Calendar mods

dawyndham · March 12, 2007, 01:21:22 AM

Hmmm,

It seems to be interferring with previously posted events in the calendar. When i install the mod, any events that currenly span multiple days cease to span.

I'm getting the following errors too:

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..../index.php?action=packages;sa=install2;package=repeatEvents_1_2_2.zip

2: Missing argument 2 for db_query(), called in ...../Packages/temp/add_settings.php on line 35 and defined
File: ...../Sources/Subs.php
Line: 238

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..../index.php?action=packages;sa=install2;package=repeatEvents_1_2_2.zip

2: Missing argument 3 for db_query(), called in ...../Packages/temp/add_settings.php on line 35 and defined
File: ...../Sources/Subs.php
Line: 238

Seems strange to me as the mod doesn't touch subs.php

I'm also still losing the calendar every time I post a recurring event. If I try and display any month that has a recurring event it just displays a blank screen.

Chris Curran · March 12, 2007, 10:46:50 AM

Quote from: dawyndham on March 12, 2007, 01:21:22 AM
Hmmm,

It seems to be interferring with previously posted events in the calendar. When i install the mod, any events that currenly span multiple days cease to span.

That is normal. The 'span' logic has been replaced with true repeating events.

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..../index.php?action=packages;sa=install2;package=repeatEvents_1_2_2.zip

2: Missing argument 2 for db_query(), called in ...../Packages/temp/add_settings.php on line 35 and defined
File: ...../Sources/Subs.php
Line: 238

v1.2.3 has a fix for the 'add_settings.php' issue. This file (add_settings.php) is taken from the SDK, and is obviously broken....

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I'm also still losing the calendar every time I post a recurring event. If I try and display any month that has a recurring event it just displays a blank screen.

Dunno. Can you look at your http server logs to see if there is some error?

Chris Curran · March 12, 2007, 11:01:34 AM

Kindred,

OK, then I'll start thinking in that direction. If I may:

1) What names should these roles be titled? My names of 'coordinator' and 'participant' are a bit wordy. I came up with these names to reflect the nature of our intended use - general event handling and a classroom/instructor/student type of interaction. Are there better terms for these two roles?

2) I've never looked at your prev implementation of this feature. What UI mechanism did you use?

3) Did the event have to be linked to a post before it was available to 'attendees'? Events that are not linked have no href to click on, so I presume this is the case?

4) I (think I) saw somewhere that the attendee id was stored in a TEXT field in the event db. I'm not sure which is better - two TEXT fields in the db for each event (coordinators and participants), or, a separate table linked to the event id. The former means easier/less code, but wastes some db space; the latter is more efficient wrt db space usage, but is a little more code and maybe a (very) tiny performance hit. Opinions?

Kindred · March 12, 2007, 11:50:17 AM

1- Honestly, I think coordinator and participant are probably the best solutions... However, you could make the actual terms definable on a per installation basis in the admin section (?)

2- It was just a display at the top of the post (similar to the way Polls display) that indicated current attendees and had a link to add/remove your name form the list.

3- yes, the event for attendees had to be linked to a post...

4- Hmmm... I would actually suggest the second option. Having now managed a site that runs with a database in the hundreds of gigabytes, I have to say that anything that decreases db overhead is a good idea.

Chris Curran · March 16, 2007, 09:48:20 AM

Quote from: Kindred on March 12, 2007, 11:50:17 AM
4- Hmmm... I would actually suggest the second option. Having now managed a site that runs with a database in the hundreds of gigabytes, I have to say that anything that decreases db overhead is a good idea.

I certainly understand that dynamic. Before retiring, I was CTO at Tyler Retail, Inc (tylernet.com) and one of our customers is Tweeter. Talk about monster db's! Everything is measured in terabytes there...

Upon further reflection, I've decided to include the new event fields into the standard calendar db table. There is only one record (row) for each event, and I don't think there's going to be enough event records (rows) to warrant the added complexity of a shadow db. If anyone has a strong argument against this, speak up....

I'm off for the New Moon weekend and will check back in on Tue or Wed....

cheers,
Chris

Chris Curran · March 26, 2007, 08:33:38 AM

Quote from: Chris Curran on March 16, 2007, 09:48:20 AM
Upon further reflection, I've decided to include the new event fields into the standard calendar db table. There is only one record (row) for each event, and I don't think there's going to be enough event records (rows) to warrant the added complexity of a shadow db. If anyone has a strong argument against this, speak up....

Since no one seems to have an objection, I'm going to start down this road....

Leszer · April 11, 2007, 11:17:07 AM

Hey Chris.

I've been using SMF at work for my particular group to help in with our communication and I have the calendar mod already installed but was curious if the attendees code would be added soon?

c3vettes · April 12, 2007, 10:24:59 PM

I'm glad you're doing this, Chris. I too have been waiting for some time for this very feature. Tnx! I'll be using this on a car club site where members attend events, such as car shows and cruises, and many area businesses hold cruise-ins, so this area stays pretty busy, and the cruise-ins are all recurring events. The attendees list will also be awesome!

Jesse Jericho · April 12, 2007, 10:46:17 PM

Definitely looking forward to this mod!

Kindred · April 12, 2007, 11:00:23 PM

Jesse,

the recurring events mod is already released. See the link in the first post.

Jesse Jericho · April 12, 2007, 11:46:33 PM

Quote from: Kindred on April 12, 2007, 11:00:23 PM
Jesse,

the recurring events mod is already released. See the link in the first post.

Oh I was referring to the organizer/attendee part

brelwit · April 15, 2007, 01:09:40 AM

I am logged-in as Admin and am experiencing some errors after I installed this mod in my fresh installation of SMF 1.1.2. Below are screenshots and explanations on errors experienced:

PHP tag appearing on the top of the Calendar Page:

Upon clicking the "Link To Calender" button, I was redirected to the Edit page for that Calendar event then saw the second screen (see image in the bottom). Some codes about Javascript appears at this Edit page. Can these codes be removed from being displayed? Has anyone experienced this?

Hope anybody can help me. Thank you.

brelwit · April 15, 2007, 09:18:21 AM

Also do you know where I can find the tag to change the text color of Holidays? I can't seem to find it anyhere. I've looked in the templates css file and index already. The color is: #000080. Thank you.

Kindred · April 15, 2007, 09:37:13 AM

the holiday colour is defined in SMF admin > calendar > holiday color

dman63119 · April 15, 2007, 11:56:01 AM

Quote from: brelwit on April 15, 2007, 01:09:40 AM
PHP tag appearing on the top of the Calendar Page:

I am getting the exact same tags showing on the Calendar page. However, I have version 1.1.1. I'm guessing this is being caused by sources/Calendar.php?

QuoteHope anybody can help me. Thank you.

Same here.

thanks,
Adam

dawyndham · April 15, 2007, 06:52:50 PM

Quote from: dman63119 on April 15, 2007, 11:56:01 AM
Quote from: brelwit on April 15, 2007, 01:09:40 AM
PHP tag appearing on the top of the Calendar Page:

I am getting the exact same tags showing on the Calendar page. However, I have version 1.1.1. I'm guessing this is being caused by sources/Calendar.php?

QuoteHope anybody can help me. Thank you.

Same here.

thanks,
Adam

Yeah, those are the tags I was seeing when I was having the problems I discussed a month or so ago. I thought I was the only one.

citron · April 18, 2007, 01:48:03 PM

Quote from: dawyndham on April 15, 2007, 06:52:50 PM
Quote from: dman63119 on April 15, 2007, 11:56:01 AM
Quote from: brelwit on April 15, 2007, 01:09:40 AM
PHP tag appearing on the top of the Calendar Page:

I am getting the exact same tags showing on the Calendar page. However, I have version 1.1.1. I'm guessing this is being caused by sources/Calendar.php?

QuoteHope anybody can help me. Thank you.

Same here.

thanks,
Adam

Yeah, those are the tags I was seeing when I was having the problems I discussed a month or so ago. I thought I was the only one.

I'm having the same issue (PHP tag appearing on the top of the calendar page).

brelwit · April 18, 2007, 11:48:46 PM

Quote from: Kindred on April 15, 2007, 09:37:13 AM
the holiday colour is defined in SMF admin > calendar > holiday color

Got it. Thanks!

brelwit · April 18, 2007, 11:54:36 PM

I've been looking for a forum software with excellent Calendar Features. This mod made me consider SMF. It would be great too if the Attendee Listing is someday included in the mod.

If the errors I mentioned above will be fixed, I will probably replace my old e107 powered website. Hope someone knows how to fix this mod's errors.

Chris Curran · April 19, 2007, 06:41:23 AM

Pardon the brevity of this post - I'm camping and using a cell phone attached to my laptop to access the net (as in S L O W). For future reference, if it's near New Moon, I'm almost always unavailable. I go camping for about a week around that time of the month....

I think the rouge tag has already been fixed - it's posted somewhere back in this thread with a link to the zip on my home page. I'll check in more detail when I return (Sunday).

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