Sign Ups for Game Events

[Tbone]

Release is just around the corner, and we want to be as organized as we can. I know some of you want to power level to 50, while others want to experience the content. We want to accommodate both play styles and help you easily group up with like-minded players.

We will also start schedule specific play sessions - PvP Warzones, Open PvP, Raids, etc. These events will probably have a certain number of slots (depending on the event).

I'm attempting to create an interactive calendar that will display events. Clicking on the event will allow you to sign up for it and if there are a limited number of slots, it will fill up. I'm having trouble finding what will suit our needs, however.

Our current calendar will list events, but there's no way to RSVP or sign up for them. I tried using Google Calendar, and while they do have a new appointment slot feature, once someone takes the slot, it goes away. You can RSVP to events themselves, but only if an invitation is sent to your email. You also can't specify the number of slots available.

So I'm looking for something that...

-Can seamlessly embed with our site
-Will display an interactive calendar of events
-Can handle sign ups for the events without requiring registration to an outside site or
-Can be customized to limit the number of slots
-Does not require invitations to be sent out for each event.
-Will easily set up repeating events.

Any help is appreciated. Hopefully we can get this up soon and start organizing groups for the early access launch!

[Mharz]

Maybe some smart website people can make use of this...

http://code.google.com/apis/calendar/

[Tbone]

I've tried going that route using a script that someone created. The end result isn't very user friendly. I got it kind of working, but even after all that work people can't view those who are signed up. I can't edit the fields so there are weird things like "Mode of Transporation". And it email me every time someone registers and requires me to confirm. http://mashe.hawksey.info/2010/11/eventmanagerv3/

There's gotta be something pre-made rather than duct taping something together.

[Strod]

Is there no calender system in game, or is it just not currently able to handle a invite/event mechanism?

[Twoturn]

This looks promising: http://www.helioscalendar.com

[Tbone]

No calendar currently in game

[Tbone]

This looks promising: http://www.helioscalendar.com

Did I mention I'm broke. Certainly can't afford that.

[Trofles]

Well tbone my old guild used a modified version of http://forums.phpraider.com/index.php it allowed for scheduling of recurring events, reservation queue, slots by role, easy site intergration, and it was free. I am willing to modify to whatever you need as well. Just let me know!
-Trofles

[Manic Velocity]

I'm going to bring up the website upgrade issue again.  We're constantly having to rely on third-party applications and hacking them into an outdated and unsupported CMS.  I know it's a large undertaking, but as the guild continues to grow over the years, we're going to lose a lot of potential functionality while the rest of the internet adapts to more robust systems.

-Can seamlessly embed with our site
-Will display an interactive calendar of events
-Can handle sign ups for the events without requiring registration to an outside site or
-Can be customized to limit the number of slots
-Does not require invitations to be sent out for each event.
-Will easily set up repeating events.

All of these requests could be handled in Drupal with a few small plugins.

http://vimeo.com/6547042

[Trofles]

Omg I love drupal! I use to run and maintain a few college websites that ran on it. I support this!

[Strod]

No calendar currently in game

I am a little shocked there isn't one in game. I wouldn't be surprised to see it put in very quickly, at least if they will listen to the community. I hope it's an over sight on the development teams behalf, while it's not a game breaker it's a simple system that every game with guild based progression aspect should have. Let's hope they add one in and this would almost become a moot point.

Short of threads being maintained by captain's and Lt's, I'm not sure on what would do it better given our current website.

[Lithium]

We've identified in the past that Drupal has a few blocking limitations that we didn't like.

We've also had similar concerns and issues with Joomla. Ultimately, it seems easier to just not change much at this time.

If I moved over to a Microsoft platform I think Exchange Server could do everything you are looking at doing in the OP. But that aside will google calendar not work?

[Tbone]

Let's not get too off topic. I need something I can implement by the end of the week.

[Trofles]

The original php module I linked should get the job done and can be done within the week.

[Tbone]

The original php module I linked should get the job done and can be done within the week.

Is there a demo somewhere?