next »

[stefani]

Has anyone been able to put a link to another web page in the description of the event.  We need to do this for our forums.  

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Mike

Stefani-inc@msn.com

[DanO]

** Has anyone been able to put a link to another web page in the description of the event. **

I would think all you have to do is turn 'auto hot-linking' ON in the administration section then whenever a URL is entered into a field, it is automatically turned into a link when that event is viewed?

Dan O.

------------------

[stefani]

Thanks, that helps, but I did not state my question clearly.
What I want to do is put a description of the link and have it underlined and have the url in the background so that the users do not see the "http://www......".  The owner of the site is very picky about such things.

Any additional help would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Mike

[eladyar]

Go to Calendar Settings

Set Auto-link NO

Set Allow HTML YES

You can then enter Your links as standard HTML.

If your calendar allows public entries it can be screwed up by malicious users. If you aren't careful an unclosed tag can mess up the calendar's appearance.

------------------
Dale Ray
http://www.gavitsports.org

[DanO]

** have the url in the background so that the users do not see the "http://www......". **

Then you would have to have 2 fields (one for the link description and one for the URL) and would have to customize the Event View to display them together or use Dale's suggestion.

You can read about how to separate displaying of individual fields on the Event View page in the previous forum message "Break apart event title and description". You would then have to design a conditional to print those event fields appropriately.

BTW. A link to that message and other interesting CalendarScript modifications can be found at the Unofficial CalendarScript - Mods and Plugins site.

Dan O.

[This message has been edited by DanO (edited April 08, 2003).]

[STEFANI]

Thanks to all.  That worked great!!!

[2LadyDi]

Stefani - good question. I liked the idea and have since implemented it in my calendar. To remove the lin under the link in it, I added the STYLE line as follows:

STYLE="text-decoration:none"

behind the "url" linked BUT inside the URL barckaet. See below:

<a href="www.genericsite.com" STYLE="text-decoration:none">generic site</a>

I was trying to hide my links b/c I have a website thief who does no research on her own to find facilities listed in the database. She tears my site apart for info. Works like a charm.

Dan - one question? How do you make the event 'title' and 'description' permanently  'italic' ? I am an [url]italic[url] nut and my whole calendar reflects it. Now, I have to type <i></i>, each and every instance.

Thank you to you both!

(leaves to go find OTHER nifty tricks...)

[DanO]

** How do you make the event 'title' and 'description' permanently 'italic' ? Now, I have to type <i></i>, each and every instance. **

Find where in the calendar template they're printed out and add the necessary HTML tags there? It may also be possible to modify the style sheet used in the calendar.

Dan O.

------------------