Manual: Calendar Help

The calendar script allows a website owner to easily provide calendar event information to their website visitors.  The information below will help you get started quickly with your calendar software.

• Giving members free calendar management access

• Charging members to get calendar management access

• Changing membership fees (if charging)

• Configuration settings

• Managing events

• Modifying templates

• Changing the appearance of the java calendar

• Linking the calendar to your website

Giving members free calendar access

Steps:

1. Login to your master admin at www.<yourdomain>.com/cgi-bin/master/Admin.cgi

2. Go to "Member Config"

3. Update the "Charging method" to "Free"

Note:  If your charging for other modules such as classifieds, then leave the "Charging method" as "Fee Based" and simply enter a "0" price value on the calendar variables.

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Charging members to get calendar access

Steps:

1. Login to your master admin at www.<yourdomain>.com/cgi-bin/master/Admin.cgi

2. Go to "Member Config"

3. Update the "Charging method" to "Fee Based"

4. Change the prices/fees that you want to charge next to the calendar line items

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Changing membership fees (if charging)

Steps:

1. Login to your master admin at www.<yourdomain>.com/cgi-bin/master/Admin.cgi

2. Go to "Member Config"

3. Modify the fees associated with each script module (brochures, etc.)

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Configuration Settings

Steps:

1. Login to your master admin at www.<yourdomain>.com/cgi-bin/master/Admin.cgi

2. Go to "Calendar" then click on "Configuration Settings"

3. Modify the settings accordingly:

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Managing Events

There are three different event modes as follows:

	Visible - This mode means that the event is active and your website visitors can view the event information.
	Not Visible - The mode means that the site owner has decided to make it not available to the public for whatever reason.
	Pending - If the site owner has in the configuration settings for all new events to be in a "Pending" mode, then it will not be shown to the public until the admin manually reviews the event and accepts it by putting it in a "Visible" mode.

Steps:

1. Login to your master admin at www.<yourdomain>.com/cgi-bin/master/Admin.cgi

2. This page shows the listing of all events currently in the data base and the status

3. To change the status, click on the "modify" link of the event you want to manage.  There is a drop down box next to the "Status" field.

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Modifying Templates

You can customize any template that your website visitor sees.  Click here to view the template customizing information.

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Changing the appearance of the java calendar

This is referring to the java calendar shown on the visitor's main directory listing in the upper right.  Click here for sample. 

Step:

1. Login to your master admin at www.<yourdomain>.com/cgi-bin/master/Admin.cgi

2. Go to "Appearance Config"

3. You'll see the appearance settings for the calendar at the very bottom of the page.

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Linking the calendar to your website

Step:

1. Simply point your calendar button on your website to the following url:
   http://www.<yourdomain>.com/cgi-bin/calendar/Visitor.cgi
   Note: This url can also be found under the "Important URL's" link on the main startup page of the master admin.

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