Is there a page where all methods in PDCalendar are documented? Reading the XSLT files that come with the package, I see that there are methods that are used but I'd like to know more about them:
In short, there isn't a page yet, but I will create one.
In short, here's what the methods do:
GetFirstDOM: input year and month, returns a datetime with the first day of that month (01-01-2011)
GetLastDOM: input year and month, returns a datetime with the last day of that month (31-01-2011)
Days: returns an xml-document containing the daynames and their abbreviations using the culture that is set on the domain. This is used to populate the calendar-header
GenerateDates: input startdate, enddate and the alias of the documenttype, returns an xml-document with all days between startdate and enddate, it also returns valid events and places those on the right dates.
DayOfWeekName: input date, returns the name of the day of that date in the culture you set the domainname to
MonthName: input date, returns the name of the month in the culture you set the domainname to
These are all methods available, and as you've seen, I use them in the provided xslt-files. All are used to generate the calendar.
Yes! That's a great help! I think it could help a lot of calendar developers if you would put something along the lines of what you wrote in this thread on the plugin homepage - it doesn't need to be elaborate, just a simple guide.
What would also helt would be some examples of how to use it, apart from the supplied XSLT files. One thing that I think many people would like to see is how to generate a simple list showing the next 3-4 upcoming events. This is something that I think many people want on their start page. I saw something along these lines in this thread:
I think the most useful function would be if a list like this would show the events closest to the current date first. I've found it a bit tricky to get a list like this to behave the way I want, especially when there are recurring events.
Documentation of all methods in PDCalendar?
Hi!
Is there a page where all methods in PDCalendar are documented? Reading the XSLT files that come with the package, I see that there are methods that are used but I'd like to know more about them:
pdcalendar:GetFirstDOM
pdcalendar:GetLastDOM
pdcalendar:DayOfWeekName
pdcalendar:GenerateDates
pdcalendar:Days
pdcalendar:MonthName
Are there more?
Regards,
Thomas
In short, there isn't a page yet, but I will create one.
In short, here's what the methods do:
GetFirstDOM: input year and month, returns a datetime with the first day of that month (01-01-2011)
GetLastDOM: input year and month, returns a datetime with the last day of that month (31-01-2011)
Days: returns an xml-document containing the daynames and their abbreviations using the culture that is set on the domain. This is used to populate the calendar-header
GenerateDates: input startdate, enddate and the alias of the documenttype, returns an xml-document with all days between startdate and enddate, it also returns valid events and places those on the right dates.
DayOfWeekName: input date, returns the name of the day of that date in the culture you set the domainname to
MonthName: input date, returns the name of the month in the culture you set the domainname to
These are all methods available, and as you've seen, I use them in the provided xslt-files. All are used to generate the calendar.
Does this help?
Regards,
Peter
Hi Peter!
Yes! That's a great help!
I think it could help a lot of calendar developers if you would put something along the lines of what you wrote in this thread on the plugin homepage - it doesn't need to be elaborate, just a simple guide.
What would also helt would be some examples of how to use it, apart from the supplied XSLT files. One thing that I think many people would like to see is how to generate a simple list showing the next 3-4 upcoming events. This is something that I think many people want on their start page. I saw something along these lines in this thread:
http://our.umbraco.org/forum/getting-started/questions-about-runway-and-modules/7234-Number-of-events-with-PDCalendar
I think the most useful function would be if a list like this would show the events closest to the current date first. I've found it a bit tricky to get a list like this to behave the way I want, especially when there are recurring events.
/Thomas
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