[plugin] [ORPHAN] jmc_event_manager

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…

:)

Niconemo · 2006-10-03 16:11:33

I have no time enough to comment all that in detail but I second most of these over-demands ;)

And I add mine :

a user friendly localisation of the plugin as far as it is possible of course (it can be editing the source of the plugin if all is in the very first lines as some plugins do).
the ability to choose what is displayed in the backend (I don’t need “Other Band” at all for example and all my editors tend to write other infos in it). Edit : I think it could be a custom field anyway…
the ability to automatically display start date/time and end date/time only if both are filled or only start date/time if there is no end date… (that means also the ability to leave end date/time blank… or unchecked… or so).

Thank-you (I’m OK for testing of course I’ll send you a mail)

Last edited by Niconemo (2006-10-03 16:24:34)

jan · 2006-10-03 22:53:59

Niconemo wrote:
the ability to choose what is displayed in the backend (I don’t need “Other Band” at all for example and all my editors tend to write other infos in it).

This is an important one, I was just about going to suggest that. For now I modify the php script (search and replace a couple of lines) and adjust the column names, I guess it won’t be very difficult to automate that process.

renobird · 2006-10-04 17:40:39

Hello.

Trying to just list venues.

When I call the form “passport” which only contains
<code><txp:jmc_venue_name /></code>

with <code><txp:jmc_venue form=“passport” /></code>
I get nothing.

Not sure what I’m doing wrong…seems like it should work.
I have several venues entered.

Any help would be appreciated.

renobird · 2006-10-04 17:51:32

To clarify the last post.

I’m trying to create a list of venue names (independent of events)
Some venues have no events associated with them

Seems like the code above would accomplish that?

Thanks

joelwitherspoon · 2006-10-05 08:44:25

What type of form should we save the event calendar as: articles, links, misc,etc.?

Also, 
I’m having issues displaying the calendar on a new page.

The code in my form (testevents) is as follows: txp :jmc_event_name 
The forms is saved as a “misc” type.

The code in my page is txp:jmc_events form=”testevents”

It’s not displaying the event name nor any other event option. I’m not receiving any errors. Does anyone have any insight on this problem?

jan · 2006-10-05 10:33:12

i suppose you didn’t forget to put brackets around this?
otherwise i can’t see the problem

renobird · 2006-10-05 13:42:56

Joel,

Could it be the event date? I don’t remember the default, but it may be just showing future or past events.
Just a thought. I also noticed the quotes around (testevents) are italic…I know this happens sometimes when things are cut and pasted…just double check they are just regular quotes.

—
Tom

joelwitherspoon · 2006-10-07 03:29:52

renobird wrote:

Joel,

Could it be the event date? I don’t remember the default, but it may be just showing future or past events. Just a thought. I also noticed the quotes around (testevents) are italic…I know this happens sometimes when things are cut and bq. pasted…just double check they are just regular quotes. — Tom eq. Tom, That was it. I had an event starting on 9/28 to 10/10. I didn’t have the correct switches. Thanks.

Last edited by joelwitherspoon (2006-10-07 03:32:41)

joelwitherspoon · 2006-10-07 19:11:56

Possible Bug -

When I add a Category, the title and subtitle are labeled as Venue Listing and Venue.

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