X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/aa57c5ab5e024f783b7935f36b00c3c1a8e9e5f1..63fa0ef5ba9a2e367791dd19b9aeb7c98d70ac85:/doc/plugins/calendar.mdwn diff --git a/doc/plugins/calendar.mdwn b/doc/plugins/calendar.mdwn index d429bde88..8d18ed081 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/calendar.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/calendar.mdwn @@ -1,54 +1,32 @@ -[[template id=plugin name=calendar author="[[ManojSrivastava]]"]] -[[tag type/chrome]] - -This plugin displays a calendar, similar to the typical calendars shown on -some blogs. - -# examples - - \[[calendar ]] - - \[[calendar type="month" pages="blog/* and !*/Discussion"]] - - \[[calendar type="year" year="2005" pages="blog/* and !*/Discussion"]] - -This plugin is inspired by the calendar plugin for Blosxom, but -derives no code from it. This plugin is essentially a fancy front end -to archives of previous pages, usually used for blogs. It can produce -a calendar for a given month, or a list of months for a given year. - -Since ikiwiki is a wiki compiler, to keep the calendar up-to-date, -wikis that include it need to be preiodically refreshes, typically by cron -at midnight. Example crontab: - - 0 0 * * * ikiwiki -setup ~/ikiwiki.setup -refresh - -The month format calendar simply links to any page posted on each -day of the month. The year format calendar links to archive pages, with -names like `archives/2007` (for all of 2007) and `archives/2007/01` -(for January, 2007). For this to work, you'll need to create these archive -pages. They typically use [[inline]] to display or list pages created in -the given time frame. - -## usage - -* `type` - Used to specify the type of calendar wanted. Can be one of - "month" or "year". The default is a month view calendar. -* `pages` - Specifies the [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]] of pages to link to from the - month calendar. Defaults to "*". -* `archivebase` - Configures the base of the archives hierarchy. The - default is "archives". Note that this default can also be overridden - for the whole wiki by setting `archivebase` in ikiwiki's setup file. -* `year` - The year for which the calendar is requested. Defaults to the - current year. -* `month` - The numeric month for which the calendar is requested, in the - range 1..12. Used only for the month view calendar, and defaults to the - current month. -* `week_start_day` - A number, in the range 0..6, which represents the day - of the week that the month calendar starts with. 0 is Sunday, 1 is Monday, - and so on. Defaults to 0, which is Sunday. -* `months_per_row` - In the annual calendar, number of months to place in - each row. Defaults to 3. +[[!template id=plugin name=calendar author="[[ManojSrivastava]]"]] +[[!tag type/widget]] + +This plugin provides a [[ikiwiki/directive/calendar]] [[ikiwiki/directive]]. +The directive displays a calendar, similar to the typical calendars shown on +some blogs. + +The [[ikiwiki-calendar]] command is used to force generating year and month +pages from templates (overriding the existing ones). + +## Setup options + +* `archivebase` - Default value for [[ikiwiki/directive/calendar]] directive + option of the same name. +* `archive_pagespec` - [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]] of pages to include in the + archives, if option `calendar_autocreate` is on. It defaults to `*`. +* `calendar_autocreate` - Control whether new archive pages are created as + needed. It defaults to being done only if option `archivebase` is set. +* `calendar_fill_gaps` - If set (and `calendar_autocreate` is set as well), + build calendar pages of empty years and months (but does not build pages older + than the older page, and younger than the younger page of the pagespec). If + not, those empty calendar pages will be skipped. *Please note:* + * The archive pages will not be automatically updated if this option changes. + It is up to the user to delete relevant pages, and rebuild the wiki. + * When `calendar_fill_gaps` is set, and a post is deleted, making the + corresponding year/month empty, the corresponding page is left, and shows + an empty calendar. This is on purpose, not to break any external link + pointing to this particular page. If you do not like it, delete the + relevant pages, and rebuild the wiki. ## CSS @@ -57,9 +35,10 @@ customization. * `month-calendar` - The month calendar as a whole. * `month-calendar-head` - The head of the month calendar (ie,"March"). +* `month-calendar-arrow` - Arrow pointing to previous/next month. * `month-calendar-day-head` - A column head in the month calendar (ie, a day-of-week abbreviation). -* `month-calendar-day-noday`, `month-calendar-day-link`, +* `month-calendar-day-noday`, `month-calendar-day-link`, `month-calendar-day-nolink`, `month-calendar-day-future`, `month-calendar-day-this-day` - The day squares on the month calendar, for days that are not in the month (before or after the month itself), that @@ -70,6 +49,7 @@ customization. weekends. * `year-calendar` - The year calendar as a whole. * `year-calendar-head` - The head of the year calendar (ie, "2007"). +* `year-calendar-arrow` - Arrow pointing to previous/next year. * `year-calendar-subhead` - For example, "Months". * `year-calendar-month-link`, `year-calendar-month-nolink`, `year-calendar-month-future`, `year-calendar-this-month` - The month