[plugin] [ORPHAN] jmc_event_manager

jan · 2006-09-20 09:51:22

Seems correct to me… if you post the (wrong) output you are receiving, maybe that will give us a clue what could be wrong.
And a tiny tip: you may leave out start=“1” in the first line, since the default value for start is “1”.

mattmikulla · 2006-09-20 12:27:13

It’s fine now. I had m instead of j.

It would be great to put a format example in with the documentation. I wasn’t sure exactly what the php datetime functionality was at first.

maryse · 2006-09-21 00:37:13

Hello,
I’ve recently installed this plugin and it is working really well. I do have one question. I’m using it for a community calendar of events and many people can add events. My problem is they tend to add lots of info in “Other Info” and so you end up needing to scroll to see more than one event.

Is it possible to link to the “Other info” instead of showing it directly in the calendar? If so can someone explain to me how to do this?
I believe I saw an example in here where the details showed on mouseover.. either way would be good.

Thanks in advance for any tips!

Niconemo · 2006-09-21 10:00:04

maryse wrote:

Hello,
I believe I saw an example in here where the details showed on mouseover.. either way would be good.

I did. Here.
You can have a look in the code, I used a very simple CSS code to achieve that.

In fact there are probably many other interresting ways to do what you want to do…

(are you French ? Because of you name… If yes it would be easier for me to help you in the french section as it is not really a plugin issue but a styling matter).

Last edited by Niconemo (2006-09-21 10:05:48)

mattmikulla · 2006-09-22 00:33:31

Is there a way to output jmc_events to individual articles with exerpts?

Last edited by mattmikulla (2006-09-22 00:33:51)

jufemaiz · 2006-09-26 12:41:56

long time no see all…

expect an update shortly that is nicer to use ;)

mattmikulla: with exerpts? might need to look at how the excerpt is created… if it can be called it can be shown.

pieman · 2006-09-26 18:20:01

:-))))
bring it on
any sneak previews? what’s next on the list?

jonhicks · 2006-09-26 20:11:27

Great, looking forward to this! I have a project coming up that could do with this!

mattmikulla · 2006-09-26 22:27:14

Hey all. I use this plugin at http://www.artatthearcade.com/ and it rocks. Can’t wait to see more evolution.

Last edited by mattmikulla (2006-09-27 02:16:10)

jufemaiz · 2006-09-27 10:25:24

Tidying up and standardising the code so that it more matches the textpattern method. Additionally, it will also have further support for the ubiquitous microformats.

Current “live” WIP: thelyricalmadmen.com/txp/gigs/past-gigs (check it out with either the inspired by mr hicks ;) javascript microformats bookmarklet or the firefox tails plugin).

Any additional requests?

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pieman · 2006-09-27 10:48:50

jufemaiz wrote:

Any additional requests?

my somewhat over-demanding wishlist is this:

RSS
enable images for events, categories & venues
integration with upm_image would be pretty cool ;)
nice up the buttons
some styling to make navigating the events/categories/venues interface a bit more intuitive
enable unique articles instead of single list page
and your bonus ball – clean semantic URLs!
include in default Txp site-search
google/yahoo map URL field for Venue
think this would be a pretty valuable compliment to the venue URL field
custom fields
for example, one day twould be nice to be able to throw a flickr tag in there to pull in some photos after the event

jufemaiz · 2006-09-27 11:43:42

hehehe – just a little overdemanding ;)

RSS : Problem with RSS as it sits is that the header for a page that is served up cannot be overridden – thus I can’t declare it to be one locally. What you might want to do is sit a hCalendar parser over it? Anyone knows any other method I’m all ears, but I don’t know that it can be achieved internally.
Images : would you consider best solution to be linked to the image manager within TXP and using upm_image or an additional feature. I’m sitting with the former as a solution, since it can be more easily integrated (?), but not sure.
Buttons : Thoughts + comments on what you’d like to see welcome++
Unique Articles : Not too sure what you’re meaning here. Individual events + venues or ? Perhaps the use of urls to refer to event or location? That could be a good one. Still want to tidy up the listing of venues using option groups.
txp Site Search : again if someone has any ideas how to hook it in. Don’t want it as an ugly hack :\
google/yahoo map url field : custom field?
custome fields : definitely looking at them

Keep ‘em coming.

jufemaiz · 2006-10-01 04:17:09

looking for a few feedback testers on this one…

pm or email euphemize[at]gmail[dot]com with subject line jmc_event_manager

renobird · 2006-10-02 19:46:37

Hello all,

I’m using this plug-in on several other sites…works great!

However, I’m installing it on a site running 4.0.2 and I keep
getting an “unknown_tag” in publish.php error when I call any of the tags.

I redownloaded and reinstalled – still the same thing

Any ideas? Do I need 4.0.3?

Any help would be appreciated.

pieman · 2006-10-03 09:29:39

Jufemaiz, I drafted another over-demanding reply but my wife shut-down my Mac and it was lost. Here’s what I can remember from that brainwrong…

I suppose ultimately, I’d love to see the event manager becoming fully integrated with all the main Txp functionality. I’m not up to date with plans for the core Txp development, but many of the sites I make push the scope of what I think Txp is really suitable for. I love building with it, it’s perfect for me in many ways but once I need any structured data, I load up custom fields and hand over some fairly idiosyncratic instructions for their usage. This leads to usability problems.

I recently read the “One size does not fit all” jist of On personal content management and it fed the nagging doubt that I need to look for another solution for my bigger sites. A lot of these sites need events management so Jmc_events takes Txp onto a whole new level for me.

So maybe my ideas are a bit optimistic at this early stage ;)

Images : would you consider best solution to be linked to the image manager within TXP and using upm_image or an additional feature. I’m sitting with the former as a solution, since it can be more easily integrated (?), but not sure.

definitely linked up to the default Txp image system

Buttons : Thoughts + comments on what you’d like to see welcome++

There needs to be some graphic representation of which is the ‘active’ button. For instance it’s hard to tell at a glance whether you’re in the events list or the venue one. The main Txp admin interface uses the ‘tabs’ metaphor so maybe this plugin should continue with that style.

Unique Articles : Not too sure what you’re meaning here. Individual events + venues or ? Perhaps the use of urls to refer to event or location? That could be a good one. Still want to tidy up the listing of venues using option groups.

I mean that currently you can only view the output as a list of events. You can’t create individual URLs for each event and generate a navigation list.

Being able to sort by category would be great too!

the perfect clean URL solution would be:
sitename/category/event-name

bu maybe a more achievable alternative would be
sitename/category-ID/event-ID

google/yahoo map url field : custom field?

It could be a custom field, but I think that (as long as there’s a map that covers your area) it’s an essential for any venue, rather than an optional field

custome fields : definitely looking at them

cool!

I’ve got a few other ideas about the admin interface.

The initial view for the ?event=jmc_event_manager events list would be better if it showed future events only, and offer a link to view paginated past events. Otherwise, once 100+ events have been entered this page will be pretty unweildly and a bit confusing.

Also in the ?event=jmc_event_manager page, there are a few confusing uses of links.
I think only the event names in the Event column should take you to the ?event=jmc_event_manager&step=event_edit&ID=1 edit page. The start and finish dates don’t need to be links. And the Venue name would be better if it was a link to the ?event=jmc_event_manager&step=venue_edit&ID=1 venue edit page rather than the event one.

I’m not sure how applying a category to a venue would be useful… but maybe I’m just missing something there.

this just in
There could be an error check script in the forms… at the moment it’s possible to save an event without a title.

Hope some of that outburst is useful…

:)

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