Event Calendar v3

[DivaVocals]

Good grief.. I've culled through this entire thread and found the combination of various patches/fixes/hacks posted here for nearly 3 years.. and in all this time NO ONE has bundled this up and submitted a new version of this mod or even summarized the sum total of the changes required to get this module to work??!!!

This is by no means WORKING yet for me. I say that because though I now see the NEW EVENT form showing when I click the NEW EVENT button, I can see by the many posts here that that's not ANY indication that this module will even work.. So I have a boatload more testing to do before I will give this module a thumbs up..

I personally need something like this for a site I'm building and I want to get this thing working to the point where I can turn it over to a developer to fix all the remaining issues and add a few enhancements for my client (like RSVP/guest list management and reports).. AND before anyone asks, my client is paying for this custom code, so even if we do get it to our liking it's unlikely that I will be sharing the enhanced version with the community anytime soon -- sorry..

In the meantime I thought I save folks a few grey hairs and at LEAST summarize all the threads which contain all the gosh doggone patches needed to at least get this thing to LOOK like it works.. (like I said, I've yet to test out all the functionality as of yet) Here's all the threads I referenced..

1. http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpo...&postcount=119
2. http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpo...&postcount=140
3. http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpo...0&postcount=57
4. http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpo...&postcount=164
5. http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpo...&postcount=166
6. http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpo...&postcount=148
7. http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpo...&postcount=137
8. http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpo...&postcount=145

Now pour yourself a STIFF drink and get ready.. Here is what I did..

I downloaded the mod from the free downloads, then I merged it with pixelpadre's posted fileset (attached to post #8 on the list above)

Then I applied every one of the changes posted in each one of the posts I listed above.. I uploaded the whole kit and kaboodle to my test site, ran the SQL patch, and darned if I FINALLY didn't see the new events form show up..

Off to test this mess..

Bewildered and befuddled..

[dw08gm]

Okay.. So I'm back.. and I've installed this thing and applied every patch that's been posted here and I cannot create events.. I click the "New Events" button and NOTHING happens.. So I'm confused how ANY can claim this mod works because I don't see it..

Hoping someone with a working version of this mod would be kind enough to bundle up their files and post them here as a zip file.. Because right now from where I stand, this thing ain't working at ALL..

Hi Diva

Glad to have you on board. I am happy to help as much as possible.

I have attached a zipped copy of my version. My version works atreat on 139h, although it has been modified to suit my store and I have yet to resolve a few niggling but tolerable issues as outlined below.

I will PM the original OS mod (as found) for comparison, as it is above allowable size. This copy includes Mac .files, which will need to be separated.


In admin/event_manager

a. the No_Image checkbox in event manager does not function properly.

b. when editing an event, the previously input image is removed from the event, which then requires the image to be re-input.

c. Only one product and additional link can be provided per event.

Generally,

d. To view all events as a list, click on the calendar sidebox heading.

e. the event dropdown should be able to be limited to a prescribed number (say next 20) or timeframe (say within 6 months) of events. ie One event per week would amount to 52 lines in the dropdown, which is far to many to display IMHO. The "Select Event" title is also duplicated in this dropdown and others in this mod.

Bye for now

[DivaVocals]

I dunno about how "on board" I am.. I'm simply investigating this mod to see if it is useful for my client's needs.. Totally appreciate the files..

Seems a bit buggy.. Also it's missing a huge chunk of functionality that I will have to have developed to make this work for them.. What's missing for my client is some kind of RSVP/Guestlist management.. Wanna see if this mod will even be a good foundation to develop upon to get them the full events management system they need..

Hi Diva

Glad to have you on board. I am happy to help as much as possible.

I have attached a zipped copy of my version. My version works atreat on 139h, although it has been modified to suit my store and I have yet to resolve a few niggling but tolerable issues as outlined below.

I will PM the original OS mod (as found) for comparison, as it is above allowable size. This copy includes Mac .files, which will need to be separated.


In admin/event_manager

a. the No_Image checkbox in event manager does not function properly.

b. when editing an event, the previously input image is removed from the event, which then requires the image to be re-input.

c. Only one product and additional link can be provided per event.

Generally,

d. To view all events as a list, click on the calendar sidebox heading.

e. the event dropdown should be able to be limited to a prescribed number (say next 20) or timeframe (say within 6 months) of events. ie One event per week would amount to 52 lines in the dropdown, which is far to many to display IMHO. The "Select Event" title is also duplicated in this dropdown and others in this mod.

Bye for now

[tinboye]

could someone please tell me where the link is to add events in the admin area?

ive gone through each of the menu drop downs and not seeing it, even when I clicked to bring up the sitemap of admin area, im not seeing it.

thank you

[dw08gm]

IIRC its Admin > Extras > Event Manager.

Have you run the sql?

[tinboye]

yes i even went as far as opening my phpmyadmin, and it shows that table

when i go to extras all i got is:

# Extras

* Record Artists
* Record Companies
* Music Genre
* Media Manager
* Media Types

[dw08gm]

Check for differences between your files and those in the zip of post #172.

[tinboye]

thanks, found the issue, when i uploaded the original first, then the diva copy it didnt overwrite all the files

[tinboye]

having a new issue with my zen cart and the events calendar.

when you view an ez page which has a back or continue button it will go to
index.php?main_page=events_calendar_include&_month=&_year=&eventmode=eventframe

any ideas why?

[dw08gm]

I have disabled the back buttons in my event calendar and do not use EZ pages, so I may not be able to help you in this matter.

However, I seem to recall that problem was discussed in the thread early last year, and a fix may have been provided.