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plugin:importfacebookevents

Import Facebook Events Plugin

Compatible with DokuWiki

2017-02-19, 2016-06-26, 2015-08-10, 2014-09-29, 2014-05-05

plugin This plugin allows you to display your Facebook events in DokuWiki.

Last updated on
2018-03-09
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Syntax
Repository
Source

This extension has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues.

Similar to facebookalbum, facebookevents, facebookwall

Tagged with calendar, events, facebook

By Grégoire Surrel, Jannes Drost-Tenfelde

This plugin allows you to connect to your Facebook page and display the page's events in DokuWiki.

The latest Version has been updated to use Facebook's Graph API, rather than the Facebook PHP SDK.

Installation

  • You must create a Facebook App, which allows you to connect to Facebook using
    • App ID, which identifies your Facebook App (you can have multiple Apps)
    • App Secret, which secures your Facebook App

Search and install the plugin using the Extension Manager. Refer to Plugins on how to install plugins manually.

Examples/Usage

  • {{facebookevents>fanpageid=123456}} 1)
  • {{facebookevents>fanpageid=123456&numberOfEntries=3&sort=ASC&from=today}} 2)

Syntax

{{facebookevents>key=value&..&key=value}}
key the parameter key to set optional
value the parameter value to set optional

Multiple key=value parameters can be set using the & as a separator.

Available parameters:

Key Type Comments Requirement Version
appid string This is the mandatory App ID of your Facebook App
Moved to Plugin Settings starting from version 2.x
mandatory all
secret string This is the mandatory App Secret of your Facebook App
Moved to Plugin Settings starting from version 2.x
mandatory all
fanpageid string This is the ID of your Facebook page. You can find this ID by going to your Facebook page. Typically, the link of your page looks like https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/<page name>/<page ID>. Copy the page ID from the URL and use it in the syntax. mandatory all
showAs string Default: default. Allows you to use alternate display of the events using configuration parameters. You can add more templates by editing the default.php and metadata.php files in the conf/ directory. optional all
showPostsAs string Default: wallposts_default. Allows you to use alternate display of the wall posts using configuration parameters. You can add more templates by editing the default.php and metadata.php files in the conf/ directory. optional Version 2.0 or newer
quoteprefix string Default: “> ”. When displaying posts on the event's wall, the plugin prefixes each line with this string parameter. The default creates the Quotation syntax optional Version 2.0 or newer
from date This indicates the date from which the wall posts should be displayed. Older wall posts are disregarded. Format is tolerant since version 2.0, see the strtotime documentation for details. optional all
to date This indicates the date to which the wall posts should be displayed. Newer wall posts are disregarded. Format is tolerant since version 2.0, see the strtotime documentation for details. optional all
numberOfEntries number Indicates the maximum number of entries to display. optional all
sort string Default: DESC. Allows you to sort by the date of the event. Valid values are 'ASC' and 'DESC'. optional all
showEndTimes onoff Default: on. Allows you to display end times of the event. optional all
limit number Default: 0. Allows you to limit the maximum number of characters displayed for the event. optional Version 1.1 or newer

Configuration and Settings

Key Type Comments Requirement Version
appid string This is the mandatory App ID of your Facebook App required all
appsecret string This is the mandatory App Secret of your Facebook App required all
dformat date Formatting of the event date (See Format) required all
tformat date Formatting of the event time (See Format) required all
default string Default template for displaying events. required all
table string Template for displaying events. optional all
short string Template for displaying events. optional all
wallposts_default string Default template for displaying event's comments. required all
wallposts_alternate string Template for displaying event's comments. optional all

Display templates

You may add your own configuration parameters in order to display the events in different formats. The appropriate configuration parameter for the template can be set via the syntax parameters showAs and showPostsAs.

In order to make a new template, for example one that displays all wall posts as an short list, the plugin configuration files must be changed as follows:

Example:

showAs: plugin»facebookevents»short

You can use it in the plugin syntax:

{{facebookevents>fanpageid=123456&showAs=short}}

It works the same for the event's comments with the showPostsAs: plugin»facebookevents»wp_* configuration.

Template tags

The templates, which can be configured via the administraton panel, is parsed using the following tags:

Event tag Comments Version
{date} The date of the wall post. The date format can be configured in the settings. all
{time} The time of the wall post. The time format can be configured in the settings. all
{datetime} The date and time of the wall post. This functions as {date} {time}. all
{title} The title of the event. all
{description} The event description. all
{location} The location's name of the event. Before v2.1, displaying also the address all
“{location_address}” The location of the event built with ##{place}, {zip} {city}, {country}##. 2.1
{place} The place of the event. all
{city} The city of the event. all
{zip} The city zip code of the event. all
{country} The city of the event. all
{image} The original picture of the event. all
{image_large} A large version of the picture of the event. all
{image_small} A small version of the picture of the event. all
{image_square} A squared version of the picture of the event. all
{url} The unformated URL of the event. You can use this in your template to make your own links to the event. all
{more} This is a formatted link to the event, using the language files to output a Read more... link. all
{startdatetime} The date and time of the start of the event. Version 1.1 or newer
{startdate} The date of the start of the event. Version 1.1 or newer
{starttime} The time of the start of the event. Version 1.1 or newer
{enddatetime} The date and time of the end of the event. Version 1.1 or newer
{enddate} The date of the end of the event. Version 1.1 or newer
{endtime} The time of the start of the event. Version 1.1 or newer
{timestamp} The ISO 8601 date time of the event. Version 1.1 or newer
{starttimestamp} The ISO 8601 date time of the start of the event. Version 2.0 or newer
{endtimestamp} The ISO 8601 date time of the end of the event. Version 2.0 or newer
{wallposts} The placeholder for inserting event comments. Version 2.0 or newer
{microdata} Generate microdata about the event for search engines Version 2.1 or newer
Wall posts tag Comments Version
{wp_datetime} The date and time of the wall post. This functions as {date} {time}. Version 2.0 or newer
{wp_userImage} The thumbnail picture of the commenter. Version 2.0 or newer
{wp_userName} The name of the commenter. Version 2.0 or newer
{wp_permalink} The unformated URL of the comment. Version 2.0 or newer
{wp_content} The comment itself. Version 2.0 or newer
{wp_mediaSource} The URL of attached media if exists. Version 2.0 or newer
{wp_mediaImage} The thumbnail URL of attached media if exists. Version 2.0 or newer

Development

Change Log

  • 2018-03-07 Version 3.2 released.
    • Fixed microdata breakage
    • Better handling of recurrent events
  • 2018-03-07 Version 3.0 released.
    • Take into account recurrent events
    • Better serialize microdata for indexing by Google
  • 2017-03-29 Version 2.0 released.
    • Code cleanup
    • Removed wrong translations
    • Made time &from= and &to= handle relative times (i.e. “-2 weeks”)
    • Implemented sorting of events
    • Implemented missing placeholders (square picture, small picture, start/end time/date)
    • Handles now posts to the event's wall
    • ⚠️ Secured the app id and secret from appearing from source (by moving it to configuration panel) ⚠️
  • 2016-09-29 Version 1.2 released.
    • Updated to use Facebook Graph API 2.7 instead of the Facebook PHP SDK.
  • 2012-03-26 Version 1.1 released.
    • Fixed timezone problem, where the times would sometimes not be displayed properly.
    • Added 'limit' parameter that allows you to set the maximum number of characters displayed for {description}.
    • Added template tags {startdatetime}, {startdate, {starttime}, {enddatetime}, {enddate}, {endtime} and {timestamp}.
  • 2012-02-14 Version 1.0 released.
    • Initial release

Known Bugs and Issues

ToDo/Wish List

FAQ

Discussion

Thank you for your contributions!

1)
Displays events as Facebook fetches them
2)
Displays the 3 events from today
plugin/importfacebookevents.txt · Last modified: 2018-07-10 11:54 by Xinfe

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