Free Updateable Calendar of Events

[Mike]

What is the best way for me to add an updateable Calendar of Events page into
my FrontPage site without buying additional software? I am hoping for
something very easy to use that I can add links into and also buttons to
return to my home page of to go to other pages in my site.

 

[Trevor Lawrence]

I have written one in JS, but I haven't looked at it lately. I am also late
for doing other things, so IWGBTY

 

[Richard In Va.]

Hello Mike,

Maybe look here...
http://www.javascriptkit.com/cgi-bi..._page=10&zoom_and=1&zoom_sort=0&zoom_cat[]=-1

and here...
http://www.javascriptkit.com/script/cutindex1a.shtml

and here...
http://www.javascriptkit.com/script/script2/eventscalendar.shtml
This one I use on a site I built, a little difficult to figure out but you
can build it into your own page to contain the other links you want. I put
the calendar inside a table and the event description window below that and
added space for more wording. Also changed a few colors and such for better
fit with the site theme.

The code is free to use, only drawback is that it is manual and can be
somewhat cumbersome to figure out.

Good luck... we all need an event calendar to keep up with things...!

Richard in VA.
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[Rob Giordano [MS MVP]]

IF your webserver supports PHP; a very popular, free and easy to use is
WebCalendar. Put it in a subweb if you are using FPSE, and create links to
it from your main web.

 

[Mike]

Hi Rob,

I'm afraid you're speaking above my paygrade here. I am using godaddy as a
hosting svc, but I don't understand what PHP is or FPSE (FrontPage?). I am
building my site in FrontPage2003.

 

[Mike]

I have found that I can create my calendar in Outlook and save it as a
webpage then import it into my site folder. But I cannot figure out, yet,
how to put in buttons to go to my other pages, or back home. I also cannot
make it so the user can open the events and see the details from the page.

 

[Trevor Lawrence]

Mike,
I said IWGBTY (I will get back to you). So far, I haven't looked into the
calendar that I have used, but if you have imported a calendar into your
site and just have a few problems , then please post your web address so
that I/we can look at it

--
Trevor Lawrence
Canberra
Web Site http://trevorl.mvps.org

 

[Rob Giordano [MS MVP]]

you can but they can't.
that's why I suggested WebCalendar because you can password it and let
certain people edit the calendars.

find out if your hosting package supports PHP and MySql...better yet; read
GoDaddy's options pages. Many hosts have free programs (WebCalendar is quite
popular and free) or they may have something else to fit your needs.



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Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression

 

[Rob Giordano [MS MVP]]

If you're hosted by GoDaddy, they definitely do offer WebCalendar. If you're
on Linux hosting plan you're all set, have them install it in a subweb if
you're using FPSE.

It'd help if you posted your site's URL, we could help more.



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Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression

 

[Mike]

My site URL is www.overdosadventure.com
I will publish what I have so far right now so you can see what I have.
I'll also contact Go Daddy and see what they can do for me regarding the tips
you gave me.

 

[Richard In Va.]

Hello Mike,

Thanks for the link to your site, enjoyed the pictures and I for one think
your calendar looks REAL nice!

Maybe as a "stop-gap" and until you find the solution your looking for,
maybe you can have the calendar open in a new browser window. Then folks
can close the calendar window to get back to the main site. I notice I had
to "back button" a bunch of times to get out of the calendar... more than I
had expected.

This might be how your code would look...

<a href="Calendar.htm" target="_blank" title="Events">
<img src="Calendar Files/button.gif" alt="Events /></a>

(of course, add-in whatever is needed to position the button on your page)

(target="_blank") = open link in a new window. You may even consider
something like this for the photos.

Looks like fun and the site is looking good... but I do really like how the
calendar works.

Hope this helps!

Richard in VA.
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[Richard In Va.]

Mike, one other comment if I might?

Sometimes it's a good idea to name ALL files in lower case only and remove
blank space between words...

Calendar.htm > calendar.htm
Calendar Files/ > calendar_files/

I saw alot of %20 's in the address bar, especially for the picture names...

images/Mud%20Pit%206x9%2096dpi.JPG > images/mud_pit_6x9_96dpi.jpg

Renaming the files means you'll need to update all the links too... links
are case sensitive toward the name of the file... at least it always has
been in my case. So if a file name has 1 capital letter in it, the link
needs to target the same file name having the same capital letter... that
make any sense... kinda lost myself there...?

Richard in VA.
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[Mike]

Oh, is THAT why they look like that? I'll make the change. Will it speed up
the load times of the pages too?
I do like the look of the calendar, but I have not figured out how to make
the rest of the data show up. I've put links in the details foir the events
but they don't appear. I'll try to make the calendar open in a seperate
window. Thanks for the advice!