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In lugnet.publish.brickjournal, Joe Meno wrote:
> I originally thought about that, but there are some countries that are larger
> than others that have provinces and states. I really want some country icons,
> and I might do some hacking to see if it's possible.
Well, as someone living in the second largest country in the world I would have
no problem seeing all my compatriots events listed as being in Canada. The flags
(or whatever) would be a nice addition but for now it would improve the utility
without any hacks.
BTW, got my first print issue of Brick Journal this week and I will be showing
it off to my LUGmates tomorrow. The quality is fantastic.
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> I originally thought about that, but there are some countries that are larger
> than others that have provinces and states. I really want some country icons,
> and I might do some hacking to see if it's possible.
>
> Joe
Joe, Do a search for ISO 3166 -- those are the ISO-established 2-digit country
codes.
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In lugnet.publish.brickjournal, Ted Godwin wrote:
> In lugnet.publish.brickjournal, Joe Meno wrote:
> > Okay, so what color scheme do you want - by type of event or country? Either
> > way, it will take a little time.
>
> If I may venture a suggestion: Make the colour scheme about the type of event
> and shorten the "location" field to the two-letter country code (ie: us, ca, uk,
> etc). The full address can be in the description field but it would not only
> make it a lot easier to read but reduce the amount of space each listing takes
> up on the calendar.
I originally thought about that, but there are some countries that are larger
than others that have provinces and states. I really want some country icons,
and I might do some hacking to see if it's possible.
Joe
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In lugnet.publish.brickjournal, Joe Meno wrote:
> Okay, so what color scheme do you want - by type of event or country? Either
> way, it will take a little time.
If I may venture a suggestion: Make the colour scheme about the type of event
and shorten the "location" field to the two-letter country code (ie: us, ca, uk,
etc). The full address can be in the description field but it would not only
make it a lot easier to read but reduce the amount of space each listing takes
up on the calendar.
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In lugnet.publish.brickjournal, C. L. GunningCook wrote:
> Joe and Crew,
>
> Not sure who is personally responsible for the Brick Journal Calendar
> http://brickjournal-space.near-time.net/calendar/view_month?date=2008-06-01
> so I will post here, and hopefully it will get into the right hands.
I manage the calendar:-).
> And before I get into this, let me first start of with a thank you for having a
> central "Calendar of Events". It is a wonderful idea, useful for fans, and more
> than likely a "chore" for someone to keep this updated.
It's all three:-)
> I realize that "beggars should not be choosers"... but I am hoping you will
> consider this idea, since all this work goes into this resource, I would like to
> see it be a bit more user friendly.
>
> Currently many days are filled with long running events or museum displays, and
> that makes finding Fest dates or other AFOL centric events difficult. Would it
> be possible to colour code the listings, by type of event (for example, Fests in
> red, museum shows in blue), or by geographical area, (by country perhaps)?
I had pushed for that functionality for me last year, and found out that the
calendar app wasn't that advanced at all..which really wasn't the answer I
wanted.
I really wanted country icons, but there was no provision for them.
Since you asked me this, though, I went back to the calendar and did some
hacking and found that I can change colors on the headline, so I can work this
out, at least.
>
> If the font colours could be changed so it would be easier to read and sort
> through it of course, would be way faster to skim thru the calendar and find
> the particular events someone is interested in.
Okay, so what color scheme do you want - by type of event or country? Either
way, it will take a little time.
Joe
>
> Thanks for your time,
> Janey "Red Brick"
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