Difference between revisions of "Event Calendar Distorted"

Latest revision as of 16:45, 18 October 2013

Note: This issue can occur only on JomSocial 2.8 and bellow. Since version 3, JomSocial component use own calendar

In some cases, you may experience an issue with the Joomla calendar used in JomSocial that will look distorted, similar to how it is shown below, or it wont work at all, or it will give some unexpected behaviors.

This is typically an error attributed to the Joomla template. To verify this is the case, switch to Joomla's default template and see if the calendar is styled and working properly. If so, then your template will have to be fixed by your template provider.

This error occurs because JomSocial does not control the calendar that is used in Events. Although it seems like it is a JomSocial calendar, since it is loaded on a JomSocial page, you are actually accessing the native Joomla calendar and this calendar is controled exclusively by the Joomla template; hence, why it will most likely work with default Joomla templates. Therefore, the calendar issues are related to your template and your template provider should be able to correct the issue. It will likely affect any other component you use that accesses the native Joomla calendar.

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-In some cases, you may experience the issue with the Joomla calendar used in JomSocial that will manifest itself in destorted way similar to image bellow
+{{alert|'''Note:''' This issue can occur only on JomSocial 2.8 and bellow. Since version 3, JomSocial component use own calendar|alert-info}}
+In some cases, you may experience an issue with the Joomla calendar used in JomSocial that will look distorted, similar to how it is shown below, or it wont work at all, or it will give some unexpected behaviors.
+::: [[File:Calendar broken.png]]
-[[File:Calendar broken.png]]
+This is typically an error attributed to the Joomla template. To verify this is the case, switch to Joomla's default template and see if the calendar is styled and working properly. If so, then your template will have to be fixed by your template provider.
-This however, will have to be fixed by the provider of the template that is currently used on your site<br/>
+This error occurs because JomSocial '''does not''' control the calendar that is used in '''Events.''' Although it seems like it is a JomSocial calendar, since it is loaded on a JomSocial page, you are actually accessing the native Joomla calendar and this calendar is controled exclusively by the Joomla template; hence, why it will most likely work with default Joomla templates. Therefore, the calendar issues are related to your template and your template provider should be able to correct the issue. It will likely affect any other component you use that accesses the native Joomla calendar.
-Just to make sure, switch to Joomla's default Beez template and see how nicely calendar will be styled.
-This happens, because JomSocial '''does not''' style the calendar that is used at events. Although it seems that its a jomsocial calendar, because logically it is loaded on jomsocial page, this actually isnt the case. What really happens is that we use native Joomla calendar which is already available in Joomla, with or without JomSocial installed, and this calendar is styled exclusively by Joomla template (hence it working fine with Beez)
-That being said, we cant possibly know how to solve styling problems in the template we didn't created, so please, urge your template provider to do it. It should really have to be fixed on their side as every component that use native Joomla calendar will face the same problem.