DPCalendar 8.2.6 Stable

Release information

This is a new version of the DPCalendar Joomla calendar extension. All users are kindly requested to update. Please read the release notes for a complete list of changes in this release.

Prerequisites

DPCalendar needs the following environment to run successfully:

• Joomla 3.9 and above
• MySQL >= 5 with the mysqli driver activated
• PHP >= 7.4.0
• Browsers: Firefox, Edge, Chrome, Opera but not Internet Explorer
• Curl is needed when interacting with external systems like Google calendar or PayPal

Installation

To install DPCalendar, you have to download the package and upload it through the Joomla installer. You can also install DPCalendar through the built in Joomla web installer. After a successful installation configure the component, modules and the plugins and publish them. More information how to get started with DPCalendar can be found in our introduction articles.

Upgrade

To upgrade DPCalendar from an earlier version, just install the package or individual extensions with the Joomla installer, DPCalendar will handle the upgrade procedure by itself.

Main changes in the 8.2 series

• [#3541] Send mail to participants
• [#8556] Readmore (intro text) in event description on event blog page and modules
• [#8566] Start date for booking process
• [#8756] Webservices plugin
• [#5871] Add start end date option on map module
• [#5935] Filter events by Author in calendar menu item
• [#6013] Today Button on Calendar view
• [#8589] Replace choices js with own script
• [#8869] Zoom in browser is not always on top
• [#8846] Install path does not exist error on shared sitegroung hosting
• [#8857] Export plugins: strip HTML tags
• [#8858] CSV plugin: Add an option to choose the separator for the exported CSV file
• [#8811] Render ticket CSV export dates in user timezone and add timezone information
• [#8842] Show tooltips on Joomla 4 in forms

Release notes

• [#9097] Changing the limit in the bookings list of an event shows only own bookings
• [#9115] Upcoming module won't work with Office 365 calendar
• [#9116] SQL plugin crashes when event end date is null date
• [#9125] Page not found 404 on upgrade to J4 when new routing was disabled
• [#9127] Tooltip for discounts is not shown with Bootstrap 5
• [#9133] Handle null dates in SQL plugin for DATE columns
• [#9140] Custom fields from other calendars are shown in booking lists