Events Forum

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Experimental:

From this thread: http://mybbhacks.zingaburga.com/showthre...http://mybbhacks.zingaburga.com/showthread.php (thanks nier3 and Lee!), we'll try to make this goes a bit (not much) further.

This time we'll try to integrate it to MyBB calendar in one way. What I mean by the "one way" is the main control is MyBB thread, not the calendar event.

The ideas that tried to be implemented by this experimental are:

• For creating an event, we choose MyBB thread, since it has more rich contents than the MyBB calendar (attachments, custom thread fields, discussion and etc).
• Editing the thread will edit the event.
• Editing the event from calendar (if forced) will redirect to edit the thread.
• It bypass the calendar permissions, so it'll uses the forum permissions. Therefore it is better if we use a specific calendar for this.
• There is a link on each event to view the thread.
• It uses a single type of event.
• There is still a possibilities to create normal events on the calendar. These normal events will use the calendar permissions.
• Deleting thread will delete the event.
• Soft deleting and unapproved thread will make the event as unapproved event.
• Restoring and approving thread will make the event as approve event.
• Some other features like displaying the upcoming events on index page.
  

Here is how to set it up:
Note that this is a basic set up. We still can add more custom thread fields and create new templates as usual.

• Create a new calendar specified for the XThreads Event forum.
• Create a new forum for the XThreads Event forum.
• Create custom thread fields:
  • Event date
    • Title: Date
      Modify it as our needs. Use {$GLOBALS['threadfields']['e_date']} for displaying it anywhere inside the forumdisplay_thread template.
    • Key: e_date
      Modify it as our needs
    • Applicable Forums: Select our XThreads Events forum
    • Editable by / Required Field?: Everyone (required)
    • Maximum Text Length: 10
      Enough for dd-mm-YYYY
    • Text Mask Filter:
      
      Code:

      ^(0?[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])\-(0?[1-9]|1[012])\-((?:19|20)\d\d)$

      ---

      We'll use dd-mm-YYYY format

    • Input Formatter:
      
      Code:

      <?=strtotime({VALUE})?>

      ---

    • Custom Modify Error:
      
      Code:

      <setvar e_date>explode('-',{VALUE})</setvar> <if !checkdate($tplvars['e_date'][1],$tplvars['e_date'][0],$tplvars['e_date'][2]) then>The date you supplied is not valid</if>

      ---

      Date validation

    • Use Custom Input HTML: Yes
      Input Field HTML:
      
      Code:

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      <input type="text" class="textbox"{NAME_PROP}{MAXLE​​N_PROP}{WIDTH_PROP_SIZE}{TABINDE​X​_PROP}{REQUIRED_PROP} value="<if {VALUE} && !$mybb->input['my_post_key'] then><?=my_date('d-m-Y',{VALUE})?><else>{VALUE}</if>" id="datepicker" style="position: relative; z-index: 10000;" /> <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="cache/css/jquery-ui.min.css" /> <script src="cache/js/jquery-ui.min.js"></script> <script> $(function(){$('#datepicker').datepicker({dateFormat:'dd-mm-yy',autoSize:true});}); </script>

      ---

      Note that we use jQuery UI datepicker. Please modify it as our needs.

    • Display Format:
      
      Code:

      <?=my_date('d-m-Y',{VALUE})?>

      ---

    • Filtering Mode: Exact match
    • Underlying Data Type: Integer (unsigned, usually 32 bit)
      
  • Event description
    We'll use this description as the event description on the calendar event
    • Title: Event Description
      Modify it as our needs. Use {$GLOBALS['threadfields']['e_desc']} for displaying it anywhere inside the forumdisplay_thread template.
    • Key: e_desc
      Modify it as our needs
    • Applicable Forums: Select our XThreads Events forum
    • Editable by / Required Field?: Everyone (required)
    • Maximum Text Length: 200
      Modify it as our needs
      
• Install the plugin (attached). Try it on our test board.
  

Forumdisplay:
   

Calendar:
   

Calendar events (custom events (created from the XThreads Events forum) mixed with default event (created from the calendar)):
   

Single calendar custom event (the "Read More" is link to the thread):
   

Single default event (still use the calendar permissions):
   

Index:
   

Since I'm not a coder, please don't expect much from this experimental.