I'm here because SMF doesn't reply much....

[Nokonium]

I want to add to/ammend the (SMF) Help.

I want to update the information about posting events in the Calendar, following having a confused member, as the Calendar Help doesn't cover the option to NOT link to a post. I have updated both the Posting.english.html and Posting.english.xml in default/help, but the help menu still reads the same as previous. 

What do I need to do?

[jacortina]

Are you looking for $helptxt['calendar'] in Help.english.php?

[Nokonium]

No, that isn't it.

I have on display

Posting an Event to the Calendar

Where this option has been configured (it's not standard 'out of the box'), you can post an event by selecting Calendar from the main menu followed by Post Event from the calendar screen. What you see now is a Start new topic screen with supplementary fields for the event title, date and target board, which simply add your event to the calendar and create a link back to your post in that board.

What I'm trying to do is change it to (quoted from Posting.english.html)

<h3 id="calendar">Posting an Event to the Calendar</h3>
   <p>Where this option has been configured (it's not standard 'out of the box'), you can post an event by selecting Calendar from the <a href="index.english.html#main">main menu</a> followed by Post Event from the calendar screen. What you see now is a Post Event screen with supplementary fields for the event title, date of the event, number of days (of the event), a option to link to a post and the target board it will appear in if link is selected. If the link is not selected the event will simply be added to the calendar, if a link is selected, on clicking Post an additional Post Event screen will open for the linked post with supplementary fields for the event title, date of the event, number of days (of the event),the target board it will appear in and the options of a Start new topic screen, (as above), this will add a the event to the calendar and create a link back to your post in that board, denoted by a <style{color: red;}>*</style>.</p>

I have also updated Posting.english.xml, where I also found the displayed text

<subsection id="calendar">
      <subheading>Posting an Event to the Calendar</subheading>
   <paragraph>Where this option has been configured (it's not standard 'out of the box'), you can post an event by selecting <action>Calendar</action> from the <link page="index" ref="main">main menu</link> followed by <action>Post Event</action> from the calendar screen. What you see now is a <screen>Post Event</screen> screen with supplementary fields for the event title, date of the event, number of days (of the event), a option to link to a post and the target board it will appear in if link is selected. If the link is not selected the event will simply be added to the calendar, if a link is selected, on clicking Post an additional <screen>Post Event</screen> screen will open for the linked post, with supplementary fields for the event title, date of the event, number of days (of the event),the target board it will appear in and the options of a <screen>Start new topic</screen> screen, (as above), this will add a the event to the calendar and create a link back to your post in that board, denoted by a <style{color: red;}>*</style>.</paragraph>

I have run 'search in files' and these are the only two files that contain the displayed code.

[jacortina]

Well, the only place my search found the "Posting an Event to the Calendar" string was in Manual.english.php (1.1 RC2 & 1.1 RC3).

[alan s]

Hey nokonium , the lines your looking fro are in Manual.english.php , line 310

$txt['manual_posting_post_event']

is the first text string your looking for.

Hope this is the right thing.

[Nokonium]

That is what I was after, it is contained in several entries there

Code Select Expand

$txt['manual_posting_post_event'] = 'Posting an Event to the Calendar';
$txt['manual_posting_event_desc_part1'] = 'Where this option has been configured (it\'s not standard \'out of the box\'), you can post an event by selecting <strong>Calendar</strong> from the ';
$txt['manual_posting_event_desc_link_index_main'] = 'main menu';
$txt['manual_posting_event_desc_part2'] = ' followed by <strong>Post Event</strong> from the calendar screen. What you see now is a <strong>Start new topic</strong> screen with supplementary fields for the event title, date and target board, which simply add your event to the calendar and create a link back to your post in that board.';

Thanks  :up:

[alan s]

Welcome.