Events with No Duration?

ejolley · Joined: 10 Apr 2006 Posts: 86

I apologize in advance for piling all these questions into one post:

1. Is it possible to create events with no specific duration but which do have a start time and aren't labeled as "All Day"?

2. Is it possible create a link that a user could click on (after logging in) that would open up the editor to create a new event with today's date as the default?

(What I'm looking for is a simple "Add Event" button that could reside on the Events tab. So that the user doesn't have to go thru the monthly view to add an event)

3. Copyright footer removal - this is in the FAQ, but only as a brief mention... Could someone point me in the right direction or send me instructions?

Thanks much,
Eric

P.S. It was good to find Thyme, I've gone through two other Calendar apps before this one and Thyme definitely holds the most promise. I am also glad to find an app with Joomla users in mind. (still trying to figure out Studio, but so far so good)

esoft_ian · Joined: 12 Sep 2005 Posts: 5275

Hi Eric,

> 1. Is it possible to create events with no specific duration but which do have a start time and aren't labeled as "All Day"?

No Sad

..What kind of events are these? If you're using Joomla Studio, you can omit the times without saying that they are 'all day'.

> 2. Is it possible create a link that a user could click on (after logging in) that would open up the editor to create a new event with today's date as the default?

Edit include/events.php. Search for the line that contains: $_cal_event_list->display_events.. and just under that line, add:

Guest · Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 6:17 pm Post subject:

Thanks Ian.

In regards to question 1... It's simple really. Some events are of an unknown duration or we simply don't have that information, but still want to inform people of the event and a start time. Like a concert that could be 2 hours, maybe it's 3... I hate having to specify if I don't have that information. There are a lot of events we are promoting that are going to be like that.

Thanks for the help. I will send an email about the other question.

Eric

ejolley · Joined: 10 Apr 2006 Posts: 86

Woops. Forgot to log in.

esoft_ian · Joined: 12 Sep 2005 Posts: 5275

Hi Eric,

Many people have events like this and just enter something to the effect of "end time may vary" in the notes of the event. Since you are using Joomla Studio, within the event template you can exclude end time (duration) all together.

ejolley · Joined: 10 Apr 2006 Posts: 86

Cool. Thanks, Ian. I do plan on using Joomla Studio for the final calendar so that's good news.