Hey all,
The problem
I'm trying to do a system where users can fill up 10-minute slots, between 10:00 and 17:00.
There can be only one user per slot and one activity/slot per 10 minutes.
The Setup
For this i set calendar style Time grouping to Custom and specified Custom time grouping to be
00:00:00,
10:00:00,10:10:00,10:20:00,10:30:00,10:40:00,10:50:00,
11:00:00,11:10:00,11:20:00,11:30:00,11:40:00,11:50:00,
12:00:00,12:10:00,12:20:00,12:30:00,12:40:00,12:50:00,
13:00:00,13:10:00,13:20:00,13:30:00,13:40:00,13:50:00,
14:00:00,14:10:00,14:20:00,14:30:00,14:40:00,14:50:00,
15:00:00,15:10:00,15:20:00,15:30:00,15:40:00,15:50:00,
16:00:00,16:10:00,16:20:00,16:30:00,16:40:00,16:50:00
I also set Hours and Minutes in admin/settings/booking_timeslots to 0 and 10
The module
in the module (theming) code following statement is provided
$half_hour = ($view->style_options['groupby_times'] === 'half');
But my $view->style_options['groupby_times'] is set to "custom" and thus reverts to hour mode.
Possible design errors
On the settings page there is the helptext "The default length of time of a timeslot."
The way i see it this sets the duration of one event, not the length of a timeslot. Timeslot length appears to be based on calendar style alone.
Possible Solutions
What I try to accomplish could be done via 2 ways i think.
1-put extra options in admin/settings/booking_timeslots to set the actual length of a timeslot, so it overrides the calendar style and automaticcally divide an hour (or day) in x parts
2-support the "custom" groupby_times option, and find a way to deal with the string in $view->style_options['groupby_times_custom'] (which is a string returning the top code block of this post)
also, it's available, not avaliable, a small language error that runs throughout the helptexts and var names :)
But I would also like to thank you for the module you've written so far! I think it is and will be a great tool for people like me who search for this functionality.
Boris
| Comment | File | Size | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| #4 | custom_timeslots.jpg | 67.84 KB | kenorb |
| #1 | booking_timeslots-1.1-BorisBarowski-version1.zip | 18.64 KB | borisbarowski |
Comments
Comment #1
borisbarowski commentedi tried to fix it myself and came up with the following (see attached file)
All edits made are to booking_timeslots.admin.inc and calendar-day.tpl.php
slots of 1-2-5-10-15-20-30 minutes now possible, and longer than one hour too.
not guaranteed to be stable or do what you have in mind, but it's a show that it can be done and how i would do it
edits:
calendar-day.tpl.php
line 74 and following
line 114
line 121 and following
booking_timeslots.admin.inc
entire file: adding/renaming vars and adding extra checks
code does not care anymore for views style options, all is defined in this module (so i chose option 1 from my original post)
Comment #2
borisbarowski commentedOk, stupid me, the newest -dev release DOES account for custom style.
I fixed it another way, but building on the calendar style is a solution too.
I do recommend that it is explained on the settings page that when style is custom, the settings there don't mean anything, or at least don't seem to have any effect on the layout.
Boris
Comment #3
kenorb commentedThank you for report.
Similar issue here: #507176: Validating timeslots when creating a new booking where custom timing has been applied.
But you have right, it doesn't effect on the layout.
It should be done somehow.
Basically change should be applied to calendar-day.tpl.php file
Comment #4
kenorb commentedYou may try new submodule of booking_timeslots: custom_timeslots
After installing, you should have new content type and new settings page: admin/settings/booking_timeslots/custom_timeslots
For my purpose it's looks like in attachment.
Comment #5
pkeyes commentedI've installed latest dev version of the module and can't enable custom_timeslots because of a dependency on the cck_time module, which isn't available for drupal 6. Is there something I'm missing here? I did install and enable Install Profile API, disabled and re-installed booking_timeslots, but still no luck.
Comment #6
kenorb commented#5
There is:
#263116: CCK Time for D6
http://drupal.org/node/263116#comment-2043582
Comment #7
socialnicheguru commenteddoes the cck_time field need to be added to the booking calendar view?
Comment #8
kenorb commented#7 no, fields are included automatically in Custom Time Slot content type.
Comment #9
kenorb commentedComment #10
kenorb commentedAs in #2.
Feel free to re-open.