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    Hi guys, does anyone have mxCalendar - any version! working on Revo 2.3.1? I have just tried versions 1.1.10 and 1.1.9 and neither work - when you try and add a calendar or event, the SAVE button on the pop-up window does nothing... Any ideas chaps??? I need an events calendar for a site running on 2.3.1!
    • No, it doesn't support Revo 2.3.x per my testing as noted here: https://github.com/modxcms/revolution/issues/11630#issue-37173621

      You might want to look into migxCalendar or something else.
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        Thanks - but that doesn't look like a finished solution either... http://forums.modx.com/thread/?thread=89790&page=2 Does mxCalendar work with Revo 2.2 versions?
        • No, You would need to use an older version of 2.2.x for proper functionality. I can't in good faith recommend using mxCalendar any longer, despite being unfinished migxCalendar is likely your best option.
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            Quote from: AMDbuilder at Oct 26, 2014, 02:00 AM
            No, You would need to use an older version of 2.2.x for proper functionality. I can't in good faith recommend using mxCalendar any longer, despite being unfinished migxCalendar is likely your best option.

            Thanks, I gave up on both mxCalendar and also migxCalendar in favour of using Twitter Bootstrap calendar along with getResources to create the JSON feed it needs to work - works really well and keeps the events for the calendar in the resources document tree nice and neat and tidy - probably the best solution all round!
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              Im running mxCalendar on 2.3.2pl and previuos versions. Works as intended. A single glitch is the "Add Image" button inside the calendar entry tab which trigger a invisible modal over the content. Switching to fullscreen dialog makes everything accessible again.
              • I just installed it on 2.3.2, and there are a few issues with the CMP. It does appear to generally function as expected otherwise.

                Saving a new event doesn't refresh the events grid, you need to refresh the browser to get the new event in the grid.

                I wasn't able to recover the screen after clicking the Add Image button, I had to reload the page in the browser.

                The Show Map feature doesn't appear to be working.

                In the Calendars tab there is a blank field above the grid, I presume it is a Search field.
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                  Just wanted to chime in here. I've been tasked with building a calendar for a client for MODx v2.3.3, and we settled on mxCalendar (what a woefully lacking selection there is in addons). I feel like the best solution would be to use Collections, build out the custom forms and use something like Bootstrap Calendar, but it just isn't in the budget.

                  The biggest issue with mxCalendar was that when you add/edit a calendar, a javascript error of "tinyMCE is not defined" happens, causing the problems sottwell mentioned. There are also some problems with the input layouts among other things. With a little googling, I came up with this solution.

                  • Create a new Plugin, name it something like "mxCalendar_fixes"
                  • Choose the system event "OnBeforeManagerPageInit"
                  • Copy and paste this code and save:

                  $modx->regClientStartupHTMLBlock('<script>var tinyMCE="";</script><style>#CreateCal .x-form-field-wrap {float:left;} #CreateCal .x-tab-strip li:nth-child(3), #CreateCal .x-tab-strip li:nth-child(4),#CreateCal .x-tab-strip li:nth-child(7){display:none;}</style>');


                  Explanation: the script adds a global "tinyMCE" variable to correct the javascript error. The css .x-form-field-wrap{float:left} fixes some form layout issues, while the final bit of css simply hides Images, Videos and Form tab which I am not using. Hope this helps.

                  Also, does anyone know if this addon is actively supported anymore or if I should be looking into something else? I'm getting nervous that the entire MODx project is sort of losing momentum as there just aren't that many people actively developing/maintaining good addons anymore. Thx


                  EDIT: After messing around with this for a while, I've decided to drop it. Just too unstable and doesn't seem like it's actively maintained anymore. Shame - back to the drawing board. [ed. note: dan971 last edited this post 8 years, 11 months ago.]
                  • You might try looking at GCCalendar2 (https://github.com/matdave/GCCalendar2), which as far as I know is actively developed. I would consider mxCalendar an abandon project at this time.
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                      Quote from: AMDbuilder at Apr 02, 2015, 10:28 PM
                      You might try looking at GCCalendar2 (https://github.com/matdave/GCCalendar2), which as far as I know is actively developed. I would consider mxCalendar an abandon project at this time.

                      Thanks for the suggestion, but there is no documentation and hardly anything comes up about it with a google search. I don’t want to tie my client down to such an unknown quantity, so I've suggested either building a simple events calendar from scratch using Collections, or using a 3rd party embeddable like tockify.com.

                      P.S. I'm starting to consider almost all MODx addons aside from the core addons (Wayfinder, getResources, Collections, etc.) as abandoned, which really sucks. meanwhile the worst "CMS" ever, Wordpress, continually gets great plugins added every day.