Tickets :: [#7779] External events like birthdays don't stick

6.0.0-alpha14

7/2/25

Summary	External events like birthdays don't stick
Queue	Kronolith
Queue Version	2.3
Type	Bug
State	Not A Bug
Priority	1. Low
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Requester	ken (at) mc-neill (dot) net
Created	12/15/2008 (6043 days ago)
Due
Updated	12/15/2008 (6043 days ago)
Assigned	12/15/2008 (6043 days ago)
Resolved	12/15/2008 (6043 days ago)
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Patch	No

12/15/2008 04:11:00 PM	ken (at) mc-neill (dot) net	Comment #7	Reply to this comment
Thank you for this clear reply--I appreciate your time. I was also having related issues with error messages described in http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/7439. [Show Quoted Text - 20 lines][Hide Quoted Text] This is the preference that holds external calendars: // store the external calendars to display $_prefs['display_external_cals'] = array( 'value' => 'a:0:{}', 'locked' => false, 'shared' => false, 'type' => 'implicit' ); It does not and should not show up in the UI (thus the implicit type; types are documented in horde/config/prefs.php.dist) because it saves the state of the panel checkboxes, nothing more. The relationship to upgrading is that if you upgraded and didn't update prefs.php from prefs.php.dist, you won't have this preference and it won't be saved to the db. From horde/docs/UPGRADING: "After updating to a newer Horde version, or a newer version of any Horde application, you always need to update all configuration files."

12/15/2008 03:47:21 PM	Chuck Hagenbuch	Comment #6	Reply to this comment
This is the preference that holds external calendars: // store the external calendars to display $_prefs['display_external_cals'] = array( 'value' => 'a:0:{}', 'locked' => false, 'shared' => false, 'type' => 'implicit' ); It does not and should not show up in the UI (thus the implicit type; types are documented in horde/config/prefs.php.dist) because it saves the state of the panel checkboxes, nothing more. The relationship to upgrading is that if you upgraded and didn't update prefs.php from prefs.php.dist, you won't have this preference and it won't be saved to the db. From horde/docs/UPGRADING: "After updating to a newer Horde version, or a newer version of any Horde application, you always need to update all configuration files."

12/15/2008 03:32:05 PM	ken (at) mc-neill (dot) net	Comment #5	Reply to this comment
I appreciate that you are trying to point me in the right direction. However, could you please tell me where to find the "external calendars preference"? And which "upgrade instructions?" What does this have to do which upgrading? I contribute significant amounts of my time and energy to other open source projects, and the main concern is always USABILITY. Simply saying 'if not [...], "then that's your problem"' doesn't improve the quality of Horde. I looked in kronolith/config/prefs.php, but I do not think there is any object responsible for persisting the choice to show birthdays, etc. on the Calendar. The external calendars preference. If it's not in config/prefs.php, then that's your problem. You need to follow the upgrade instructions.

12/15/2008 03:07:33 PM	Chuck Hagenbuch	Comment #4 State ⇒ Not A Bug	Reply to this comment
I looked in kronolith/config/prefs.php, but I do not think there is any object responsible for persisting the choice to show birthdays, etc. on the Calendar. The external calendars preference. If it's not in config/prefs.php, then that's your problem. You need to follow the upgrade instructions.

12/15/2008 02:35:07 PM	ken (at) mc-neill (dot) net	Comment #3	Reply to this comment
Did you update config/prefs.php? I looked in kronolith/config/prefs.php, but I do not think there is any object responsible for persisting the choice to show birthdays, etc. on the Calendar. I believe this should be present in the Kronolith options UI.

12/15/2008 02:15:55 PM	Chuck Hagenbuch	Comment #2 State ⇒ Feedback	Reply to this comment
Did you update config/prefs.php?

12/15/2008 10:54:33 AM	ken (at) mc-neill (dot) net	Comment #1 Priority ⇒ 1. Low Type ⇒ Bug Summary ⇒ External events like birthdays don't stick Queue ⇒ Kronolith Milestone ⇒ Patch ⇒ No State ⇒ Unconfirmed	Reply to this comment
When choosing to display external events, like birthdays, in Kronolith, the events don't stick. That is, there is no way to save that preference, and the next time you view the Calendar, the events are gone and must be re-populated by the user.