INFORMATION ABOUT SIMPLE EVENTS CALENDAR ---------------------------------------- The Simple Events Calendar allows you to create a calendar of events. Each event can optionally be linked to another web page or to a more detailed description of the event. This description is completely free form text. An administrator page can approve and edit all events. They can also receive e-mail when new events are posted if desired. A user can submit new events for the calendar. Events are for a particular day, and can have a time associated with them or not. Each event can have up to 255 characters of text to display on the calendar. For the event the user can: 1) Just display the event info 2) Have the event link to another web page (optional) 3) Have the event link to a more detailed description > 256 characters (optional) INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS FOR SIMPLE EVENTS CALENDAR ----------------------------------------------- This document provides detailed instructions on how to install and configure the system for your system. Currently, this application has only been tested on Windows NT,2000,XP using MS Access, though it should be compatible with other operating systems and databases. ColdFusion Application Server 4.0+ is required. 1) Unzip the the calendar zip file into a directory on your web server. Make sure the Use Folder Names is checked to preserve directory structure. 2) The database, cal.mdb (MS Access 97 format), can be copied to a separate directory for databases if desired. This database can be upgraded to a newer version of Access if desired. 3) In the ColdFusion Administrator, register the database as an ODBC datasource. You may use any DSN name you wish, but 'calendar' is the default. If you change this DSN name, you will need to change the variable value in the