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[Raptor2000]

I am using the fydayspan template, and when I add recurring events to the calendar then in the ssi (included on the web site home page) the recurring events show up as a single event with a date range.

In other words, if there is an event once per month, it shows up in the ssi at something like "Jan 5-Jun 3", which is obviously not what I want.

Even if I enter the events one at a time, if I give them the same name, then they show up this way.  (They also have the same ID number on the Admin Schedule Event screen, so I assume that they are grouped even though I enter them individually.)  The only way I can get around this is to enter them individually AND give them different names, but this is not an ideal solution.

Is there any way to fix this for the ssi??  (I am using v. 3.2 of calendarscript)

Thanks!

[DanO]

** in the ssi the recurring events show up as a single event with a date range. **

What SSI file are you using?? The one supplied with the CalendarScript installation should NOT do that AFAIK.

**  I am using v. 3.2 of calendarscript **

 Than you should upgrade to the current version as there are some security concerns with older versions (including 3.2) although it has nothing to do with your SSI problem.

JFYI

Dan O.

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[Raptor2000]

I'm using the ssi that came with fydayspan.  The standerd one will make ALL the dates listed separately.  That's not what I want either.  If there is an event lasting 3 consecutive days, I want it to be listed as a single event (e.g. Oct 3-5).  But if there is an event that repeats once per month, it should list on separate lines.

BTW, I upgraded to 3.21.  Thanks!

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[This message has been edited by Raptor2000 (edited August 22, 2004).]

[DanO]

** I'm using the ssi that came with fydayspan. ... it shows up in the ssi at something like "Jan 5-Jun 3" **

Sorry but I can't see how that could possibly be with the code from the ssi.html template from the fydayspan.zip . The code in that template looks exactly the same as the default ssi.html template.

I have to think you must be using some other template. Sorry.

Dan O.

[This message has been edited by DanO (edited August 23, 2004).]

[Raptor2000]

Sorry, I forgot that I had replaced the standard ssi with one based on the sampleG page by Memobug.  That works great for me, except for recurring events.

The fydayspan template works great for causing multi-day events to appear as one event on the calendar display, but the standard ssi causes them to appear as a series of 1 day events.

What I want is an ssi that will cause a multi-day event on a series of consecutive days to appear as a single event (e.g. May 5-7), but to have recurring events appear as separate events in the ssi list (e.g. 1st Monday each month)

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[This message has been edited by Raptor2000 (edited August 22, 2004).]

[DanO]

I'm afraid I am not familiar with that template and it is fairly difficult code to follow. It would take a lot of work to try and figure out how to accomplish what you want to do.

Have you tried contacting that template's author and see if he can offer any suggestions?

Dan O.

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[Raptor2000]

I haven't been able to find any contact information for the author of that template.  The earlier references to the sampleG template don't seem to be on the forum any more.

The sampleG template is complex, but it includes some filtering fuctions that I don't really need.

Still, I might be able to use it for now, except for one thing.  If I try to add a separate event with the same name each month, they still appear with a date range with the ssi.  

Do you know if the script assumes that events with the same name are "recurring" instances of the same event?  Is it possible to enter several different events with the same name?

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[DanO]

** The earlier references to the sampleG template don't seem to be on the forum any more. **

Sure it is: Searching in the template with command line argumentss
(BTW. It is linked from the Unofficial CalendarScript - Mods and Plugins site)
You could also try searching the forums for posts by memobug

** I haven't been able to find any contact information for the author of that template. **

You can try looking at some of the upper pages of the site that template is found on. There is no email address listed for him in his forum profile.

** Do you know if the script assumes that events with the same name are "recurring" instances of the same event? **

From the little I looked at it, the template does appear to use the event name as the key for the event, the script (ie. CalendarScript) does not. Recurring events only have a single event record but multiple schedule records which just point to it. Each of the other event types only have a single event and schedule record for them.

Dan O.

[This message has been edited by DanO (edited August 23, 2004).]

[Raptor2000]

I just tested it.. if I add two different events with the same name, they get the same ID number (visible on the secone Edit Event screen).  These were not entered as a recurring event, but just two events with exactly the same name.

So the ssi treats them as a single/recurring event, since they have the same ID number.

That seems to be the source of my problem... so is there a way to add several different events with exactly the same name, and have them included separately in the event database?

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[DanO]

** if I add two different events with the same name, they get the same ID number **

If you had 1 event and then added another but used the same name, they would NOT have the same ID numbers. If you just added a second date to an existing or new event, they will have the same ID numbers as will all events added with recurring schedules.

I don't know if the *template* in question would just link events with the same name together and point them to the same event file but I assure you CalendarScript does not.

JFYI

Dan O.

[This message has been edited by DanO (edited August 26, 2004).]