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JCal Pro User Manual

Getting Started

  1. What does JCal Pro do? See this FAQ.
  2. What does JCal Pro NOT do? See this FAQ.
  3. Add-ons and Themes See this FAQ.
  4. Changelog and notes

Administration

  1. Installation
    1. Downloading the latest version
    2. Using the install package
    3. Installing additional themes
    4. Installing the Flex Module
    5. (Critical Step) Adjusting the timezone offset
    6. (Critical Step) Enabling the front end
  2. Configuration
    1. Global Settings
      1. General Tab
      2. Environment Tab
    2. Display Settings
      1. Global Display Parameters
      2. Event View
      3. Add Event
      4. Monthly View
      5. Flat View (i.e. List View)
      6. Weekly View
      7. Daily View
      8. Category View
  3. Upgrading
    1. New version notifications (recommended for all users)
    2. Installing a newer version of JCal Pro (v2.2.7+)
    3. Installing a newer version of JCal Pro (v2.0.0 - v2.2.6)
    4. Installing a newer version of JCal Pro (v1.5)
    5. Importing events from previous versions

Event Management and Administration

  1. Calendar management
  2. Category management
  3. Understanding event types
  4. Understanding permissions, ownership and privacy
  5. Creating your first event (non-recurring events)
  6. Creating recurring events and recurring event exceptions
  7. Updating recurring events
  8. Front end event submission and moderation
  9. Importing events from previous versions
  10. Menu Item overrides

Modules

  1. Mini-calendar module
  2. Latest Events module
  3. Creating a new copy of a JCal Pro module

Plugins

  1. Using the content plugin
  2. Using the search plugin (coming soon)
  3. Using reCaptcha to block spam during front end event submission

Advanced uses

  1. Search Engine Friendly (SEF) URLs (coming soon)
  2. Private Calendars
  3. Editing Themes
  4. RSS-based event notification (coming soon)
  5. iCal export (coming soon)
  6. Subscribing to JCal Pro calendars with Outlook, Google Calendar, etc.. (coming soon)

3rd-Party Integration

  1. Search-engine friendly (SEF) URLs with sh404SEF (coming soon)
  2. Using reCaptcha to block spam during front end event submission
  3. Multilingual support with Joomfish (coming soon)
  4. Integration with Community Builder (coming soon)
  5. Integration with JomSocial (coming soon)