UNL Event Publisher

The UNL Event Publisher is an open source project which runs the calendar at http://events.unl.edu/. The project was built by the UNL Web Developer Network, and is maintained by the WDN. Contact the project lead Brett Bieber at brett.bieber@gmail.com.

Features

• Open Source BSD License
• hCalendar Support
• RSS Feeds
• ics iCalendar format exports
• Multiple Users
• Multiple Calendars
• Standards Compliant
• Output caching for speed

System Requirements

• PHP 5
• Any database supported by MDB2
• The PEAR command line installer.
• Apache Web Server for a REST based calendar.

Architecture

The event publisher is separated into three separate parts -

• UNL_UCBCN The backend system which interacts with the database.
• UNL_UCBCN_Frontend A public frontend users view events through.
• UNL_UCBCN_Manager A management portion event publishers will use to manage and publish their events.

Installation

For more information see the UNL Event Publisher Installation document for detailed installation information.

Quick installation:

pear upgrade pear
pear channel-discover savant.pearified.com
pear channel-discover pear.unl.edu
pear install MDB2_Driver_mysqli unl/UNL_EventPublisher
pear run-scripts unl/UNL_UCBCN
pear run-scripts unl/UNL_UCBCN_Manager
pear run-scripts unl/UNL_UCBCN_Frontend

Go to the full UNL Event Publisher Installation documentation.

Support & Assistance

The UNL Web Developer Network supports the UNL Event Publisher, please use the Issues link to report any bugs.

The WDN uses an IRC chatroom on irc.freenode.net #unl_wdn

Or contact the project lead Brett Bieber.