Sun, 05 Apr 2026 07:58:29 +0000 https://bugs.horde.org/ticket/7779 External events like birthdays don't stick 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. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:54:33 +0000 https://bugs.horde.org/ticket/7779#t51266 Did you update config/prefs.php? Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:15:55 +0000 https://bugs.horde.org/ticket/7779#t51268 > 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. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:35:07 +0000 https://bugs.horde.org/ticket/7779#t51269 > 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. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:07:33 +0000 https://bugs.horde.org/ticket/7779#t51270 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. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:32:05 +0000 https://bugs.horde.org/ticket/7779#t51271 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." Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:47:21 +0000 https://bugs.horde.org/ticket/7779#t51272 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. > 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." Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:11:00 +0000 https://bugs.horde.org/ticket/7779#t51273