DPCalendar 8.4.1 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 3.10.5 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 8.4 series

• [#9228] Task plugin to send out reminders for events
• [#9104] Use the browser timezone for DPCalendar dates
• [#9214] Remove coordinates in location input field
• [#9222] Possibility to override the front end author list SQL query
• [#9232] Timepicker should scroll to best match

Release notes

• [#9229] Coupon field is being showed in the booking form although the coupons are for another calendar
• [#9240] List views do not confirm delete action
• [#9245] Option to hide the contact events on contact details page
• [#9252] Start date option for calendar(timeline) menu item
• [#9262] Run reminder task with all events since last run date
• [#9264] Add waiting list option to hidden fields list
• [#9239] Event details view shows no event when ical has no end date
• [#9241] Task plugin has no parameters
• [#9243] Quickadd has a day shift when timezone is negative
• [#9256] Office 365 HTTP ical urls are not fetched
• [#9260] Calendar view shows no events past 8pm in Chicago timezone
• [#9267] Scrollbar on book button in event details view with Chrome