EventCalendar 1.0 rc1

[apkoutsou]

The Event Calendar 1.0 component has finally reached its first release candidate.

Some of its great new features include:
* A print button for events info
* A more social (as fashion commands) interface, as registered users can reserve to an event
* A PayPal button to pay for your event reservation
* Automated template uploading (no need for an external ftp client anymore)
* RSS feeds with forthcoming events
* An extension for IOS Sitemap, so your event categories are easily reachable to Google's search engine
* ... and of course a lot of debbuging and minor fixes ...

As the changes are magor, this first release candidate won't be available yet at EDC. This post is an open invitation for testers.

Please download the attached installation package - and don't forget to feedback here!

NOTE: The attached version is a release candidate and not a final release - it serves testing purposes only! Use this version under your own responsibility. Do not overwrite existing EventCalendar 0.1 installations (as database structure has changed) and do not remove existing installations to install this one, as all your events will be erased - an update patch will be released by the time the final version is released.


EDIT: As there is no further response the release canidate download is closed. Within this week the final release will be out in EDC with an update patch! Thank you all!

[oisy]

Cool!!! Thanks!
Works great, when installed for the first time on a site. No problems found yet.
 
Thank you!

[apkoutsou]

Thanks oisy! Is there something else I could add as a feature?

Also, I would like someone to feedback for paypal feature. I don't have a paypal seller account, so I cannot fully test its integration!

[nikos]

Apostole

I installed today your last version of component and module to see it how it works and i found some errors on greek language which you must check again. If you like i can send you the corrected file. Also into module there is not at all css and it's appearance is controlled through <table> from file mod_eventcalendar.php where also i found some errors like you do not close some <td> and the module "is not sitting well" on narrow columns, so i had to put some custom css.

I would like to ask you, instead to search all code and remove my self, is how i could disable the appearance of participation on an event. It could be a good idea to exist an option Yes or No into administration, for this.

Also at url of an event if user writes by hand a random name url, component continues to show it, like it exists. Have you made in new version validation of parameters?

All the rest is a very good job.

[apkoutsou]

I installed today your last version of component and module to see it how it works and i found some errors on greek language which you must check again. If you like i can send you the corrected file.

Please do send it...

Also into module there is not at all css and it's appearance is controlled through <table> from file mod_eventcalendar.php where also i found some errors like you do not close some <td> and the module "is not sitting well" on narrow columns, so i had to put some custom css.

I haven't yet updated the module, but I'll look into it. I don't rember much right now... only that you need to add some custome css classes (in your template CSS file); look at Elxis Wki::Event Calendar (module) for further details.

I would like to ask you, instead to search all code and remove my self, is how i could disable the appearance of participation on an event. It could be a good idea to exist an option Yes or No into administration, for this.

The final release is the same as the release candidate. So where were you when I asked for testing? 
But as you are right (as I should have predicted it), when I get back home (tommorow), I'll post here to tell you what to do. 

Also at url of an event if user writes by hand a random name url, component continues to show it, like it exists. Have you made in new version validation of parameters?

I really don't understand what you mean. Please give an example or url. Validation is done corectly (at least when I tested the component). The only thing is that it doesn't return a message when something does not exist, but it redirects you somewhere relative (e.g. when you give a non-existing event, it redirects to current date; when you give a non-existing category, it redirects to category list; and so on...)

All the rest is a very good job.

Thanks nikos!! Please, tell me if something else is buggy or missing to add it. I'll probably release an update...

BTW: Did you do a fresh install or an update?? I want to know if the update patch works...

[nikos]

Apostole thanks for all your answers on my post, which aimed to help you make it better (because I consider it a very useful component) and not to make you upset (

...So where were you when I asked for testing? 

). Just now I had the need it to install it and trying it i noticed those I 've mentioned about.

By pm i will send you the greek.php file. If you need any help, I am willing.

[apkoutsou]

I'm not upset 
Simply it is very bad for a programmer to patch a program just after it's release... That's why I released the rc version, so that these things were fixed or added before the final release!!!