Calendar Software & Updating Events List

Question

Alright guys I am building a website for my school and right
now we have the calendar in .pdf form. What I would like to do is
make an interactive calendar like Easy PHP Calendar found here:
http://www.easyphpcalendar.com/freeDownload.php.
That one looks pretty clean and I think it can accomplish the
other tasks I would like it to. Those tasks are categorizing the
events like "administration", "sports", "community", etc. Once I
categorize the events I would like to put something on say the
baseball homepage so it will grab the next 3-4 events under the
"baseball" category and display them on the page. I would like to
be able to do this with each sport and put an overall events list
that shows the next 5-10 events on the homepage.
Thanks for any help or input!

Answer 1

http://demo.mediachurch.com
check that baby out! hehehe, I've actually had
some fun playing with it, though it certainly has given me
fits.
Additionally, due to the heavy Zend use, it's been pretty
hard to tie in
calendar templates with my site templates (pretty hard as in
I still have no
clue how I'm goign to do that aside from a directory copy).
1. Agree on upgrade
2. Check those links out - the CSS maps are really
invaluable. Actually,
what I did most of the time was rip out all the stuff they
had in there
(their CSS design was lacking in 8 ways) and just replace it
with mine.
3. I don't want to promise this, but I think we were able to
talk to them
about bulk purchasing. The only problem was that they have a
policy that
bulk applies to purchases at the same time - so if you buy 50
one day and 50
the next, you only get bulk for 50.
I'm working on the multipiple users thing. I saw a post on
the board where
somebody had figured it out. I'm struggling - the input form
is a nightmare
of javascript, and I haven't messed with it for ages. I'm
hoping I can just
upload it to my table in my main database, and then export it
to the other
database upon approval. Blech! :O)
Jon
"Mad Dog" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I haven't had need for multiple users, so that hasn't
been a problem for
>me. I've customized it a bit using the CSS, which wasn't
bad, but I didn't
>need to do as much customization as you have. I had some
problems
>integrating it into a WordPress sidebar, but with Brian's
help and Google
>searches, I got it figured out and it works like a charm.
I even outlined
>it and Brian posted it as a sticky in the forum for
Wordpress integration
>guidelines. My main needs now are:
>
> - A better upgrade process
> - Cleaner, easier to understand, better documented CSS
would be nice
> - Bulk purchasing discounts!
>
> MD
>
> crash wrote:
>> It's a pretty good package, and looks to be getting
even better. There
>> are some warnings, though.
>>
>> You need to look at their specs and make sure the
way it's setup is
>> going to accommodate you. They are working on a much
more robust
>> version, due out in Q3, and I highly recommend that.
(You should be
>> able to buy now and upgrade for a nominal fee).
>>
>> What I needed but wasn't quite there:
>>
>> 1. Different users being able to have different
categories available
>> to them. As it is now (from everything I've read)
this isn't really
>> possible to do.
>>
>> 2. The ability to show multiple events under one day
heading
>>
>> 3. Customizing the calendar templates is a bit
limited, and is not at
>> all intuitive. For example, you can customize parts
of the css
>> through one section (for templates) but that does
not apply to other
>> sections. You can add additional information to the
headers via an
>> include file, but must edit the actual images to
change the header
>> graphic, as the graphic reference is embedded in
Zend programmed code.
>>
>> Now, the great thing like MadDog mentioned is the
forums. Thanks to
>> them and help from one of their members, I was able
to fix number two
>> - but it did take some time. The dates were
especially hard for me
>> to get a handle on, and that might have been the
biggest part of why
>> I found customizing the application so difficult.
>>
>> Overall, there's definitely no better value I found
than this
>> calendar. It is great if you're working in an
environment where you
>> have a small, trusted editing team. The new version
looks to be
>> suited well for a larger environment, with
additional administrative
>> levels and controls. It can be customized, and
there's a large group
>> of people doing this.
>> Additionally, don't forget to bookmark/download this
if you're goign
>> to be working with the calendar. It's a god-send.
>>
>>
http://www.epctutorials.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=26
>>
>> And it looks like he's got one up for the pop-up as
well. This
>> gentleman was one of the posters that really has
helped me customize
>> the calendar.
>>
http://www.epctutorials.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=26
>>
>> Good luck!
>>
>> Jon
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