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Re: Brick Journal Calendar
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Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:57:59 GMT
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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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  Re: Brick Journal Calendar
 
(...) Joe, Do a search for ISO 3166 -- those are the ISO-established 2-digit country codes. (16 years ago, 14-Mar-08, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal)
  Re: Brick Journal Calendar
 
(...) 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 (...) (16 years ago, 14-Mar-08, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal)

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  Re: Brick Journal Calendar
 
(...) 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 (...) (16 years ago, 13-Mar-08, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal)

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