Calendar Added

You may notice that in the Light Blue Navbar above there is now a link to the imtbtrails calendar.
This add-on will create a fully integrated Calendar system based on thread information. Each calendar entry links back to the thread it was created from.

Now we can place any events that are coming up on our calendar. As well, in the very near future there will be a sidebar on the forum main page that will show upcoming events...

I will be posting here how to enter the info on a post, once I fully understand it. Then
I will create a "How To" Post for this...

 

How to "Add" and event is via "Thread Tools".
Thread Tools is located over to the right above the "Reply" link. It's next to "Watch Thread" (let me know if you do not see it, it's a toggle in the permissions for our members).
Clicking on the drop down arrow should provide an "Add Calendar" option. An "Add Thread to Calendar" Pop up will give you the variables to set a date on the Calendar that is linked back to the post your are posting it on. Therefore you want to put the details in on your post. That should get this started. Let me make sure all the permissions are set so you can see the calendar....

So I have added an event to the Calendar which links to this Post: (Hilighted in red only to catch your attention)
Event: Added Calendar to imtbtrails Forum
When: Today
Where: From my Home Office
Start Time: Midnight last Night
Estimated Ride Time: Fo-Evah!

Now keep in mind this Post could be an uploaded Event Poster, or just all the details that you may have cut and pasted from the Event Website. (Just giving you some ideas . . . )

Finally! This is what I wanted on imtbtrails!

 

I see the watch thread, but not the thread tools.

 

Okay. Cool, I need to know that. It's an adjustment in the permissions which I need to figure out. Thanks!

 

Okay. I tweeked your permissions. Can you see the Thread Tool in the upper Right?
If so, Then I gotta figure out how to make this more universal. I'm not custom doing all the members one at a time...

 

How about this. If you can see the Thread Tool in the upper right of this page below the "Search" box...

Like this post. Thanks!

 

What I see, no thread tool?

 

Your are correct. Okay All good things come with effort. I'll work this. Thanks Dave!

 

Dave,
I bet you do now...

 

Don't see it, same as previous

 

Grrrrr! Okay Will work on this later. Time to spend time with Wifey!

 

BTW Mikie, logged off, cleared cache, still don't see "thread tool". Using Google Chrome on a PC. Relax and enjoy the rest of the evening my friend, thanks for the efforts and don't stress!

 

Should look like this:

 

Hey, Mikie. Good work on getting the calendar going. It's something that I missed on that other site. I don't see any events added, or how to add events, but I didn't look long. As for thread tools, I see watch/unwatch, but that's it. As far as I can recall, that's the only thread tool that I ever use. I'm running the latest versions of Safari and Chrome, and the behavior is the same for both.

 

i'm with the others.......no can see the thingymajig

 

It shows up on a thread you start... but not on threads others start. Which makes sense. I'll test by adding my upcoming Moab trip to the calendar.

EDIT: Works like a champ! See Sep 4th on the calendar.

 

Yep, makes too much sense! Threads I started have the thread tool and calendar option. (cannot find the dancing banana or eggplant emot)

 

Yup....finally saw the light....have added to the calender.

 

Schweet!

Thanks Mikie!

 

Very cool...I successfully added The Julian death March, The quick and dirty 50, and the Tour de Palm Springs.

 

Thanks @MCB2K for figuring this out!
Yay! I feel better! I have been so busy with other unimportant things, ie: Job
That I have not even had a chance to look into this, as well as read this post.

I am a new man right now! Jacked we got this long time dream (of mine) of having a good community event calendar....... my day is already complete! Thanks!

 

Now that this is "Game On".
It may be important to consider in the initial 1st post that links to a Calendar event:

• The immediate information for the Event so the information is readily available to the seeker
• A Link to the Event Website (if available)
• For the graphically inclined, this could also be an uploaded poster

Thanks guys, this is awesome!
Mikie

 

Got the "upcoming events" working over on the Forum Home Page with the help of my new buddy AndyB who wrote the program! AndyB is awesome! He logged in and took a look and shared we were not on the latest version.
Thanks AndyB!!!
The dood can rip a Moto as well!

 

Hey Everybody!
I often get PM's on how to figure out where and who is riding where for the weekends.
To be honest, I despise the Who's Riding Where??? thread as I don't want to have to sift through a bunch of Hooligan derailment to find out who is actually riding where.

We then created the The Post Your Ride Here... NO DERAILMENT Thread and naturally it get's derailed all the time, even by the people who asked for it.

I actually "did" put a plan together for that quite a while ago, and while SOME PEOPLE give me Sh!t about it the Ride Invite Form in Trailhead is super easy and asks 5 simple questions. Yes there are a ton of options after that but those are just options, not required.

Another way we set up so you could quickly find rides on days you are looking for company is the Calendar. Calendar link is located in the light blue navigation bar below the imtbtrails logo and header image.

You have to post up a new thread and be the originator to have access to add it to the Calendar. But it gives at a glance on the Calendar what is happening on any given day.

So the best scenario for clear opportunities to ride with company on the Forum is to create a new trailhead invite, answer 5 questions everyone would want to know anyway, then add it to the Calendar. The only bummer is the form does not reveal the "Thread Tool" while creating the invite. Post it up then hit edit and add it to the Calendar. Because people do not add their invites I often do it for them later.

Help me...... to help you!
Ha hah!
That is all!
Mikie

 

You still hiring for that Astronaut gig?
You can put my start date on the calendar.
To infinity and beyond!

 

Late Friday night drunken texting seems to work just fine...

 

What a dick!

 

...and you are NOT helping! I think we actually DO need a Flipping Off Emoji...

 

C'mon man! I always wanted to be called "Buzz".

 

As a name? Or as a state of being.... Richard.