GECD Events Calendar Issues

The GECD Drupal Cloud site has a number of issues with the MIT Events Calendar module.

The home page uses the Events Block Display (List Format), but entries in the MIT Events Calendar are not necessarily showing up.

There are a number of issues with the MIT Drupal Events Calendar block display.

 1.) Drupal Cloud Boost caching does not reflect any changes to a block.

•     Changes are viewable via https  but not http
•     This is true for all Drupal Cloud blocks
•     Flushing the cache  will clear this up.

2.) The Events Block Display (List Format) is confusing.

•    The List Format configuration has  a MAX days setting  which can be set up to  events occurring within the next 10 days
•    as opposed to the Max number of upcoming events

3.) The Events Block Display is not working properly.

• If there are multiple events the last one does display
• the MAX day settings  is not working properly
• the 'see more events' link  DOES  properly show all events
• the Events Block Display (Calendar format) does show all events.

Sample Event Block list

Sample Event Block calendar

Issues specific to The GECD Drupal cloud site ( gecd-dev.mit.edu )

 The sites Events Block Display is suppressing the  'see more events' link

• in both the List or Calendar formats
• this site contains css   deliberately is preventing this from displaying

Suggested Work Around.

• the Events Block List Format  can not  be fixed in a timely manner
• use the Events Block Calendar Format, which can be adjusted via css to make dates with events stand out
  • (see Sample Event Block calendar above)
• modify css to display the 'see more events' link
  • This  link always shows the current month's events

There's confusion regarding how the MIT Events operates

MIT Events Calendar Sponsor groups.

    https://events.mit.edu/edit/sponsor_list.html

The GECD Drupal 6 site  with a custom interface to MIT Events Calendar is configured to display events by Sponsor Group ID,

whereas Drupal Cloud is configured by Sponsor Name and can have up to 5 sponsors:

https://gecd-dev2.mit.edu/admin/config/mitevents/groups

The gecd-dev2 site current has the following groups:

Note this is a different sponsor than Graduate Career Services 

Who is authorized to post events in MIT Events Calendar ?

To post an event you must belong to a particular sponsor group, 

(ie. one must be a member of that group withinn the MIT Events Calendar.)

From  http://events.mit.edu , if you click on the add/edit link  you will see the current month and a list of groups that you have access to:

If you belong to only one group, you see the above display.  Click on 'Manage Your Groups' button.                              

  OR

if you belong to more than one group, you will  go right to the Select a Group page:

Click on 'edit group' button, to see who is in that group, and to add or delete members.

Members are specified by username (ie. kerbid) or by moira list.

For example, the MIT Global Education & Career Development group uses  the 'xcareers' moira list .