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LuxCal Event calendar

Release Notes - SQLite Version


Installation Instructions - First Time

For first-time installations of the LuxCal Event Calendar, follow the instructions in the installation_guide.html.


Installation Instructions - Upgrade to a new version

To upgrade your LuxCal calendar to a new version follow the Upgrade Instructions below.


LuxCal 4.3.0 - Release date: 14.12.2015

Important Notes for LuxCal 4.3:
  1. Major Release: This LuxCal version is a major release with many changes, improvements and bug fixes. This version is using an SQLite database for each installed calendar. Before upgrading you may want to read the change log, which can be viewed in the release notes on the LuxCal web site in the LuxCal Forum under What's New.
  2. Database: This version has a number of new capabilities, and therefore the structure of the database has changed. Before going any further be sure to back up your database (via the admin's Database page) and store the backup file in a safe place.
Upgrade Instructions

Carefully follow the next steps:

  1. IMPORTANT: Create a backup copy of your current calendar via the Database page of the Administration drop-down menu in the navigation bar of the calendar and backup your full calendar installation (the calendar root folder and all sub-folders) to a temporary location.
  2. Delete all LuxCal files and folders from the calendar folder on the server, EXCEPT YOUR SQLite DATABASE FOLDER AND ITS CONTENTS AND EXCEPT THE FILE lcconfig.php IN THE CALENDAR ROOT FOLDER.
  3. The LuxCal SQLite zip-file you've downloaded contains the following two compresssed files: luxcalxxx-calendar.zip and luxcalxxx-toolbox.zip. Unzip the file luxcalxxx-calendar.zip and upload all files and folders to the calendar root on the server. Keep the file luxcalxxx-toolbox.zip for possible later use.
  4. Launch the calendar by browsing to the calendar root on the server. The upgrade script will start automatically and if the upgrade is successful, select Start Calendar.
  5. If the calendar is displayed successfully, delete the following files from the calendar root: installxxx.php and upgradexxx.php (where 'xxx' is the calendar version number)
  6. Save a backup copy of the file lcconfig.php, with the LuxCal version number and the calendar database parameters, which is located in the calendar root folder.
  7. IMPORTANT: If you have tailored the styles sheet file, the language files or other files of your previous calendar installation, apply the changes to the new file(s).
Multiple Calendars

This LuxCal version supports multiple calendars, each using its own SQLite calendar database. These calendars are fully independent and have their own settings. For further details on how to install multiple calendars see the installation_guide.html - section 4.

Periodic Functions

Note: If you want to use the calendar's periodic functions, like sending email reminders, exporting events in iCalendar format, etc., you need to set up a cron job which runs daily at approx. 2 AM and starts the lcalcron.php script in the calendar's root folder. Details on how to define a cron job can be found in the header of the file lcalcron.php. Depending on the configuration settings, the lcalcron.php script will execute the following functions:

*) if activated on the admin's Settings page

Language Files

If you have translated one of the user interface language files into an other language, you should be aware of the following.

Each user-interface language is defined in three language files: ({lang} is the name of the language)

For the language files character encoding "utf-8 without BOM" (BOM = Byte Order Mark) is recommended.

All language files included in the LuxCal download are up to date with this LuxCal version. However, for certain languages we could not translate the new and changed texts. These texts were added / changed in English and still need to be translated.

Change Log

The full change log can be viewed on the LuxSoft web site in the release notes in the LuxCal forum under "What's New". A detailed, more technical, list of changes can be found in the Developper's Notes in the file DevNotes-xx.txt in the calendar root folder.


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