View/Formatting Options

Scaling Factor for this Calendar

Sets how much "stuff" should be displayed. Below are three screen shots of the same calendar.

1. Original with no "scaling"
2. with scaling set to "a little"
3. the second with scaling set to "a lot"

No "Scaling":



"Scaling" set to "a little":

When set to "a little":

• The day names are abbreviated to the first 3 characters



• Headings (excluding times, icons, and pics) are restrictied to being a length of 20 characters



• The "quick links" to the next month, previous month, next year, and previous year are removed



• The view options form is sized down. See the scaling details on the Main Form for more information on how scaling affects the main form.

"Scaling" set to "a lot":

When set to "a lot":

• The day names are abbreviated to the first character



• Headings (excluding times, icons, and pics) are restrictied to being a length of 10 characters



• The "quick links" to the next month, previous month, next year, and previous year are removed



• The monthly graphics are no longer displayed



• The view options form is sized down significantly. See the scaling details on the Main Form for more information on how scaling affects the main form.

Minimum Day Width

Set the minimum width of each calendar day "column", in pixels.

Use PopUp

When a user clicks on a "datelink" for more information:

• Selecting "yes" for this option will:
  1. show the information in a separate, independent "pop up" window detailing the information for the selected day. If "yes", users MUST have a javascript enabled browser!
  
  
  2. allow users to select the dates affected in a smaller, mini calendar
  
  
  3. display the "preview" link if the option Allowing HTML in the Description field is enabled.
  
  
  
  


• Selecting "no" will:
  1. show the detailed day information within the current browser window
  
  
  2. force the users to select the dates affects from a scrollable list
  
  
  3. hide the "preview" link if the option Allowing HTML in the Description field is enabled.
  
  
  
  

Width of Day View Window

Set the width of the individual day view popup window (if enabled), in pixels. This setting will also affect the width of the inline day view window in the main calendar view by forcing the inline window to be at least half the size specified here. The popup window will always be the full size specified.

Height of Day View Window

Set the height of the individual day view popup window (if enabled), in pixels. This has no effect on the inline day view window.

Max Number of Entries to Display per Day

Set the maximum number of events shown per day in the main calendar view. If the number of entries on any given day exceeds this amount, a message will be shown alerting the user there are more entries. To view the additional entries, do any of the following:

• click on the date link associated with that day
• click on the message indicating there are more entries

Max Number of Months after the Current Month to Display for selecting dates on which to add, edit, move, or delete an event

This option affects the list of days in the detailed informational window when adding, editing, moving, or deleting an event.

Setting this value to zero (0) will show the user only the days in the current month.

Selecting a value greater than zero will list all the days in the current month plus those all of the days in the selected number of months after the current month.

For example, if the current month is November, and this value is set to "2", then days in November will be shown, plus the 31 days of December and 31 days of January (of the next year).

List Entries with a Specific Start Time First

If enabled, the calendar will display events with specified start and end times first (in chronological order) followed those events with any specified times.

If disabled, events without any specified times will be listed first, followed by the events with specified start and end times.

Extra Information to show when viewing an event's "details"

This section consists of three checkboxes which enable (checked) or disable the display of the following information associated with events:

• User who last modified the event
• Event number
• Email Addresses Notified

* Show Weekend Information

Selecting "yes" will show the weekend days (Saturday and Sunday) by default. Otherwise, set to "no". This feature is especially useful to businesses that conduct most of their events Monday-Friday and have no need to see the days Saturday or Sunday on their calendar.

This value can be changed by the user on the view options form after the calendar is brought up.

* Search Option Default

If the view options form is shown above/below the calendar, what should the default setting be that users search on? This is only the default value, and can be changed by the user from the pull-down option list.

* Default Calendar Style

Sets the default style when a user initially views the calendar. The user can change the view of the calendar by selecting a different option from the drop down menu item on the view options form.

See the "Display Options" section of the view options menu for more information on each setting.

* Default View Format

This option affects the initial display of the calendar. Selecting "calendar" will show events in the traditional "calendar" format.

Selecting "tabular" will show the calendar in a "tabular" format. In tabular format, the days are shown in a verticle table -- the first day of the month is at the top, and the last day is at the bottom.


The user can change their view by selecting a different option from the view options form.

Location of the Viewing Options Menus

Set the location, if any, to display the calendar's "view options menu". This form allows end users to change some of the viewing options for the calendar after it is initially brought up. The options and functionality are described in detail in the Main Form section.

Do you want this calendar's week to start on Sunday or Monday

Select "Monday" for Monday to be shown as the first day of the week. Otherwise, set to Sunday.

Show last few days of previous month's data on current month

Enabling this feature will show any day's events from the preceeding month on the current calendar. For example, if the current month starts on Tuesday, then by enabling this feature, events from Sunday and Monday of the previous month will be shown.

Show first few days of next month's data on current month

Enabling this feature will show any day's events from the next month on the current calendar. For example, if the current month ends on Thursday, then by enabling this feature, events from Friday and Saturday of the next month will be shown.