Idea for new Calendar

[Geek]

Hello everyone.

I have looked through the mods for something like this to no avail. This would be a great mod i just dont have enough knowledge to actually do it. I know some PHP, not enough though. Maybe I can get some help from one of you super coders out there.

I have no other way to compare it but pretty much I want is something like the program here http://www.calendarpad.com (they have a free trial for 30 days so you can see what I am talking about) except with the program portion built into the backend instead of the program and of course update able from the WB backend. I know it is possible just dont know what it would take. This would be a the perfect calendar mod for everyone if we can bring heads together to make it.

Just a note when you publish from that program it creates a bunch of html, css & xml files that would probably give a good coder the answer. I am just not a good coder. I can mod things to a point but not create them from scratch with out a lot of time.

Any help will be appreciated.

[SourDough]

Can you be more specific about what features of this calendar are appealing? Also, is your intention for this to be a site-wide calendar, or something that individual users would use after they login, i.e. a personal calendar?  This application seems to be designed as a personal calendar software, like the calendar in Outlook.

WebsiteBaker already has quite the collection of calendars.  If you can provide some additional details about what features you would like to see in a WB calendar module, I'm sure you'll get some feedback.

Nick

[Geek]

I want it to be something controlled via the admin like a page module that would be site wide. I dont want your general user to be able to add events unless they are given permissions to the module.

The program noted above creates a website calendar with events etc that you can add. I like how it creates the calendar to where it will show events on that calendar day and when you mouse over the even it kind of does a pop up, then when you click it it takes you to a page for that event or a list of events. I also like the tab set up on the top for the months, the RSS feed directly to the calendar, and the different view options. Pretty much the overall look and feel of the created web calendar from the program is what I am looking for.

I dont know if I am explaining this right. I hope you get the idea

I looked at the calendar modules. The ones listed in the add-on area dont look like a normal calendar like this one does. The ones I saw the calendar was sideways like   "Calendar" or they dont actually display a calendar look on the user end like  "Event Calendar". Those two are the only two listed in the addons for page modules.

[marathoner]

Something like this?
http://calendar.secondsoletotalsports.com

If so, this is what I started with before modifying to meet my needs:
http://www.websitebaker2.org/forum/index.php/topic,3777.0.html

[Geek]

Something like this?
http://calendar.secondsoletotalsports.com

If so, this is what I started with before modifying to meet my needs:
http://www.websitebaker2.org/forum/index.php/topic,3777.0.html

Yeah thats it I didnt see this one in the addon place. what did you have to modify though?

How did you get the list of events or is that a different mod?

[marathoner]

Modifications were mainly limited to ripping out some hard coded styling so I could use CSS.

The list is pretty easy...just start with AnyNews snippet and retrieve records from the calendar table and output them in desired format.

[Geek]

Modifications were mainly limited to ripping out some hard coded styling so I could use CSS.

The list is pretty easy...just start with AnyNews snippet and retrieve records from the calendar table and output them in desired format.

Yeah I figured that out too. had to remove table formatting so the calendar would display properly.

[sky writer]

The list is pretty easy...just start with AnyNews snippet and retrieve records from the calendar table and output them in desired format.

I'm trying to add this functionality to my site.  I've added the AnyNews Mondule, and read the Read Me file, but can't figure out what files I need to change to achieve the results you have.  Would you be able to point me in the right direction?

[marathoner]

You could review the install.php of any module to get the table and field names. Or, you could use any type of MySQL utility (phpMyAdmin or a similar utility) to look at your database. There, you will find all the table names and associated field names and attributes in your database.

Also, keep in mind that there is a difference between the Anynews snippet and the Anynews module although you could use either with the appropriate changes.

[sky writer]

You could review the install.php of any module to get the table and field names. Or, you could use any type of MySQL utility (phpMyAdmin or a similar utility) to look at your database. There, you will find all the table names and associated field names and attributes in your database.

Also, keep in mind that there is a difference between the Anynews snippet and the Anynews module although you could use either with the appropriate changes.

Thanks for the reply.

I know the table and field names from my database, I don't know where to make the changes in the module.  I will take a look at the AnyNews Snippet and see if that is any clearer to me.