List of calendar dates

[kaz]

I need a calendar, or perhaps better a list of calendar dates. A list of dates would be enough.

In frontend it may look like this:

Wednesday, 15.01.2025, 09:00 - 12:00
Information on this date above
Wednesday, 22.01.2025, 10:00 - 13:00 h
Wednesday, 29.01.2025, 09:00 - 12:00 a.m.
… that continues for a quarter

I have been thinking back and forth about how to implement it in the most convenient way for the client. ProFields, a calendar module, CSV import (ProFields), …

I imagine the handling with ProFields Table is quite cumbersome, adding manually rows takes time (!?).
How would you do it? The client must update the data each time it expires. It's always the same day of the week, except for some days and vacations.

[bernhard]

6 hours ago, kaz said:

The client must update the data each time it expires.

Don't understand what you mean.

6 hours ago, kaz said:

It's always the same day of the week, except for some days and vacations.

Sounds like recurring dates? Have you seen RockCalendar?

 

[kaz]

16 hours ago, bernhard said:

Don't understand what you mean.

You're right, I meant recurring dates on mostly the same days of the week. That's why I thought of automating it. CSV import would be great if there exists a source for CSV calendar data? I couldn't find one.

RockCalendar looks great, I'll check it out. Would a simple list output in the frontend without a calendar be possible?

[bernhard]

1 hour ago, kaz said:

You're right, I meant recurring dates on mostly the same days of the week. That's why I thought of automating it. CSV import would be great if there exists a source for CSV calendar data? I couldn't find one.

I still don't understand, but I probably don't have to.

RockCalendar is great when you want to give the users the possibility to enter dates, especially enter recurring dates (you also need RockGrid for that), and have the option to modify single events (add exceptions, move single events out of the series, etc).

Building a UI for this is not easy and a lot of work, so RockCalendar should save you a lot of work and hassle.

On the frontend you can do whatever you want. All events that RockCalendar creates are just regular PW pages. Showing a list is even easier than showing a calendar, because all you need is a PW selector and a foreach. The only thing necessary for events is that they have a rockcalendar_date field, because only then RockCalendar can know when they take place and where to show them in a calendar on the backend (or how to sort them).

I don't know how you "thought of automating it" or what you'd automate, so I'm not sure how RockCalendar would fit here or if at all.