DPCalendar, one of the most popular Joomla calendars on the market, has signed up for crowdsourcing with Indegogo in order to raise funds to integrate Microsoft Exchange into corporate events in Joomla.
One of the reasons that DPCalendar is so popular with its users is its ability to integrate popular external calendars, such as Google Calendar, Facebook events and iCal files. However, this isn’t enough for many users and we have had countless requests to add Microsoft Exchange into the mix.
This is a challenging task, hence the need for a crowdsourcing campaign.
What will be done?
Just like any other DPCalendar plugin, a Microsoft Exchange plugin will display events from your current Exchange setup. These will appear in DPCalendar like any other events much as it is displayed at the moment.
This means that the familiar and easy to use DPCalendar layout will be just the same, but with even more functionality! This includes everything that you’re already familiar with, such as caching or recurring events support and it will be possible to add up to 10 MS Exchange calendars simply by providing a host, username and password.
The technical part
This will be done by utilising the Microsoft Exchange web service API to gain access to calendars. DPCalendar will use this to retrieve events and this means that your Joomla web server will need to be able to access the MS Exchange server.
The new plugin will be available to DPCalendar Premium subscribers only, so if ever you needed an excuse to upgrade, this could be it.
What if we raise more cash than we need?
We will take the opportunity to add even more functionality, such as the ability to create, edit and delete Microsoft Exchange events directly from within DPCalendar. We would also love to add more, such as displaying user credentials, but for that we’ll have to see how the funding goes.
We’ve been bringing you high-quality advanced Joomla extensions now since 2007 and this is your chance to get involved and get the features you most want added to our incredibly popular Joomla calendar.
We’re excited about the chance to further develop DPCalendar and thank you for your support in advance. We’ve already raised $500 and those who contribute that much will be eligible to claim a lifetime subscription to the new DPCalendar, as well as a link back to your site.
Contributors of $150 will be able to enjoy a full, one-year subscription to DPCalendar plus link, and those contributing $50 will be able to claim 3 months free plus link.
There’s still 58 days left to get involved, so what are you waiting for! Make your contribution today!
What if the campaign doesn't reach the funding goal?
All contributions (money) will be returned to the funders without any fee.