EventAggregator

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2011-10-10 Paul Boddie raw files shortlog changelog graph Updated the documentation to mention various new features. rel-0-8
README.txt (file)
     1.1 --- a/README.txt	Mon Oct 10 01:19:44 2011 +0200
     1.2 +++ b/README.txt	Mon Oct 10 01:31:14 2011 +0200
     1.3 @@ -3,10 +3,12 @@
     1.4  
     1.5  The EventAggregator macro for MoinMoin can be used to display event calendars
     1.6  or listings which obtain their data from pages belonging to specific
     1.7 -categories (such as CategoryEvents). The start and end dates are read from the
     1.8 -page describing each event, and the calendar is automatically filled out with
     1.9 -the details of each event, colouring each event period in a specially
    1.10 -generated colour.
    1.11 +categories (such as CategoryEvents) or from remote event sources. The start
    1.12 +and end dates are read from the page describing each event, and the calendar
    1.13 +is automatically filled out with the details of each event, colouring each
    1.14 +event period in a specially generated colour. Maps showing event locations are
    1.15 +also supported, given the availability of appropriate map images and location
    1.16 +information.
    1.17  
    1.18  The EventAggregatorSummary action can be used to provide iCalendar and RSS
    1.19  summaries of event data based on pages belonging to specific categories, as
    1.20 @@ -158,6 +160,15 @@
    1.21  
    1.22    <<EventAggregator(CategoryEvents,mode=list)>>
    1.23  
    1.24 +To use remote event sources instead of categories in the Wiki, specify each
    1.25 +source using explicit source parameters:
    1.26 +
    1.27 +  <<EventAggregator(source=GriCal,source=FSFE)>>
    1.28 +
    1.29 +This will aggregate events from the GriCal and FSFE calendars residing on
    1.30 +remote Web sites, provided that these sources have been defined in the event
    1.31 +sources dictionary.
    1.32 +
    1.33  See pages/HelpOnEventAggregator for more detailed information.
    1.34  
    1.35  Using the Actions