Re: [MRBS-general] Adding 'private' bookings feature

[Cory J. <cj...@dc...>]

Ok, I finally decided that what you recommended probably makes the
code easier to follow and maintain and was probably the right way to 
go even on K.I.S.S. principals alone.  

I'm going with the following addition to the config file which should be 
clear enough for most people:

// Private Bookings Settings
// Only administrators or the person who booked a private event can see
// details of the event.  Everyone else just sees that the time/period
// is booked on the schedule.
$private_enabled = TRUE;  // Enable checkbox in entry page to make
           // the booking private.  

$private_default = TRUE;  // Set default value for "Private" checkbox.

$private_mandatory = FALSE; // If TRUE all entries will be
           // saved as private regardless of whether checkbox is
           // displayed.  If checkbox is displayed it will be checked
           // and disabled.

$private_override = "none"; // Override default privacy behavior. 
           // "none" - Private flag on entry is used
           // "private" - ALL entries are treated as private regardless
           //             of flag.
           // "public" - NO entry is treated as private, regardless of
           //            flag on entry.
           // Overrides $private_default and $private_mandatory

Time to go hack away on this stuff a bit.

>>> "Campbell Morrison" <ma...@ca...> 02/27/09 6:55 PM >>>
I think $private_xxxx sounds OK.

Yes, I think you're going to need four parameters.   The three you've got 
control the behaviour of edit_entry, ie _creating_ new bookings:

$private_enabled   // the checkbox option for marking private bookings is 
enabled
$private_default   // the default setting for the checkbox option
$private_mandatory   // all bookings will be private (and whether you see 
the checkbox is determined by $private_enabled).   If set, this overrides 
$private_default

Then there's fourth setting which controls how all bookings (old and new) 
are _displayed_, and it can have three values:

- display according to the privacy setting of the booking
- display as private, regardless of the setting
- display as public, regardless of the setting

This could be something like

$display_private = default/private/public

Campbell