Will Thyme work for a broadcast schedule?

amelson · Joined: 14 Nov 2008 Posts: 4

I need something that will allow us to put a broadcast schedule for a radio station online, and allow for "overrides" when regular shows are pre-empted for special programming.

Everything I've read in the Thyme documentation seems to support this, except for one question: I need to be able to export data for a homepage include (via RSS feed, I suppose) that will show what's currently on the air (and the next upcoming program in the schedule) automatically based on the system clock. Is Thyme capable of doing this?

Thanks!

esoft_ian · Joined: 12 Sep 2005 Posts: 5279

Hi,

Yes, Thyme is capable of doing all of this.

Let me know if you have any more questions at all.

amelson · Joined: 14 Nov 2008 Posts: 4

Thanks. I've downloaded/installed Thyme and I like the admin functionality. However, I was hoping to display the weekly schedule in a block grid form (days of week L to R across top and times top to bottom along left side) and it doesn't appear to give me the option to do that.

Something like this:
http://www.kqed.org/radio/schedules/weekly.jsp

Is this possible with Thyme?

esoft_ian · Joined: 12 Sep 2005 Posts: 5279

Hi,

The closest Thyme has to this is the WEEK_SCHEDULE_VIEW custom setting described here.

amelson · Joined: 14 Nov 2008 Posts: 4

Thanks - that's exactly what I wanted!

One more question: We have some dynamic program descriptions that update daily, and are provided as javascript modules. However, the WYSIWIG editor in the Notes field strips out javascript. Is there any way to get around this so that I can include these in my calendar?

esoft_ian · Joined: 12 Sep 2005 Posts: 5279

Hi,

This is put in place as a security measure against cross site scripting attacks. If you don't allow event requests, it is ok to remove it. You can remove the following line from include/classes/class.event.php:

amelson · Joined: 14 Nov 2008 Posts: 4

Removed the line, but <script></script> tags are still getting stripped out. Not a huge deal, as I can replace it with static text, but just thought it was worth trying for the dynamic content.