IPB2 Events

[placebo333]

Hello, iam working on a little plugin that will display Events from the Invision Calendar(s) that i need for my side, as iam handling all my events via the Invision Calendar functions.

So far the plugin displays :

Calendar Name
Event Title (linking to the Event in Invision Forums)
Event from - Event to - Time - Timezone
Indicates if Event is ranged or recurring
Teaser from the Event Content.
2 layouts, one giving ability to use a image for each category

Admin Function so far :

Calendar IDs you want to display.
Number of items to display.
Timezone Display (on/off)
Calendar Name Display (on/off)
Show Teaser (on/off)
Teaser Length (in characters)
Date Formating
Choose Event Item Seperator style (None,Line Break,Horizontal Rule)
Switching Layouts (default and category images)

Language Functions :

Phrases for every used words

- No support for graphical Emoticons used in the Event Content

If theres any interest iam happy to release it to the community :)

[Robert_J_Ellis]

Hmm, I love this idea, and would probably use it :).

[HeavyEddie]

I was actually thinking of building this plugin next! I can ensure you this will get a prominent spot on my homepage.

A matter of fact... you want someone to do a little testing, I would be happy to give you a hand.

[kushaaal]

that will be really nice mod. I would definately have it on my main page.
Keep going

[william]

WHOOO HOOOO I LOVE THIS IDEA!!!!

Sign me up for the beta guys :D

[placebo333]

IPB2 Events 1.0

p138_ipb2_events.rar (http://www.the58th.com/p138_ipb2_events.rar)

A few notes :

Tested on latest subdreamer and latest Invision only.

To display custom category images for calendars, upload .gif files with the calendar id to the pluginfolder.
like "2.gif" "3.gif"

I added "1.gif" for the default community calendar, which is the default setting.

Make sure the events you want to show will take place in the future, as the plugin wont display yesterdays events ;)

Happy testing :D

[kushaaal]

Database error in Subdreamer

Invalid SQL: SELECT value FROM sd_pluginsettings WHERE pluginid = '10' AND title = 'Display Avatar'
Error: Table '########_ipb.sd_pluginsettings' doesn't exist
Error number: 1146
Date: Friday 17th of February 2006 02:50:10 PM

When I put this in main webpage all my right panel plugin dissapears.

[placebo333]

Wierd. Plugin 10 ?

I suggest iam gonna test it with a clean subdreamer install on a test page first.

[kushaaal]

You mean you are going to test, or you are suggesting me to test in fresh installed SD?

[spib]

placebo333: You need to select the Subdreamer Database back after you change it

// switch database back
****if ( $dbname != $forumdbname )
****{
********$DB->select_db( $dbname );
****}

[kushaaal]

Yes this did the trick! Spib

[kushaaal]

The timezone is displayed after the Event time is set to no then the display becomes: 25.02.2006 at

I think this 'at' should go in that case!

[placebo333]

No of course this was ment to be a note to myself to test plugins on a fresh install first before releasing it.

- Switching back to DB, yeah i missed that kind of. I guess because its working here without. Will be added into the package this wekend.

- will look into the "at" case aswell.

Thanks for the feeback.

[kushaaal]

This plug-in is great, now I think really my calendar segment will take off. I noticed that before no body paid attention to IPB Calendar.
But now after installation in less than an hour,my calendar segment is flooded.
Thanks Placebo!

[HeavyEddie]

I'm digging this already! Great work. How about an option to exclude birthdays?

[HeavyEddie]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(HeavyEddie &#064; Feb 17 2006, 06&#58;48 PM) 4022</div>How about an option to exclude birthdays? [/b]
Never mind... I had some birthdays in that calendar. Everything is awesome&#33;

[rjchaney]

It would be great if there was an option to exclude private calendar events. I had it up on my site until I realized it was showing events that members had flagged as private.

[placebo333]

Latest Package should close DB correctly and not display private events anymore.

I cant reproduce the "at" problem here, went through all options ... anybody else ?

p138_ipb2_events.rar (http://www.the58th.com/p138_ipb2_events.rar)


Existing user only need to overwrite : p138_ipb2_events.php

[kushaaal]

Here is what I was talking about:
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[placebo333]

Cant get it to display like you :D

So let me check first , what kind of events do you use in IPB ? Single ranged recuring ?
If its a singe or recurring Event , Do you use start times ?

And perhaps a screenshot from the plugin admin setting you use would help me aswell reproducing this. So i can set up my plugin like you.


Regards placebo

[kushaaal]

@placebo
I had feeded all single day event with no time.
Here is the admin screenshot of your plugin:
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Regards.

[kushaaal]

There is one issue: The date in the plugin is shown a day before the actual date of happening. Like the plugin shows 16 March, where as on clicking the calendar shows 17th march. I have not set any time to the events, and they are all single day events.

[surj0]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Dr. Kushal Pathak &#064; Feb 27 2006, 07&#58;28 AM) 4203</div>
There is one issue: The date in the plugin is shown a day before the actual date of happening. Like the plugin shows 16 March, where as on clicking the calendar shows 17th march. I have not set any time to the events, and they are all single day events.
[/b]

great plugin, but same problem as above. dates scheduled for today for example, do not show because everything on the list is a day ahead, meaning events scheduled for today according to the plugin happened yesterday.

[surj0]

also does this have a cap on how far out it searches for dates? i have several events on my calender next week, but not showing.

[surj0]

been playin with this on and off all day, can&#39;t figure out why the date is messed up :(

[kushaaal]

Yes, it&#39;s terrible for me. As my dates are of leave in government, a day early is creating havoc..or may&#33;

[placebo333]

Sorry guys, iam busy with a project so i dont have much time at the moment, but i will look into it and see what is happening.

The problem with the events could be in relation with the timezone and server time used.

Could you please post your timezone you live in ?

Good were still in beta ;)

[kushaaal]

I stay at India its +5.5 GMT

[surj0]

my board is set at CST

[LoKi]

Has this plugin development died?
I for one would still like to use this if it is 100% functional....

[zeosix]

Has this plugin development died?
I for one would still like to use this if it is 100% functional....

Does anybody have a copy of this plugin? I would like to try it on my site and look at the code. The link to the file in this thread is dead.

Thanks

Sorry for not posting here very often. I'm a new Subdreamer user.

[kernel]

Strange, the file is not found on the server:

http://www.the58th.com/p138_ipb2_events.rar

?? :(

[cruisinbeatz]

nice one, I would love this.

has anyone got a link to this plugin? i would really like it.

[zeosix]

My "work-around" anyway.

Here's the info on how to import IPB calendar events into SubDreamer:

In IPB (Invision) enable RSS feeds for your event calendar(s). Then, create a IPB forum for each event calendar that you want to show in IPB (forum(s) can be hidden, if you want.) Import the RSS feeds into the forum(s) that you created. (There's a IBP RSS tutorial here (http://www.siteground.com/tutorials/ipb/ipb-rss-feed). if you're not comfortable importing or exporting RSS feeds.)

Import Stream URL will be something like "http://yourwebsite/forums/index.php?act=rssout&type=calendar&id=1", etc. Under "RSS Import Content", "RSS Import Into Forum" you will choose the forum to import the RSS feed into. The balance of the IPB RSS feeds import should be self explanatory. Follow the directions in the tutorial.

Take a look at my forum ([URL="http://www.littlelogcabin.com/forums/index.php[/URL]). The section called "Upcoming Events (Next 10 Days)" is just the IMPORT of the RSS feeds from my event calendars. (IPB Admin, Management, RSS Management, RSS Import Manager, Create New Import Stream.)

Next, go to your admin panel in SubDreamer. "Clone" the Downloded Plugin named "Forum News" and rename it what you desire "Forum News Events (or whatever). (If you don't have that plugin, I thinks it's on Subdreamer.org.) Set your options for the cloned "Forum News" to whatever. Check off the news forum(s) that you created in IPB for the RSS events and save the settings.

Add the cloned "Forum News" to your page wherever you desire. Done.

One tip about your events calendar. Keep the line spacing to minimum. Whatever is in the calendar, is what is displayed. Some of my events have "spaces" because of the extra lines. (I have too many events to spend all my time editing them.)

The other thing is sometimes the event times are displayed incorrectly. I have found that if you add the proper timezone offset to your database, the times will display correctly. You can use phpMYAdmin to browse or change "Table: ibf_cal_events" "event_tz"

Hope this helps. Not as good as a plugin but, it works for me.

[rjchaney]

What has happened to this plugin? It is no longer available for download.

[rjchaney]

I was actually thinking of building this plugin next! I can ensure you this will get a prominent spot on my homepage.

A matter of fact... you want someone to do a little testing, I would be happy to give you a hand.

Are you still looking to create a different version? Please!

[kernel]

Im interested too!

[william]

SD Staffers, please take this one on, several of us use Invision and could really use this to help promote more events on the front page of our site...you know the SubDreamer software we purchased ;)

[rjchaney]

See attached.

nice one, I would love this.

has anyone got a link to this plugin? i would really like it.