Original Author: jordo.

Description: This modification will add a calendar to your UBB™. UBB™'s birthday will show up in the calendar and add an avatar near the user's name in his/her birthday. You will also be able to post an announcement and set a calendar date and it will show it in the calendar. It's 100% Templetized and Wordletized™ and includes a CP interface.

Requirements: Valid license, UBB™ 6.3.0.

Download: ZIP File or MultiHack File

Demo: http://www.lkworld.com

Number of Downloads: [img]http://www.ubbdev.com/lk/num.php?s=calendar.zip,calendar.mhp[/img]

Good luck!

I know, I probably missed it some where like i did on the member list. But there seems to be a prob, with ubb_lib_posting. Seems it can not find the string to replace the old data. I will double check again, but i thought i would bring this to your attention LK.

Oops, try again now (download the zip/mhk again )

Thank you kind sir. Works great now

Hey LK, this is my first time trying to install hacks to my UBB. I'm running 6.3.0 now and I got the spell check hack installed on it just fine. But when I try to install the calendar hack I have problems.

I use the Multihack file and I run the Anlayze on it first and the line after it begins Analysis says this
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">
cp.cgi Append Applying Mod ERROR: Requires vars_wordlets_calendar.cgi in cp.cgi</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I don't quite understand what it's wanting since I assumed the vars_wordlets_calendar.cgi file would be installed with this hack.

It's cause you have already installed the spellchecker

In the MultiHack, find the cp.cgi step that says:

I didn't think of that. Thanks LK, that did it.

How does one delete an entry to the calendar?

Great hack by the way!

Thanks...

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by snkbitn:
How does one delete an entry to the calendar?

Great hack by the way!

Thanks...</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">vars_calendar_events.cgi duh ! :rolleyes:

Or go to the day in the calendar and click on 'Review Events' (at the bottom of the page)

hey man, great hack!

i'm installing it right now on my board!

Silly question , but how can I get the Birthdays to show up on the Calendar? Everything appears to work great, apart from a lack of birthdays

Cleared the cache to no avail...

Ian

AFTER installing the hacks, enter my profile -> Edit My Profile, make sure you chose to SHOW your birthday and click on update. If you did it before installing, it won't show up. If it still doesn't work, rehack ubb_profile

Okay - so until people edit their profile and click on save they will not show up - even if the box is ticked previously.

Thanks.

Ian.

Mod works great but is there anyway to put a small calendar on a main page (non-ubb) like on this site that is also updated like the large one?

Thanks!

<!--#exec cgi="/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=calendar_ssi" --> or <!--#include virtual="/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=calendar_ssi" -->

humm, I'm getting this error when I try and access the calendar settings from the cp. Any ideas?

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">
You do not have permission to access this area.

» Use your browser's back button to return.
</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">One other item, what file do I rehack if I've applied JC's templates?

Thanks again, great hack btw.

1. Rehack cp.cgi

2. all public_* files

Using the MultiHack file it fails to edit cp.cgi correctly.

It's looking for...

[code][/code]...but after installing the Mods Wordlets hack you're instructed to insert "wordlets_mods" before "display misc" so it misses it.

Ok, Rehacking the cp.cgi worked, I looked at the public_* files that are hacked for calendar and compaired them to the files that are on the server after applying the JC template. They are the same.. any ideas?

never mind, found the templates I need to rehack..

All the files that are left to hack are the JC template public_common.pl and the like. All the .cgi files are good to go.

The standard hack for public_common.pl here is the code in its entirity

*************
*************
######################in public_common.pl

######after:

# Forum Home
push(@items, qq(<a href="$ULTIMATEBB"><acronym title="$vars_wordlets{forum_acronym}">$vars_wordlets{forum_home_link}</acronym></a>));

######add:

# Calendar
push(@items, qq(<a href="$vars_config{CGIURL}/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=calendar"><acronym title="$vars_wordlets_calendar{calendar}">$vars_wordlets_calendar{calendar_link}</acronym></a>));

***********
***********

and here is the code from JC's template public_common.pl that the above code would follow:

**********
**********
# Forum Home
push(@items, qq(<a href="$ULTIMATEBB"><acronym title="$vars_wordlets{forum_acronym}"><img src="$vars_config{NonCGIURL}/$vars_style{jc_home}" border="0" alt="$vars_wordlets{forum_home_link}" /></acronym></a>));

***********
***********

What I'm looking for is how to rewrite the hack code in bold to work with his templates. If anyone could help it would be appriciated

Thanks again.

Instead of the bolden part, use:
<img src="$vars_config{NonCGIURL}/calendar.gif" border="0" alt="$vars_wordlets_calendar{calendar_link}" /></acronym></a>));

Then upload calendar.gif to your noncgi dir with "calendar" wording on it

Thanks, that worked great.

The way the script is set up now if you have a "weekly" event and input it, it only lists it for that current month. Is there any way to make it so that a weekly event goes throughout the year, so that you don't have to enter it again each month?

This would be mucho helpful

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by JustAskJulie:
The way the script is set up now if you have a "weekly" event and input it, it only lists it for that current month. Is there any way to make it so that a weekly event goes throughout the year, so that you don't have to enter it again each month?

This would be mucho helpful </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I'd love to see this option, too, or even one where I could post one for several days.

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by ADWOFF:
I'd love to see this option, too, or even one where I could post one for several days.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I agree there too. I would love to be able to post events that span multiple days.

Lk,

the poster name is not showing up on my calendar just 's Birthday also, the 's Birthday seem to be disapearing, next day they were all gone.

Glass, rehack ubb_profile.cgi AND re-upload vars_wordlets_calendar.cgi - I added something for our frenchman (chuck) a while back, and it changed the way that birthday thing works.

Hi,

after I have installed the "Calendar-Hack" I can't open my ultimatebb.cgi....

After a time there is a blank site.... What can I do???

Link: http://www.ubb-classic.de/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi

My cp.cgi is normal

http://www.ubb-classic.de/cgi-bin/cp.cgi

Please help me...

Thanks
d-talk

Anything in the error log? If not, unhack calendar hack, make sure it works without it and rehack it.

Thanks LK

Ok, how do you remove entries from the calendar? I posted a test message and had it put an entry into the calendar then I deleted the message but the entry stayed in the calendar.

Is there a way to edit entries in the calendar that I'm missing or is that a feature that could be added?

Nice work btw.

Just enter that day and click on "Review today's events"

If you are using JC's templates and you can't find where to put the $calendar after the second $TBB it goes here

$TBB
$calendar


</center>
~;

return ($Bottom);

Thanks LK for reminding me to look more closely at my pages.

Check out these forums. You see how they got the Calendar to show up as a Forum Category? How'd they do that? Is there a hack that can do it? Or do you suppose they just figured it out on their own?

I'd -love- to have that since most people seem to miss the calendar link completely because of its location andd size. Hell, after I installed it, I missed it completely because of my browser size! (Yeah - I'm a dumbass...). So if one of you could point me in the right direction, that'd be just dandy!

Looks good this script...going to install it now...i`ll give you a link when i have installed it...aight

Shadow, http://www.ubbdev.com/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=17;t=000386

It should work with 6.3 as well

Thanks LK. I'll be trying it tonight and will post my results.

Update: Worked just fine! Thanks again!

i was curious how to make the tiny calendar that goes on the left or right of the board...not sure if it has anything to do with this hack or not.

yeah it is part of this hack just place

[code][/code]it in your .shtml wher you would like to have the calender to show up.

(edit)humm you are talking about this one right if so this is the one.
http://www.ubbdev.com/

yes..thank you man. that's a lot of help.

Hey LK -

Two quick questions for you.

First, check out my calendar for the month of July. Look at Wednesdays. You see how it has duplicated Saturday's listings under Wednesdays?

I've tried deleting both and recreating them. Initially, I thought it was because my headings were very similar. So I changed them to what you see now, but the same thing happens. Whichever weekly event I add second shows up as a duplicate under the other day. However, if you go to edit that day's event, the duplicate entry doesn't show up. Very odd. Thought you may have a solution for me.

The next question is pure laziness on my part and you do not have to answer it if you don't wish, because I'll just look later for myself if you don't (how's that for blatant honesty? ).

This refers to when you put the small calendar on another page. Which file do I have to edit to change the link colors, etc., so that they don't clash with my background color?

Thanks for your help, LK!

1. I'll test it in a bit
2. RTM - use ?ubb=calendar_ssi&css=yes. Then use classes notmonth and link. Use classes:
[code][/code]

1) here it's in sat + sun... weird

Thanks, re-download calendar zip/mhk and re-upload ubb_lib_calendar.cgi, tell me if it fixes it

That seemed to do the trick! Thanks for the outrageously quick response and fix!

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by LK:

2. RTM - use ?ubb=calendar_ssi&css=yes. Then use classes notmonth and link. Use classes:
</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Out of curiosity, where is this documented? I looked in the *.txt file included with the release and didn't see any mention of this.

I'd just like to see if there are any other commands I can play with.

ok...i'm sure this is an easy question. on my main page i don't have the forums sepearted by lines but i would like the days on the calendar to be sepearted by boxes. the problem is that the calendar works off the main page template.

how would i go about making the calendar go by the template of the "search" pages, or the "transitions pages" or whatever i would like?

i don't usually bump **** but i have a feeling my problem is real simple to fix so...

Take statistic hack's instructions for the style template thing and convert it to calendar.

Shadow - dunno

Hey LK,

I'm using this mod a long time, but now with 6.3.0.1 I get this error if I add a event:

[code][/code]And a similar message if I delete a event. Although the action is taken, but always with this error. Any idea?

Ever thought of upgrading to the latest version of Calendar? :rolleyes:

Uhm, yes, you're right. Sorry. I've hacked with the latest version, but forgot to upload the new ubb_lib_calendar.cgi

Hey kids

I made compact header versions of the calendar templates. not really rocket science but I though I'd give a little something back.

http://www.freakscene.net/hacks/calendar-compactheaders.zip

just cause i love you guys

demo :: http://www.freakscene.net/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=calendar

Pardon me if this has been asked before, but what file would I alter if I wanted to add a disclaimer at the top of the calendar page? Sort of like an announcement/forum introduction at the top of a forum....

Thanks:)

public_calendar_display.pl

Got it! Thank you very much!

yo LK...i tried going through the statistics hack to figure out how to associate the calendar with another template besides the main page but had no luck. any more help you could give me??

EDIT: Never mind, Allen's helped me fix my problem - Trying to move the position of the calendar box around but got stuck... Meh, well, that's what happens when you're stupid

not stupid, just trial and error
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by freak.scene:
Hey kids

I made compact header versions of the calendar templates. not really rocket science but I though I'd give a little something back.

http://www.freakscene.net/hacks/calendar-compactheaders.zip

just cause i love you guys

demo :: http://www.freakscene.net/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=calendar </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">thanks jeremiah

Here's a little idea for an addition:

Allow all registered users to post calendar entries that admins or mods would have to approve before they appear. Maybe even have an email sent to the admin everytime a new post is added and waiting to be approved. I don't want to let everyone just openly post entries because a lot of crap would get added, but I'd rather not have to enter every event myself either. If I could just go through and approve events as they are submitted it would be very handy.

what about a board that has 2000+ members with people posting events non stop *flooded email in-box* <--- moral

Obviously there would be the option of turning the email notification on and off, just like there is now for new registrations.

What kind of board are you running with people posting events non-stop? Allowing everyone to post events without approval would mean a HUGE calendar and if you had to post each event yourself you'd be making entries to the calendar all day.

Approval would keep out the garbage posts and save a lot of time. You wouldn't have to individually give authorization to post, you'd keep garbage entries off the calendar, and you wouldn't have to make the entries yourself (just approve the ones coming in).

It could be helpfull if poeple must have a specified rank before they can suggest a posting for the calendar. I dont think there will be a flooding-problem. You can see who did it and suspend this user.

and your bandwidth usage would jump through the roof correct?

This also can happen with topic-poster-spammer-flooding-whatever. There is no difference in using the calendar or just postings.

You can just choose that only admins, mods and special users can post events instead. (special users - choose in edit profile from cp)

Hi. I dunno if this was already requested but what do you think about this little addon to the calendar.

- A birthday list in my profile. The member puts other member in this list and chooses to be notified by e-mail X days before the day.

What do you think ?

Thanks and great job!

Med.

Hi, calendar does not display in forum summary and when I try to edit wordlets in CP i have this error :

Action not permitted.

» Use your browser's back button to return.

I read i should rehack it, but what does it mean ?

Adri, please make the "Powered by Infopop Corporation" part of your copyright wording visible. About your problem, rehack ultimatebb.cgi and cp_wordlets.cgi, then re-upload vars_wordlets_calendar to cgi-bin (or variables) folder.

BTW, I'm in the AOM alpha list

Hum hum well I put it again, anyway you can remove it without violating license, just add style="display:none;visibility:hidden" you don't remove the copyright, it appears in source code

I'm also in the AOM alpha and beta list, and ES allowed me to give out 20 alpha version to our forummers

So what do you mean with rehack ultimatebb.cgi and cp_wordlets ??

PS: I knew admin read user emails, I should have entered my hotmail one

Hack (modify) them again from backups.

BTW, it IS a violation - they have to be visible for a naked eye

>>Hack (modify) them again from backups.

I did this twice, using the multi hack file, and it's not working.

>>BTW, it IS a violation - they have to be visible for a naked eye

Then you can use background color + 1lightness

1) and did you re-upload vars_worlelts_calendar to cgi-bin dir?

2) nope, then it can't be seen easily.
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">All such notices or legends remain readily perceptible to the human eye.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">http://www.infopop.com/products/ubbclassic/license.html

1. My vars files are not in cgi-bin but I reuploaded all files to their respective folders. Maybe does it interfer with CP addon ?

2. it can be readily perceptible but so hard and annoying using close colors that nobody would read

So ? Maybe they re is a bug, you may have used CGI_DIR instead of VARS_DIR so it doesnt work for me...

And I think you're wrong, as it's recognized with the foreach that requires almost every other variable file.

Rehack EVERYTHING, re-upload EVERYTHING, re-chmod EVERYTHING. okay?

Arg I'm not a noob My chmod are allright, anyway I'm going to look myself for it, because I'm too lazy to rehack everything since I improved many parts of the code myself (yes, some mod makers and even infopop program like perl newbies = bad security, very long code and bad perfs).

It seems the problem comes from these variables files anyway, but I'm going to make this $^@ calendar work

The calendar works if you install as written in the install notes. I have installed it many times on quite a few different sites/servers.

Well I used the multi hack file so it's a bite harder to see what modifications the script applied, but I'm going to check the manual way, thx for the tip (I didn't notice there was also a text installation).

# Modifies: #
# ultimatebb.cgi, ubb_lib.cgi, #
[...]

well first ubb_lib.cgi hasn't been modified using multihack... so the problem should be here.
And no... it's written modifies ubb_lib.cgi but there is nothing to do there

I used the mhp yesterday, it installs easily

You mentioned changing the files, that's probably where the error is.

Yes certainly, so I have to do it by hand. However multihack didnt report any errors.

If I have time I think I'll publish a hack, let's see

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Adri2:
some mod makers and even infopop program like perl newbies = bad security, very long code and bad perfs</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">So why do you use these hacks and "fix" the problems instead of starting from the scratch? :rolleyes:

Check your PM's adri.

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by LK:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Adri2:
some mod makers and even infopop program like perl newbies = bad security, very long code and bad perfs</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">So why do you use these hacks and "fix" the problems instead of starting from the scratch? :rolleyes: </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Because me very busy and it'd require some hours to understand how ubb works so it's faster to make mods of mods already done

Updated to 6.3.1

LK I wanted to ask you the following: How hard would it be to make the calendar a standalone script ? (I mean not to need to edit any ubb files) can this be done and where do I need to start ?

It's not so hard but too hard for me to post it all on the fly

Basically, you have to use open(), etc instead of OpenFileAsX, etc. Also add #!/usr/bin/perl, use CGI........ You'll also have to change the design, otherwise $Header, $TBT, $TBB, $Footer and others don't exist.

yes but it will stll run in the same dir as UBB so I can still reuse some variables. The thing is I am thinking of using beta UBB on my website but since I cannot modify it I have to find an other way of keeping the calendar

Oh, if you can use UBB's library it's much easier... Copy the beginning of ubb_calendar_ssi.cgi (from the beginning until "use strict;", EXCEPT for the UNLESS line) to ubb_lib_calendar.cgi, then add:Then change the &sub_that_etc_etc to their real names, and use ubb_lib_calendar.cgi (but you'll have to edit every public_calendar_X and public_new_calendar_event to use ubb_lib_calendar, and if needed also use COMMAND instead of UBB in <form> lines.

Ok, I am using your MHK from your site:

Hmm, $show_public_name does not appear in public_topic_page.pl is that now called $linkname?

ubb_lib_posting, I have the following:
$pm_link, %rate_list, $Avatar, with two more vars on the next line followed by ) Your step should not have the )

Just some FYI.

Yes, I had to update my mhk as well

Sorry

Edit: fixed (both MHK and TXT)

is there another download location because the current one doesn't want to work

This was the first big hack I ahve done that went with no user errors

Woot

thanks everyone loves it

Olliey2k, use www.ubbdev.com/lk/calendar.zip

Chimera,

Help the ID10T

Where does this go? :rolleyes:

Where you want the calendar in .shtml files. (if you don't know what's SHTML, disregard it )

Hmmm cool

I was thinking I could place it along side the forums, like I see banner adds and paypal banners. Ok Ill find a forum to ask that question cause I cant get the syntax right for a search.

thing about searching. . . you need to know what you're looking for

Hrmmm .. Have events posted but my main page always says No events scheduled for today...

http://www.nakkc.org/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi

http://www.nakkc.org/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=calendar - "No events scheduled for today."

yeah i just deleted it lol... had event down as weekly

Not to mention Im vacationing in Malaysia right now, so im a day ahead of server.... My time is screwed lol.. Check ur PM also... PLZ

UPDATE: I refreshed it like 5x and it finally showed ... sorry for bugging ya hehhehe... I need to close the laptop... IM ON VACATION!!!

Is there a way to control who can view the calander?

Yes In control panel 'Calendar' section is a radio button "make private" or some such.

then you go ONE-BY-ONE and add who you want.

What would be cool is if there was a hack that listed members and put the checkboxes after each name, all on one page>

Hmmm think I have a mod suggestion

Excellent. More incentive to upgrade to 6.3.1 now. (It would appear this mod doesn't work in 6.3.0 anymore.)

Eric

Hi LK,
Excellent Hack - Is there any way to anchor the event date in the calendar to the event disciption so that the discription comes to the top of the page?
I hope I am making this clear.

Chimera, that checkbox is to control who can WRITE the calendar, not read

Ed, ubb_lib_calendar.cgi. find: (twice)

OK how do I set rights to see the calendar? Or more to the point not see it

Hi All,

Was just introduced to this forum afew days ago. Since then I've installed Quick Reply and the Calendar and some other mods but not sure what they do. lol

I just installed Chat but when I go to the CP, I don't see any setting parameters. It is in the drop down menu but when the page refreshes there are no options.

any ideas? I know it is probably something very simple I left out.

Thanks,

Jon Engalla
http://www.filambasketball.com/messageboard.html

LK, found a bug in the calendar functionality. If you create a new event, suppose on Sept. 3, 2002. Set it as weekly and first it only populates each week for the month of Sept. Next, if you go and look at events for another date, say, Sept. 17, 2002, it doesn't show the event that was repeated from the 3rd. It shows on the calendar grid, but not below in the list of events, and it also doesn't show at the bottom of the forum summery.

Chrimera, it's impossible.

Deven, I hate these problems I'm testing in a bit

Fixed, re-download calendar.zip and re-upload ubb_lib_calendar.cgi

Thanks a ton, LK!

P.S. - One more slight bug, on weekly events, it still won't show them if you have Calendar events showing at the bottom of the forum summary. It only shows them on the first date posted, not the repeats.

Fixed, re-download and re-hack ubb_forum_summary.cgi

Dang, that was fast LK, thanks again!

Ack, one mistyped key in your signature can really screw it up, fixed it now.

Sorry I got a problem

Hi LK,
in Germany the week starts with Monday, not with Sunday, what can i do, to change this?

thx und sorry about my english

GMe