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Calender is created using javascript and cookies to simulate a fully functional calendar database. There are two types of reminders for use:
options are set in options.js. These control some of the functionality of the calendar.
default: 100%
default: 14%
default: true personal reminder expiration length
default: 14 enabling popup reminder (alerts)
default: true
default: true
Admin expiration length enabling different month/day text
default: false
month text array
day text array
by default the calendar starts in the current month with the current day highlighted. The calendar view displays global and personal(cookie) reminders within each cell box.
to change to a different month, simply click on the forward or back arrows location in the top corners of the calendar. viewing reminders (daily or monthly) to view daily reminders, simply click on the date in the cell box. this will bring up a smaller window with daily reminder information for a given day. to view monthly reminders, simply click on the month name located at the top center of the calendar. this will bring up a smaller window with a list of all reminders for a given month.
global reminders have various display methods. a javascript alert will popup once when the calendar is initially opened. It will display a list of the alerts with the total for the current day. this can be toggled by a setting in the options.js file.
Daily Scheduler can help to manage personal reminders. This section applies only to personal reminders. the date is also display to help ease navigation and avoid not knowing which day is being set with a reminder.
to set a new reminder click on the link new reminder from the daily scheduler main view. Type the reminder text into the textbox and click on set reminder. once the reminder is set, it will be displayed on the main calendar and the daily scheduler. to cancel setting the of a new reminder, click on daily scheduler at the top. to edit an existing reminder click on the reminder text in the daily scheduler view. the edit screen shows the existing text and a text box to change the text. If you want to modify the existing text, click on the current text link to populate the text box to edit the existing text. once the edit is complete, click on set reminder. to cancel the editing of a reminder, click on daily scheduler at the top. to delete a personal reminder, simply click on the checkbox to the right of the reminder text and click on delete reminder(s). the updated information will be displayed on the main calendar and daily scheduler.
global reminders are able to be seen by all users. they are set in an external javascript file.
to set global reminders, edit global_reminders.js.
once the array has been created, list each global reminder as follows:
Date(s): the date within the month and year that you want the reminder.
Color: to associate a reminder with a color simply supply a color (hexadecimal). To use no color, leave the element blank.
Display Text: create the reminder text that will be seen by all end users.
Link: to add a link from the display text, add the full path as it would be seen in the location field in a browser.
Spanning: to span multiple days (dates do not have to be consecutive) with the same global reminder, just create a hyphen delimited list.
to have more than one global reminder, each set must be followed by a comma(,) except for the last set.
the default file is admin.html. it is highly suggest that you rename the file name. if the option to have admins (exclusive personal reminders) is enabled, this will only allow certain people to add personal reminders. adding an admin places a cookie on the user's computer. if present, it will allow only that user to use personal reminders. the length of the cookie is determined in the options file. from the admin screen a user is able add, delete, and rename their information.
Calendar is coded for both IE 4.0+ and Netscape 4.0+ Calendar 2.1.3
Javascript and cookies is no replacement for a real database. Cookies are limited by the number of cookies and the amount of information a cookie can hold. All information is stored locally on the user's machine. As a default, all reminders for one day are set to expire 14 days after it is set. If used improperly, Calendar will crash the browser.
There are no bugs as of yet.... ....
uses style sheets to control all colors and font for calendar reminder text is displayed in the main calendar global reminder functionality as been expanded to include color and links optimized code
greg
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