Great work! It has been merged into edge.Thanks for contributing! Take care, Bruno
On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 12:37 AM, eksatx <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ok -- I think I have something that will work well for everybody. > Please check out this branch I just created: > > http://github.com/eksatx/communityengine/commits/events_with_metro_areas/ > > - It uses location (so you can specify an address) with a link to > Google Maps. > - It uses the metro area selector widget (defaults to the user's metro > area if set for new events) > - The new events index view displays both the metro area and location > elegantly (I think) > > I also took the liberty of adding the calendar_date_select. I have > used this gem on a bunch of sites and I have found it to work well. > It has a few advantages: > > - Fast > - Easy integration > - Looks good > - Integrates date and time in one widget -- a cleaner look than the > other date selector > > Bruno -- I hope you don't mind that I threw in this other calendar > widget. If you hate it, it's pretty trivial to back it out. I think > you'll like it better too... > > If we go with calendar_date_select then you need to update the install > template. It requires: > > - gem install calendar_date_select > - add config.gem 'calendar_date_select' to environment.rb > > Alright, I'm going to sleep now... > > On Jul 7, 9:17 am, Errol Siegel <[email protected]> wrote: > > That's good news about the date selector -- I was gonna look at that > next. > > > > I reviewed the relevant views controllers to see how hard it would be to > > have fields for both location and metro area, and it looks like you had > > already started this (I see the commented out location selector in the > new > > and edit views). > > > > This should be easy. With any luck I'll knock this out today. > > > > On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Bruno Bornsztein < > [email protected] > > > > > wrote: > > > Update: your changes are merged into edge. I also went ahead and added > a js > > > datepicker (I was sick of those ugly date_select fields). > > > > >> I am allowing users to enter an actual address, not necessarily just a > > >> city name. > > > > >> So, if somebody enters, "Spider House Cafe, 2908 Fruth St., Austin, > TX," > > >> it will display that along with a Google Maps link to that address. > If they > > >> enter nothing, it will display the metro area name if the user has set > one. > > >> If neither a location for the event nor a metro area for the user are > set > > >> then it displays nothing. > > > > > In that case let's at least call it "event_location" (no need to save > > > keystrokes) > > > > >> Do you not like the idea of allowing users to enter an address for the > > >> location? > > > > >> If you do not like the way I have done this, I have an alternate idea > that > > >> I could put together: > > > > >> 1. Add a drop-down menu to the edit/new view to select a metro area. > The > > >> default selection would be the user's metro area (if it is set). > > > > >> 2. Use location only as an address (or nil). > > > > >> 3. Update the index view to display separate lines for metro area (if > set) > > >> and location (if set). This leaves the door open to add a link to > filter > > >> the view by metro area. > > > > > This would probably be best. Plus we could link the address they > entered to > > > Google Maps as well. > > > > > Thanks, > > > Bruno > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CommunityEngine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/communityengine?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
