zem_event

Introduction

zem_event is a TeamTextpattern plugin. We are releasing it to the community in hopes that it will be a strong asset to the Textpattern System. The plugin is released under a GPL license. See plugin documentation for details.

Files

• Zem_event
• Zem_paginate
• Jquery
• DatePicker
• Search Form

Download here see Google Code page for changeset

Alternatively
Check out the working project at: Zem_Event_Code

Instructions

1. Upload the JS files into yoursite.com/textpattern/js/ (create this folder if it isn’t already there)
2. Install Zem_event and Zem_paginate in your admin/plugins tab
3. Create events
4. Add the search form in an appropriate place on your site. I am currently trying it out on the calendar month page.
5. Share errors, ideas, forms, pages, templates etc :)

capabilities

User Interface

This plugin adds a new user interface chunk to the ‘write’ tab of the TXP admin.

With that interface are the following fields:

• Name (to use if different than the article the event is tied to)
• Description (meant for short desc. – if different than the body of the article the event is tied to) This is textile enabled.
• date and finish date (with jquery date pickers)
• time and finish time
• Location (currently defined by a list populated by a form)
• Map URL (for events that need a map)
• Contact Email (currently not obfuscated)
• Category list which is populated by tool in the event_categories tab
• basic recurring events (with jquery date picker)

Calendars

• mini (summary) calendar used for event navigation
• full sized grid calendar

(both have month by month navigation, and both have been developed with a strict eye for standards and accessibility)

Event List

• the event list currently displays all events in the given month or date span specified.
• there is work being done to have the option of showing only single day events and the first day of any recurring event in the current span (view)

Individual Events

All of the aforementioned fields translate into tags for the individual event. The date and location related tags can be affected to be used with microformats like hcal or outputs like ical.

Event categories can be used like tags to show only the events of a certain type, or output to style events in certain ways dependent on the category of event that they are.

demo [in progress]

You can see a demo of much of the functionality getting thrown together at txp.squaredeye.com/zem_event_. Before you will see the full results of what this plugin is capable of, we’ll need to see more folks getting involved in testing, and designing.

testing

If you have suggestions (with examples) for CSS implementation for any part of the “txp.squaredeye.com”, otherwise, sign up for testing or documentation and I’ll throw you a copy of the plugin and a set of needs for testing.

documentation

In progress:

• check out the automagically created halfway docs at thresholdstate.com/eventdocs

• You are welcome to have a look through a compilation of emails and tickets that contains most if not all of the examples I was givent to start the plugin.
  Download it here

• You can see a great list put together by moderator rsilletti on Textbook at TXP_zem_event

Support

Other than examples provided at the url above, you can find commercial support and extensions at thresholdstate.com/about

Bugs

1. Upon upload: A problem occured while loading the plugin: zem_event -> User_Warning: Duplicate column name ‘repeat_n’ alter table zem_event_calendar add repeat_n int on line 84
2. Auto completion of fields see example here temp solution here
3. XHTML output error for breakclass (per this thread)
4. Event Creation errors

Feature requests

• Add Event Category title tag (per this thread)
• Customization of label tag (per this thread)
• Public side event addition
• Make Location field a text field
• filter ‘event articles’ by section
• Make event div collapsable on write page

WIKI pages:

• zem_event_list
• zem_event_categories

Donators / Contributors

Join the list by donating at txp.squaredeye.com/donate

• Nathan Smith
• Matthew Smith (ma_smith)
• Dale Chapman (mr_dale_
• Michael Grinstead
• Rocketfueled
• RockthenRoll (Travis schmeisser)
• Joe Selgrath
• Graeme Porteous (GBP)
• Franz (nankoweap media)
• Robert Wetzlmayr (Wet – Terminator:)
• Michael Montgomery
• Mary Bordi
• Yannick Lyn Fatt
• Renobird
• Douglas Felton
• Neil Atwood
• Jill Cuthbert
• And many others

Last edited by ma_smith (2007-05-18 17:56:35)