Hi

I want to make an events page with a calendar.

Select a date and events are displayed.

Also needed is a similar events input page.

I quite like the YUI calendar but I'm open to any suggestions about the best way to go.

I'm sure this is something that's been done before ... does any one know the easiest/best way to implement this project.

Thanks
Geoff

Not going to happen using javascript, it needs server side code and a database

Not according to this video from Adobe/Dreamweaver

http://tv.adobe.com/#vi+f1500v1434

That's just describing an interactive calender, or a way of displaying a calender. The people on the video are just describing filling it with static data, but the normal way of doing it would be with dynamic data, which, as Chris pointed out, would have to come from a server.

So although you may display it in a fancy way with a YUI calender, or whatever, you need a server and some programming to do what you want it to, since JavaScript doesn't have any type of database to use directly, and must make AJAX calls if it needs to request anything new without a page-refresh. AJAX, of course, is just a way for the client side script to interact with a server application.

Certainly you can build a user interface in javascript.

BUT javascript cannot save the data to a database neither can javascript read the database, so with a calendar entirely in javascript the event data will have to be predetermined in javascript variables.

My company sells a web calendar system that would meet your needs very well. It's available as installed software or as a hosted service.

You can see a demo of our calendar online at:

http://www.mhsoftware.com/caldemo/

We also have a white paper available online on how to choose a web calendar application.

http://www.mhsoftware.com/resources/CalendarSelection/

If you have questions about our product, please feel free to call us at

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