Raid Signups - Forum Calendar Based

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Gandalf

May 01, 2009, 10:49:42 PM
Ok, I'm testing a new product that I've just added to vBulletin to help track raid signups.

Currently there is no way of changing a signup on the ingame calendar unless you are actually in the game! So if you're stuck at work and will be late, unless you let someone know, people are left hanging.

Enter gWoWEvents.

Instructions.

  • See that link above called User CP? Click that.
  • In the left menu click Edit Your Details
  • Scroll to the bottom and you'll see a new profile field called World of Warcraft Characters
  • Using the example fill out your main raiding character. EG, for me it is EU|Aszune|Alliance|Necrojelly
  • If you want to enter other characters you can, just carriage return between them so the second character is on a new line. NOTE: Only your main can signup for official dMr 25 mans!

ok, so that bit is done. Your character is now linked to your forum account. The next step is as follows.

  • Click the Calendar link which is just to the right of the User CP link.
  • That'll open up the current month.
  • Look for the raid entry that you want to sign up to and click it
  • In the Event Attendance section, select your character
  • Select your Attendance, EG Yes On Time
  • Enter some comments, EG I'll bring Fishies! (You do need to enter a comment, so even if it's just 'I'll be there')
  • Click Submit

And that is all there is to it! NOTE: Armory data can take a few minutes to download, depending on server loads.

Give it a go and let me know your thoughts.
*G*

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Lexander

#1
May 02, 2009, 07:41:36 AM
That looks very nice, need to test it for sometime to give a good feedback.
And now you need to make a addon that supports this calendar, so we can get it to work ingame too :flirty:
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Gandalf

#2
May 02, 2009, 07:46:25 AM
Yeah, one calendar is best ideally but with the blizzard calendar, unless blizzard do something it's not really gonna happen.

This one is really to catch the odd occasion where you're signed up in game but have no opportunity to log in to change your status if you're stuck at work, etc.

Anyway, it's a tryout period and if it doesn't work, then so be it. For me however, it'd be great as I can always access the web, but can only access wow from home.
*G*

Cake: Four large eggs. One cup semi-sweet chocolate chips. Three/four cups butter or margarine. One and two third cups granulated sugar. Two cups all purpose flour. Fish shaped ethyl benzene. Twelve medium geosynthetic membranes. Three tablespoons rhubarb, on fire.

Jim

#3
May 02, 2009, 08:09:33 AM
Quote from: Gandalf;274696Yeah, one calendar is best ideally but with the blizzard calendar, unless blizzard do something it's not really gonna happen.

This one is really to catch the odd occasion where you're signed up in game but have no opportunity to log in to change your status if you're stuck at work, etc.

Anyway, it's a tryout period and if it doesn't work, then so be it. For me however, it'd be great as I can always access the web, but can only access wow from home.

Unfortunately i cant do it from school :( They banned the site
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TeaLeaf

#4
May 02, 2009, 09:40:44 AM
Proxy ftw or RDP/VPN to your home PC and get it that way.

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Gandalf

#5
May 02, 2009, 09:49:47 AM
Quote from: TeaLeaf;274713Proxy ftw or RDP/VPN to your home PC and get it that way.

TL.

not possible I'm afraid, laptop doesn't stay on
*G*

Cake: Four large eggs. One cup semi-sweet chocolate chips. Three/four cups butter or margarine. One and two third cups granulated sugar. Two cups all purpose flour. Fish shaped ethyl benzene. Twelve medium geosynthetic membranes. Three tablespoons rhubarb, on fire.

Azunai

#6
May 02, 2009, 10:07:50 AM
Nice system, let's see how it works.

The one problem I foresee with this is getting everyone active into the forums and using this. Otherwise great :)
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JonnyAppleSeed

#7
May 03, 2009, 10:50:17 AM
I like it .... Would it also alow any memeber of the forum to sign up or is it only guild members ?

The only down problem my be the invites but im sure we will work around that.

And it should make people use the forum and thats a good thing :yahoo:
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Sithvid

#8
May 03, 2009, 12:13:02 PM
happy to use it, but you may need to talk me through it like a 5 year old
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evoxer

#9
May 03, 2009, 02:56:58 PM
Woot i love it means when im stuck at work i can still get the message through without filling up officer thread with useless Date - Evoxer - Is stuck @ work posts :P

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Tirkad

#10
May 03, 2009, 03:20:18 PM
Very nice tool, i forgot the comments, will try to add them later.

Améthyst

#11
May 03, 2009, 04:10:40 PM
Trying to use it but it does not seem to like my é & after almost 32 hours now it is still not uploaded from the armory. ><

Gandalf

#12
May 03, 2009, 04:11:29 PM
Quote from: JonnyAppleSeed;274831I like it .... Would it also alow any memeber of the forum to sign up or is it only guild members ?

The only down problem my be the invites but im sure we will work around that.

And it should make people use the forum and thats a good thing :yahoo:

Only guild members can use it.
*G*

Cake: Four large eggs. One cup semi-sweet chocolate chips. Three/four cups butter or margarine. One and two third cups granulated sugar. Two cups all purpose flour. Fish shaped ethyl benzene. Twelve medium geosynthetic membranes. Three tablespoons rhubarb, on fire.

Gandalf

#13
May 03, 2009, 04:12:12 PM
Quote from: Améthyst;274884Trying to use it but it does not seem to like my é & after almost 32 hours now it is still not uploaded from the armory. ><

Yeah, it should work fine, it just won't show your armory data. That's a known issue that is being looked at.
*G*

Cake: Four large eggs. One cup semi-sweet chocolate chips. Three/four cups butter or margarine. One and two third cups granulated sugar. Two cups all purpose flour. Fish shaped ethyl benzene. Twelve medium geosynthetic membranes. Three tablespoons rhubarb, on fire.

Gandalf

#14
June 17, 2009, 10:59:09 AM
Quote from: Améthyst;274884Trying to use it but it does not seem to like my � & after almost 32 hours now it is still not uploaded from the armory. ><

ok, I've finally found out what the problem was. The forum was set to one charset and the database to another! I've now made them both the same so it should work fine now. If you could try that'd be great.

A minor downside is existing chars may be a bit garbled (I've had to update your name because of this!)
*G*

Cake: Four large eggs. One cup semi-sweet chocolate chips. Three/four cups butter or margarine. One and two third cups granulated sugar. Two cups all purpose flour. Fish shaped ethyl benzene. Twelve medium geosynthetic membranes. Three tablespoons rhubarb, on fire.
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