol no probs here too, and integrated with vB very nice

[geniuscrew]

Is it possible to show an image, underneath the event (relating to the event, of course ) on the main page? That'd be cool.

Thanx

[RaZor Edge]

There's something in this hack who will not work with latest version of Vbulletin because $birthdaybits is now independant of 'forumhome_loggedinusers'. It's now on template "forumhome_birthdaybit "

So... here what I do for correct the situation (mod of the original instal instruction)

a) In step 2

you must search for

if ($showbirthdays) {

instead of

if ($displayloggedin) {

and apply the code after "if ($showbirthdays)"

In step 3

Instead of template 'forumhome_loggedinusers', you must use 'forumhome_birthdaybit '.

So, in forumhome_birthdaybit templates, change this:

<tr>
<td bgcolor="#13486D" colspan="6"><smallfont>
Today's Birthdays: $birthdays</smallfont></td>
</tr>

For this:

<tr>
<td bgcolor="#13486D" colspan="6"><smallfont>
Today's Birthdays: $birthdays $todaysevents</smallfont></td>
</tr>

All others step are the same.

You can look at the results at my 2.2.6 vBulletin board here

[ForKmaN]

Is it possible to make it so a Calender event will popup when a user goes to the forum??

[ForKmaN]

Ok mine only shows up when I have a birthday on the same day as the event ...

[BigJohnson]

hhmm. My $birthdaybits is in the formhome template what do i do about that? Because mine is not showing up neither. Please help me out. Thanks.

[BigJohnson]

Ok it works now but i see the comma at the end. Why is that and how do i fix it?

[Steve Machol]

I put mine in the forumhome_pmloggedin and put $pminfo at the top of forumhome.

[ForKmaN]

? How did you fix it BigJohnson?

[doodio]

How do i make this to work on non-VB page? This would be great.