I tried again the Prayer Connector and got it installed, however, there are some problems left. I have not used a template (use therefore the default).

1. the template is GERMAN
2. the template is hardly to read (light colors on light colors)

BTW, my calendar is also German and the /typo3conf/ext/cal/misc/locales.php shows only C and POSIX
I believe it is related.

How can I fix it?

bye

Ronald

Hi Ronald,

Somewhere in one of your site templates or in the language records, you must have set your site to have German language as default. This is done through TypoScript code like this:

config.sys_language_uid = 0
config.language = de
(en = English)

The Prayer Connector uses whatever language is set. Same with calendar and most other extensions (some do not support multi-language).

I would read this: http://typo3.org/documentation/tips-tricks/multi-language-sites-in-typo3/

That has been very helpful to many people to understand languages.

Hope this helps.

Also, for the Prayer Connector, you can change the colors fairly easily from the Template->Constant Editor (then select the tx_wecconnector_pi1 from dropdown).

-Dave

Dave,

it works now with ENGLISH, but the colors are still wrong. Maybe I need to explain more. My template is dark, and it uses a light color for the text.
It seems that the prayer background is light and the text is taken from my template also light, therefore I cannot see it.

I need to find out either:
a. how to make the Calendar/prayer also dark
b. how to make the text dark at that area

I copied the part that is not to read:

* = required field
Your Name *
Please fill out your name here. Leave blank to remain anonymous.
Your Email *
Your email will not appear on the website, but please provide it if you want people to privately respond to you.
Subject *
Prayer Request *

Phone number
City
Are you a person?*

For specific colors for the Prayer Connector, you can change them in CSS, but for the basic ones, you can use the Constant Editor. In the Backend, go to the page with the Connector. Go to Template->Constant Editor. Then select tx_wec_connector_pi1. You will now see a list of constants you can change. Scroll down and you should see colors. These can be clicked on, and changed. To make your text dark, you would change the entryTextColor to black like #000000. You can change all the other colors too. Then click on Save at top (for v4.2.x), or Update on the bottom (for v4.1.x).

As for the Calendar, I think you need to edit the CSS for that. You can search this forum / site for finding ways to do that -- otherwise someone can hopefully help you out there.

-Dave

Our Prayer Connector use to work. The plugin is on the page BE. However I get the following message on the FE... "You must include static "WEC Connector template" in the page template to see any output." Can someone give me directions me on how to do this?
Melvin E. Hooper
Middletown UMC
docmelster@comcast.net

Hi Melvin,

Follow this tutorial here. This should show you how to add it:

http://webempoweredchurch.com/support/howtos/single/add_a_static_template/?tx_wecknowledgebase_pi1[cat]=52&tx_wecknowledgebase_pi1[backPid]=440&cHash=a3e369c91a

If you have any other questions, please let us know.

-Dave

Hi, Dave. Since the extensions were updated, our Prayer Connector seems to work now, allowing users to read, post, edit and delete. One quirk: each posting appears four times, one on top of the other. I can't find where this parameter is to correct it. Any ideas? Thanks again!

-Mel

Hi Mel,

We have it running fine on several sites. I would wonder -- do you have only one plugin on the page? Did you modify the template at all? Those kind of issues may cause multiple posts.

If those are not the case, if you want to email me a Backend login, I can look at it and hopefully track it down -- whether it is a configuration issue or with the Prayer Connector plugin.

-Dave

Hi, Dave. Thanks for getting back to me. There's only the one plugin on the page. I did add a suggested parameter to the setup of the template trying to get the candle to work, but that failed so I took it out. But I did notice something ... I had four Categories: Family, Friends, Schoolmates and Traveling Mercies - a single posting under Family listed four times under "View All" but only once under Family. Experimenting, I added a 5th category - Praises. Then the posting listed 5 times under View All, but once under Praises. This told me the repetitive listings were tied to the Categories. I removed the Categories and the posting listed once. Go figure!

Mel

Hi, Dave. Thanks for getting back to me. There's only the one plugin on the page. I did add a suggested parameter to the setup of the template trying to get the candle to work, but that failed so I took it out. But I did notice something ... I had four Categories: Family, Friends, Schoolmates and Traveling Mercies - a single posting under Family listed four times under "View All" but only once under Family. Experimenting, I added a 5th category - Praises. Then the posting listed 5 times under View All, but once under Praises. This told me the repetitive listings were tied to the Categories. I removed the Categories and the posting listed once. Go figure!

Mel