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[larslars]

Hi everybody

Does anyone have any news on this project? Would very much like it on our site for different club sites www.rotaract.dk. (each member-club should have their own calender with the possiblity of event registration)

Thank you in advance.

/Lars

[V-man]

This is now working in the current beta version (1.6.x) on Joomla 1.0.x. It should also be working on mambo but i have not tested it.

When you edit a JCal component menu item simply insert the following into the parameters field:

Code:

calendar=calendar_name

Be sure to replace the 'calendar_name' with the actual name of your calendar (not the calendar id, the actual name as listed in the Calandar Manager).

Joomla! 1.5.x handles menu parameters in a different way and they have not yet decided how custom parameters will be handled. However, we have a working solution for Joomla 1.5.x that will be available in the next version.

[V-man]

I just added the following to the documentation page:

Managing Calendars

    Calendars are an extra (and entirely optional) layer of organization for your events which are particularly useful when creating menu items to display only a sub-set of your events (see below). During event creation, you must specify which calendar your event belongs to. If categories are sufficient for your organizational needs, then simply use the default calendar 'Main' for all your events. No other action is required. 

    If you choose to create events in multiple calendars, create them with the Calendar Manager in the administrative Joomla! back-end. During event creation (or editing), select the Calendar appropriate for the event. To display just one calendar of events (and not events from other calendars) , create a new component menu item pointing to the JCal Client/JCal Pro component. After it is created and saved, use the following procedure based on your CMS version:

        Joomla! 1.0.x/Mambo:

            Edit the nw menu item and you will be able to enter parameters. Insert the following into the parameters field:

                calendar=calendar_name

            Be sure to replace the 'calendar_name' with the actual name of your calendar (not the calendar id, the actual name as listed in the Calandar Manager). This menu item will now display the events which have been assigned to that calendar.

        Joomla 1.5.x:

            Edit the nw menu item and select the calendar from the drop-down menu. 

    Note that event display is still dependent on the category permissions as described above. In addition, if no calendar is specified in the parameters, then events from all calendars will be displayed.

[teacher1]

I agree, to be able to connect to different calendars e.g. by selecting different categories.

[jonleshark]

I saw your post about deleting the database fields of the original JCAL installation to rectify problems with installing the new multiple calendars mod.

My newbie question is how do I go about doing that? Editing the Joomla DB directly?

Thanks,

Jon

[V-man]

First off, make a total site and DB backup.

If it was me, with a hacked jcal DB tables, i would delete any of the new fields in phpmyadmin. Then i would over-write all the jcal files with originals from your version (1.5.3 I assume).

Then i would upgrade.

Note however that we may or may not have incorporated all the changes into the current version. I suggest testing the current version first to see if it has the features you require.