Currently trying out the trial version

[Dave G]

Very impressed with the trial so far. I just have a few questions about functionality before I can decide on purchasing the product.

I run a football team fan-site and we have a database of over 4,000 football matches from 1892 to date and wish to have these accessible via the calendar.

1) I plan to populate the event database (mySQL) automatically via my already built database - the only field I need some guidance on is 'eventKey' which seems to be a unique 32 character value. By a strange coincidence I already have a unique 32 character value which I could use in there from my existing database - will this work or does the value have to be generated by the calendar script?

2) On the calendar display, there are 3 navigation options (previous month, current and next month) Is there a way of adding a previous/next year option or even a quickjump way of getting to a specific month and year?

3) Is it possible for the link code (for displaying the pop-up) can be changed to open a different page (not a pop-up but a page)? Failing that, can the html to display the pop-up be modified to display a self-designed pop-up?

Thanks for any feedback you have on these questions

DaveG
YNWA - By fans, for fans

[Dave G]

I think I've found the answer to question 2 - looks do-able.

http://www.easilysimplecalendar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2633

[ve9gra]

Err.... I think there will be a different problem here.... Here's an excerpt from PHP.net

Note: The valid range of a timestamp is typically from Fri, 13 Dec 1901 20:45:54 GMT to Tue, 19 Jan 2038 03:14:07 GMT. (These are the dates that correspond to the minimum and maximum values for a 32-bit signed integer). On Windows this range is limited from 01-01-1970 to 19-01-2038.
So, since your list starts in the 1800's, ESCal won't be able to handle the dates.

[Dave G]

You are indeed correct - shame, great calendar script :(

[Brian]

Version 6 (which is in development now) will be based on a different date system and not Dependant on PHP for date ranges and therefore would not have this limitation.

The unique 32 character database entry is only for the trial version. This is not part of the paid version.

[Dave G]

Brian - thanks for that reply. I think I could get around the need to go back in time with the calendar for a while - the calendar is really for an 'on this day' type display and the need to go to pre-1970 years is minimal, but useful.

Any comments on the 3rd question as this is pretty much the clincher for me.

[Brian]

Sorry I overlooked number 3 earlier...

You can modify the links using standard HTML code any way you wish. Just use the <a href=... code and set the target='_blank' to open a new window.

[Dave G]

Excellent - I'll continue testing it out right now and should hopefully make a decision end of the week about whether to purchase or not. But it's looking great right now.

Thanks!

[Dave G]

You've got a new customer - will put the order in over the weekend.

Test version seamlessly inserted into my new site design - no problems whatsoever. I'll post a link to the site once I've got it all live and running - hopefully next Tuesday (the calendar was the final missing link)

Excellent work!