Release 4.0.0 · phili67/ecclesiacrm

Why a 4.0 version ???
Events/Calendars are real a powerfull new features, 6 000 lines of code have been written.

The huge update is : CalDAV (ie : synchronisation with calendar).

Be carefull, the CalDAV server isn't a MIT licence the WebDAV server too.

Functionality Improvements :

There's a new flag : sTimeZoneSet in the system settings, you've have to set it correctly for the CalDAV Server.
Calendar/events are now completely rewritten, EcclesiaCRM is now a CalDav full server/client. I use sabre technology.
Everything is now rewritten with a brand new design.
Brand new calendar sidebar with flexible contents.
EcclesiaCRM now manage Personal Calendar, Group Calendar, Share calendar.
The calendar can be shared to other persons in the CRM (with Read-Write or only Read access).
Each user can manage his calendar colors or names, in the case of share calendar or not.
The calendar can be shared inside/outside (with Read-Write access): full vcalendar support.
You can include/Exclude a calendar from the sidebar
To change the name of the calendar, click the name of it
You can create a calendar outside in Calendar Mac or in Outlook with the right connector, it will appear in the CRM.
You've got real event withs the vcalendar vevent standard support.
A group Manager can create a group and the associated calendar and manage the attendees to the calendar.
The reccurrence events are now manage with the vevent standard fully compatible with external application
The drag and drop is now manage correctly with the new definition Vevent with reccurence or not.
There's now nice icon in each events, so you can easely see if an event is a personal/group/share event.
Everything is designed to manage user calendars, group calendars, share calendars as simple as possible.
A group has automatically a calendar and you can add user to the group and to the calendar too, with read/write access or only read access inside the CRM or outside.
You can visualize your calendars under Calendar, thunderBird, etc ...
Under the CRM :

Under the Calendar (you can all the user calendars automatically loaded) :

Under iPhone

The main point you can create a calendar outside of the CRM.
It's possible to add real attendees to a sunday group and to a normal group too.
ListEvent is completely rewritten with propel code and you can add a user with the new js/api directly no more EventEditor.php but the new EventEditor.js code.
Checkin.php is rewritten too, with the EventEditor.js. You can now add an event and make the attendance directly.
The UserEditor.php is now deleted, everything is done with the new js code. For example in the ListEvent.php :
In the calendar, when you chose the Month/Week ... view, the CRM will remind your last choice the next time.
A new button in the Calendar View : Actualize (this give you the choice to synchronize with other Client).
No more bAddEvent flag, everyone can have a calendar : personal etc...
A user who belongs to a sunday group, can create an attendance for his sunday, make attendees, but not modify the event in the calendar View (security), one time it's created, it's impossible to modifiy it.
You've to set the new localisation systemconfig : sTimeZoneSet
Last when you upgrade .... all the events are translated to the new format. The groups are now translated to calendar groups.
Nothing is lost ;-).
Attendees export in CSV and PDF improvements.
Two new flags for the user settings : bExportSundaySchoolCSV, bExportSundaySchoolPDF (So a person can manage the export of the sundayschool attendees, phototobook) and export CSV attendees.
New export attendees for sunday school, it's possible now to export all the attendees classes.
New stats in the sunday school attendees.
CSP update for the youtube
The sidebar will collapse now by default and each user has the ability to chose or not this new feature.
There's two new flags too : bSidebarExpandOnHover, bSidebarCollapse, so a user can manage the behaviour of the sidebar menu.
Some upgrade in SettingsIndividual.php
sCSVExportDelemiter, sCSVExportCharset update : this two parameters are now in the user settings and no more in System settings, each user can manage the CSV export flags.
IE 11 is now fully supported with the CRM. So Chrome, Safari, FireFox, Microsoft Edge and IE 11 are fully supported.
etc .......... etc ......