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TimeTablePlugin

The TimeTablePlugin handles the tag %TIMETABLE% and creates a weekly timetable. The timetable is rendered with HTML tables and should work with all modern web browsers.

It also handles the tag %TTCM% (TimeTable Compatibilty Mode). The compatibility mode allows the usage of all TWiki:Plugins.CalendarPlugin event types. The %TTCM% tag should be placed into the description field of an event and must contain a time range and optional colors in a comma seperated list (<time range>[[','<forground color>][','<background color>]]), e.g:
you type: 

   * 22 May 2006 - %TTCM{"7:00-1:00pm,white,black"}% Meeting
   * 23 May 2006 - 24 May 2006 - %TTCM{"7am-4pm,yellow"}% Conference
you get:
  • 22 May 2006 - 07:00am-01:00pm Meeting
  • 23 May 2006 - 24 May 2006 - 07:00am-04:00pm Conference

Example: (png image):

timetable example

Syntax Rules

Events are defined with bullets. Following event types are supported to define entries for the timetable:

Event Type Syntax Example(s)
Single  * DDD - HH:MM - HH:MM - description  * Mon - 09:00 - 11:00 - Meeting
 * DDD - HH:MM - HH:MM - description - background color  * Mon - 09:00 - 11:00 - Meeting - green
 * DDD - HH:MM - HH:MM - description - foreground color, background color  * Mon - 09:00 - 11:00 - Meeting - white,black
List  * DDD, DDD,... - HH:MM - HH:MM - description  * Mon,Tue - 08:00 - 8:15 - Breakfast
 * DDD, DDD,... - HH:MM - HH:MM - description - background color  * Mon,Tue - 08:00 - 8:15 - Breakfast - yellow
 * DDD, DDD,... - HH:MM - HH:MM - description - forground color, background color  * Mon,Tue - 08:00 - 8:15 - Breakfast - white,black
Interval  * DDD - DDD - HH:MM - HH:MM - description  * Mon - Fri - 12:15 - 13:00 - Lunch
 * DDD - DDD - HH:MM - HH:MM - description - background color  * Mon - Fri - 12:15 - 13:00 - Lunch - green
 * DDD - DDD - HH:MM - HH:MM - description - foreground color, background color  * Mon - Fri - 12:15 - 13:00 - Lunch - white,black

If you enable the compatibility mode (see Attributes or Plugins Settings sections) you can also use all TWiki:Plugins.CalendarPlugin event types. Examples: 

%TIMETABLE{compatmode="1" startdate="12 Jun 2006"}%
   * 12 Jun - %TTCM{"10am-5pm,yellow"}% Every 12th of June between 10am and 5pm
   * E Wed - Every Wednesday (whole-time)
   * 12 Jun 2006 - 19 Jun 2006 - %TTCM{"12:15am-1pm,white,black"}% Lunch with Mary
   * 13 Jun 2006 - 10:00-12:00 Meeting 
   * 14 Jun 2006 - Meeting - 01pm-03pm,green
Notes:
  • The parameter of the %TTCM% tag must not contain any whitespaces.
  • Time ranges in a description field must not contain any whitespaces.
  • If no %TTCM% tag or no time range was specified in a description of a TWiki:Plugins.CalendarPlugin event the event starts at 0:00am o'clock and ends at 0:00pm (24:00) o'clock.

Attributes

Usage: %TIMETABLE{attribute1="value1" attribute2="value2" ...}%

Example: %TIMETABLE{lang="Deutsch" timeinterval="15" }%

Attribute Comment Default/Example
Behavior:
compatmode if set to "1" all TWiki:Plugins.CalendarPlugin event types are supported (related: compatibility mode attributes); ALERT! the description field can contain a time range (without any whitespaces, e.g. 1pm-2pm) or a %TTCM%-Tag (e.g. %TTCM{"7:00-1:00pm,white,black"}% ) with a time range and optional foreground and background color and without any whitespaces compatmode="0"
days days to show days="7"
endtime a end time, e.g. 18:00, 6:00pm, ... endtime="8:00pm"
lang Language used for weekdays in the table header and for event entries (e.g: English, Deutsch, Français, Español, Nederlands, Dansk, suomi, ...) lang="English"
showweekend show weekend if set to '1' showweekend="1"
starttime a start time, e.g. 7:00, 8a.m., 9:15a.m. ... starttime="7:00am"
timeformat time format; allowed values: 12, 12am, 12p.m., 12a.m, 12p.m. and 24 timeformat="24"
timeinterval interval steps in minutes for the timeline timeinterval="30"
topic a comma separated list of source topics topic="%TOPIC%"
workingendtime working hours end time workingendtime="5:00pm"
workingstarttime working hours start time workingstarttime="9:00am"
Compatibility Mode:
cmheaderformat table header format of a day; a subset of strftime conversion specifiers is supported (only date not time specificiers; see manual page or TWiki:Codev.ConvergeDateTimeFormattingModels) cmheaderformat="<font title=\"%A - %d %b %Y\" size=\"-2\">%b<br/>%a<br/>%e</font>"
daynames costum daynames (a list separated by a '¦' and starting on Monday; overwrites lang attribute) daynames="M¦T¦W¦T¦F¦S¦S"
forcestartdate if set to 1 the timetable starts with the given startdate ('0' means: the timetable view starts with Monday') forcestartdate="0"
month set a month (e.g. Jan, Feb ... or 01, 02, ... 12 ) or a month offset (e.g. +0, +1, -2,...) month="+1"
monthnames custom month names (a list separated by '¦' and starting on January; overwrites lang attribute) monthnames="J¦F¦M¦A¦M¦J¦J¦A¦S¦O¦N¦D"
navnext navigation button to the next week navnext="&gt;&gt;"
navnexttitle title text (tooltip text) for the navigation button to the next week navnexttitle="Next Week"
navprev navigation button to the previous week navprev="&lt;&lt;"
navprevtitle title text (tooltip text) for the navigation button to the previous week navprevtitle="Previous Week"
startdate a start date (e.g. '1 Oct 2005') or a day offset (e.g. '10', '+30' or '-30') startdate="+0"
year set a year (e.g. 2005, 2006 ...) or a year offset (e.g. +0, +1, -1, ...) year="+0"
Table formatting:
descrlimit per line character limit for the description descrlimit="10"
displaytime display time in the event description of the timetable displaytime="0"
eventbgcolor default background color of an event cell (you can overwrite this with an event entry) eventbgcolor = "#AAAAAA"
eventfgcolor default text color of an event cell (you can overwrite this with an event entry) eventfgcolor = "black"
headerformat table header format of a day; a subset of strftime conversion specifiers is supported (only date not time specificiers; see manual page or TWiki:Codev.ConvergeDateTimeFormattingModels) headerformat="<font title=\"%A - %d %b %Y\" size=\"-2\">%a</font>"
name header content of the first column name = "&nbsp;"
nowbgcolor highlight current time in the timeline with a background color nowbgcolor="black"
nowfgcolor highlight current time in the timeline with a forgeround color nowfgcolor="white"
showtimeline show timeline left, right, or on both sides showtimeline="both"
tablebgcolor table background color tablebgcolor="white"
tablecaption table caption shown above the timetable tablecaption="Timetable"
tableheadercolor color of the table header tableheadercolor="%WEBBGCOLOR%"
todaybgcolor highlight today column with a background color todaybgcolor="black"
todayfgcolor highlight today column with a foreground color todayfgcolor="white"
weekendbgcolor highlight weekends with a column background color weekendbgcolor="%WEBBGCOLOR%"
weekendfgcolor highlight weekends with a column foreground color weekendfgcolor="black"
workingbgcolor highlight working hours in the timeline with a background color workingbgcolor="white"
workingfgcolor highlight working hours in the timeline with a foreground color workingfgcolor="black"

Hints:

  • You can use Text Formatting Rules for some attribute values: tablecaption, name, navnext, navprev
  • Every attribute of %TIMETABLE% can also be used as plugin setting. You only have to use capital letters.

Examples

Timetable
  MoTuWeThFrSaSu
07:00
07:30
08:00
08:30
09:00
09:30
10:00
10:30
11:00
11:30
12:00
12:30
13:00
13:30
14:00
14:30
15:00
15:30
16:00
16:30
17:00
17:30
18:00
18:30
19:00
19:30
20:00
 
 
 
 
MONTEST1
MONTEST2
 
 
MONTEST3
 
 
 
 
MONTEST4
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
MONTEST1
TUETEST1
TUETEST2
TUETEST3
 
 
TUETESTFO
 
 
 
 
TUETEST4
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
WEDTEST1
 
 
 
 
WEDTEST2
 
 
 
 
WEDTEST3
 
 
 
 
WEDTEST4
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
THUTEST1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
FRITEST1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
FRITEST2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SATTEST1
SATTEST2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SATTEST3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SUNTEST1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SUNTEST2
 
 
 
 
 
07:00
07:30
08:00
08:30
09:00
09:30
10:00
10:30
11:00
11:30
12:00
12:30
13:00
13:30
14:00
14:30
15:00
15:30
16:00
16:30
17:00
17:30
18:00
18:30
19:00
19:30
20:00
  • Mon,Tue - 9 - 14 - MONTEST1 - green
  • Mon - 9 - 11 - MONTEST2 - yellow
  • Mon - 10 - 13 - MONTEST3 - white,black
  • Mon - 12 - 15 - MONTEST4

  • Tue - 9 - 9:30 - TUETEST1
  • Tue - 9 - 10:00 - TUETEST2
  • Tue - 10:00 - 11:00 - TUETESTFO
  • Tue - 9 - 11:30 - TUETEST3
  • Tue - 12 - 15 - TUETEST4

  • Wed - 7 - 9 - WEDTEST1
  • Wed - 9 - 11 - WEDTEST2
  • Wed - 11 - 13 - WEDTEST3
  • Wed - 13 - 17 - WEDTEST4

  • Thu - 7 - 20:30 - THUTEST1

  • Fri - 7 - 10 - FRITEST1
  • Fri - 12 - 15 - FRITEST2

  • Sat - 5 - 10 - SATTEST1 - white,blue
  • Sat - 6 - 21 - SATTEST2 - yellow
  • Sat - 11 - 22 - SATTEST3 - green

  • Sun - 9:18 - 17:35 - SUNTEST1 - red
  • Sun - 18:00 - 18:15 - SUNTEST2 - yellow

Plugin Settings

Plugin settings are stored as preferences variables. To reference a plugin setting write %<plugin>_<setting>%, i.e. %NEWPLUGIN_SHORTDESCRIPTION%

  • One line description, is shown in the TextFormattingRules topic:
    • Set SHORTDESCRIPTION = Render a weekly timetable

  • Debug plugin: (See output in data/debug.txt)
    • Set DEBUG = 0

  • Time format (default: 24, allowed: 12, 12pm, 12am, 12a.m.,12p.m., 12PM, 12AM, or 24):
    • # Set TIMEFORMAT = 12

  • Timetable start time (default: 7:00am):
    • # Set STARTTIME = 7am

  • Timetable end time (default: 8:00pm):
    • # Set ENDTIME = 8pm

  • Character limitation of a description in a table cell line (default: 10):
    • # Set DESCRLIMIT = 15

  • Show timeline on the left, right or both sides (default: both):
    • # Set SHOWTIMELINE = left

  • Language (default: English - see manual page of Date::Calc perl module, e.g: English, Deutsch, Français, Español, Nederlands, Dansk, suomi, ...):
    • # Set LANG = Deutsch

  • Set unknown parameter message (default: %RED% Sorry, some parameters are unknown: %UNKNOWNPARAMSLIST% %ENDCOLOR% <br/> Allowed parameters are (see TWiki.TimeTablePlugin topic for more details): %KNOWNPARAMSLIST%)
    • # Set UNKNOWNPARAMSMSG = Following parameter(s) is/are unknown: %UNKNOWNPARAMSLIST%

Note: Every attribute of %TIMETABLE% can also be used as plugin setting. You only have to use capital letters.

Plugin Installation Instructions

Note: You do not need to install anything on the browser to use this plugin. The following instructions are for the administrator who installs the plugin on the TWiki server.

  • Download the ZIP file from the Plugin web (see below)
  • Unzip TimeTablePlugin.zip in your twiki installation directory. Content:
    File: Description:
    data/TWiki/TimeTablePlugin.txt Plugin topic
    data/TWiki/TimeTablePlugin.txt,v Plugin topic repository
    lib/TWiki/Plugins/TimeTablePlugin.pm Plugin Perl module
    lib/TWiki/Plugins/TimeTablePlugin/TimeTable.pm Plugin Perl library
    pub/TWiki/TimeTablePlugin/example.png example image
  • Configure the Plugin:
    • TWiki 4.0 and up: Run the configure script to enable the Plugin
    • Change the Plugin settings as needed
  • Test if the installation was successful:
    • see Examples section

Plugin Info

Plugin Author: TWiki:Main.DanielRohde
Copyright: © 2006, TWiki:Main.DanielRohde
License: GPL (GNU General Public License)
Plugin Version: V1.005 (8 Jun 2006)
Change History:  
V1.005 (8 Jun 2006) TWiki:Main.DanielRohde: fixed typos (documentation); added new features (compatmode only): inline time range feature and navigation; minor improvements (table header, ...)
V1.004 (31 May 2006) TWiki:Main.DanielRohde: fixed typos (documentation, timeformat); added new attributes (days, forcestartdate, nowfgcolor, nowbgcolor); fixed minor bug (periodic repeater); added new event type (list)
V1.003 (24 May 2006) TWiki:Main.DanielRohde: added compatibility mode (TWiki:Plugins.CalendarPlugin event types); added documentation and new attributes; fixed bugs (bgcolor bug; conflict rendering; documentation; error logs; warnings);
V1.002 (22 May 2006): TWiki:Main.DanielRohde: fixed major bugs (conflict handling, preferences); added documentation;
V1.001 (19 May 2006): TWiki:Main.DanielRohde: fixed some major bugs (conflict entries, parameter handling, long descriptions); added documentation;
V1.000 (16 May 2006): TWiki:Main.DanielRohde: Initial version
TWiki Dependency: $TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.021
CPAN Dependencies: CPAN:Date::Calc
Other Dependencies: none
Perl Version: 5.005
Benchmarks: GoodStyle nn%, FormattedSearch nn%, Time Table Plugin nn%
Plugin Home: http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/TimeTablePlugin
Feedback: http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/TimeTablePluginDev
Appraisal: http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/TimeTablePluginAppraisal

Related Topics: TWikiPlugins, DeveloperDocumentationCategory?, AdminDocumentationCategory?, TWikiPreferences

-- TWiki:Main.DanielRohde - 16 May 2006



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