www.ukbutterflies.co.uk

How about an events page that anyone can post to? I know we have a link from the board index which seems to be for events of national interest. What I suggest is mention of forthcoming county meetings such as the Hants and IoW meeting that Pete reported, since it was a wet day maybe other people might have attended. Forthcoming workparties might be worth a mention, maybe someone from a neighbouring county might like to turn up if they knew of them. etc etc.

John

Hi John - ideas such as this are always most welcome. I think there are 3 levels of event that we might want to consider:

1. Butterfly Conservation events. These are many - see http://www.butterfly-conservation.org/t ... vents.html, although this is broken down by branch.

2. UK Butterflies events. This is what the Events menu (which I'll update in a mo!) is for.

3. A calendar that folks can post their own outings to should they want company! This doesn't exist - but could possibly be added if there's enough interest.

Cheers,

- Pete

This is a good idea.
I know we have various meet-ups talked about for this coming season.
These include Glanvilles at Sand Point, Black Hairstreaks, Chequered Skipper, Mountain Ringlet and Purple Emeror.
An events diary would enable us to have these on a more "official" footing.
Dates, meetng place and time and meeting co-ordinator contact details would be all that was needed.
How about it Pete?

Pete
Our messages crossed.
I think we are looking for a combination of 2 and 3 - after all BC already does 1 pretty well.

Staggeringly good idea. I'd love to get out and meet a few of UKB's members. It'd also be an opportunity for us to post what we intend to do and if any other member has similar plans then we could deprive the Exchequer of a small amount of fuel tax revenue in the process by sharing costs!

On the case ...

Cheers,

- Pete

Brilliant suggestion! I'm wholeheartedly for this proposal.

I await the outcome with much impatience

Gibster (going to Ireland in May and July, Scotland in June, Cumbria in June, Norfolk in June, IOS in July, walking Land's End to John O' Groats July onwards...anyone wanna tag along/split costs/show me the way? Guess Pete will soon supply the required forum!)

It's been 5 weeks...any progress Pete?

Gibster wrote:It's been 5 weeks...any progress Pete?

I've found a pretty good implementation that we could use - although it's still "in beta". Just need to find time to have a proper look.

Also - I'm not sure if it has all the features we'll need - such as the ability to ask questions about an event.

Cheers,

- Pete

And here it is ...

calendar.php

You'll notice a new "Calendar" item on the forum menu. Please give it a good test - it's not been wholly configured, but should be good enough to get us going. All comments (and bugs!) most welcome!

I've added the photography workshop to April 30th as an example.

Right - time for a drink!

Cheers,

- Pete

Update: If you're using the "subsilver" theme, then the calendar won't currently be visible. I'm working on this. In the meantime, change to the "prosilver" them in the user control panel.

Cheers,

- Pete

Good move, Pete.

Pete
Looks pretty good.
Have put the Sand Point one in already.

Thanks

Good work Pete!

Cheers

Lee

Roger said:

Pete. Looks pretty good. Have put the Sand Point one in already.

Indeed, very good idea. I don't want to add anything at this stage but not quite clear if I did how I would do so.

And do I need to understand what "subsilver" and "prosilver" are? The site is working fine for me so I guess I needn't worry.

As you might recall, I jokingly made a big song and dance about the fact nobody remembered my birthday last time. Do we really need to send "Happy Birthdays" every time? That would clutter things up. Maybe limit to significant ones such as 18, 21 and then every round 40, 50 etc. (grump mode engaged here!)

Jack

Jack
Just go to the May page, click on the "Glanvilles, Sand Point" and put yourself down as attending.
Shimpuls

Agreed about Birthdays though Jack - at least if no-one is getting messages you know you aren't the only one