[Webcalendar] Newbie questions

[Rob Janssen]

Joe Smith schreef:

> Thanks again for your help a few days ago -- I've been playing more 
> and have more questions.
>
> * Any tips on install/running as non-root?
>
> Installed on our vhosting account where I don't have root.  Seems to 
> work fine, although I certainly haven't tested all the features! 
> Anything I should watch for?

It should not require root, except when the config of the webserver is 
not correct.
As long as you can create all required directories and assign them the 
proper permissions (the spool directory should be writable for the user 
the webserver is running under) there should be no problems.

>
> * Where to start?
>
> I want to demo WebCalendar for use by our church's staff, mainly for 
> event scheduling (meetings, classes, events).  What's the basic 
> approach to this kind of use?  Should I set up a calendar for each 
> person?  One per room?  Per type of event?  It's a little murky how to 
> get the best use out of the groupware capabilities, which is the main 
> advantage.

You need to create a calender for everyone that has to sign on using 
name and password, but of course it can be left empty.
You can use public calendars for rooms, and everyone can book events there.
When you want to be able to show and/or print nice overviews of certain 
types of events it seems reasonable to create a specific calender for them.
Remember that you can put events in more than one calendar (e.g. room 
and type) at the time you create them.

>
> * Any support for a /cancelled/ event?
>
> It would be really nice to have support for cancelling or rescheduling 
> an event: highlight the original event as cancelled, and point to the 
> rescheduled event, oh, and send notices out.  Just deleting the event 
> is not terribly helpful.  Maybe you guys have some simple ways of 
> dealing with this already...

With the meeting event type you can send out mail to participants when 
you add or change it, but I don't think there is any support for a 
rescheduled event that still shows up at the old date/time (unless you 
manually edit the old one and create a new event)

Rob