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Entries for January, 2009

PHP Quick Calendar Demo

I have created a few calendar templates to start with. The source code is available in the download.
1. Tiny Calendar – As the name implies, it is very small and portable. Only highlight dates with events and does not overwhelm the users with a lot of information.

2. Plain Calendar – Simple and clean. Does not [...]

Quick Calendar officially known as ‘PHP Quick Calendar’

I was thinking of a good name for the calendar. I decided to use a functional name, “PHP Quick Calendar”. Well, doesn’t sound too cool, does it? I have also package it under GNU license. I am in the process of doing another template and will release for download soon.

Installing Quick Calendar

Installing the quick calendar is easy. Follow the steps below:

Make sure your have LAMP running.
If using PHP 4, need to have magic_quote off. Check that the php directive short_open_tag is 1 (editable via php.ini or .htaccess). The phpinfo() function reveals all your settings.
Download the source code from here
Unzip the downloaded code into a directory of [...]

Online Calendar Using PHP and AJAX Update 1

A bit of history if you are interested
I can vaguely recalled that a designer friend wanted to add a calendar to a custom made CMS. We searched high and low found a few good ones – some commercial and some open source. He found the installation and configuration daunting though.
As a programmer, I knew that [...]