MODx Framework | Calendar Solutions

I headed up to Pleth)were recently awarded the bid for their project.  This project basically consists of completely re-building their web presence from the ground up.  In preparation for our meeting Greg and I (mostly Greg) have been getting our minds around the MODx PHP framework, we know for sure that this is the framework we are going to be using for the project, it’s just that impressive. 

We are in the early stages of the project right now, our Graphic Artist is providing mockups right now for the committee to approve and sign off on but in the meantime Greg and I spent some time sitting at our board table going over the finer points of the MODx PHP Framework on the big screen and putting our heads together on a few of the other components we are going to need for this project.

Since MODx is somewhat “modular” in it’s architecture we know that we are going to be able to utilize a pretty vast library of options including snippets and chunks contributed by the open source community.  One topic we were discussing was an online calendar system for the project. 

I have spent a little time and researched the MODx Resource lIbrary, we are likely to plug each of these options into our sandbox environment and figure out which one we are the most comfortable with:

• Event Calendar contributed by Dazze
• Kalendar contributed by Deevio (inspired by phpevent calendar os)
• Kalendar Enhanced by Joey Livingston (example of calendar in use)
• Easy Events contributed by Honeydew Design

Another option that Greg and I discussed today on the phone was the possibility of integrating an already existing “Google Calendar” into the MODx framework, and wouldn’t you know it, there’s an alternative for doing this as well.  Google has went out of their way to make Google Tools such as Google Docs, Google Base, Gmail, etc., available to Universities and Educational Institutions.  This could be an option for this project…

• Google Events contributed by Jesster444

Just wanted to post these notes regarding the Calendar Solution for this project so that I can refer back to them and update them as we move forward on this project.  For additional information about the MODx framework also visit Greg’s blog, he is also adding his notes for this project as we continue to get familiar with MODx.