| December - 2010 | ||||||
| S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | |
Note: Modified by DD to highlight today's
day, bug fix.
Description: If
you need a simple, elegant calendar to display the current days of
the month, Basic Calendar is an excellent
script for the purpose. Uses CSS to allow easy changing to its appearance,
everything from calendar dimensions, colors, down to the font used to
highlight the current day.
Demo:
| December - 2010 | ||||||
| S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | |
Step 1: Insert the below into
the <HEAD> section of your page:
The above references an
external .js file. Download basiccalendar.js
(by right clicking, and selecting "Save As"), and upload to your
webpage directory.
Within the above code, you may
customize the CSS rules to change all visual aspects of the calendar.
Step 2:
Finally, insert the below script where you wish the calendar
to appear on your page:
Basic Calendar uses one key
function, buildCal(), to display a calendar. This function looks like
this:
buildCal(4, 2003, "main", "month", "daysofweek", "days", 0)
Here's an explanation of all of its parameters:
| 4 | The month you wish to display, where 1=January, and 12=December. |
| 2003 | The year you wish to display. |
| main | Name of the CSS class to style the calendar's outermost table. |
| month | Name of the CSS class to style the calendar's month/year bar. |
| daysofweek | Name of the CSS class to style the calendar's week days row |
| days | Name of the CSS class to style the individual days cells. |
| 0 | The thickness of the border between all cells. 0=no border. |
buildCal() simply returns the entire calendar in string
format, so in order to display it, you'll need to invoke document.write(), as
shown in the code of Step 2:
document.write(buildCal(4, 2003, "main", "month", "daysofweek", "days", 0))
Such
a design of Basic Calendar means you can easily invoke it many times on
the page, and in a variety of ways.
The below
example displays the calendar for the previous, current, and future month.
It should replace the code of Step 2:
<script type="text/javascript">
var todaydate=new Date()
var curmonth=todaydate.getMonth()+1 //get current month (1-12)
var curyear=todaydate.getFullYear() //get current year
</script>
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3">
<tr>
<td width="33%">
<script>
document.write(buildCal(curmonth-1 ,curyear, "main",
"month", "daysofweek", "days", 1));
</script></td>
<td width="33%">
<script>
document.write(buildCal(curmonth ,curyear, "main",
"month", "daysofweek", "days", 1));
</script></td>
<td width="34%">
<script>
document.write(buildCal(curmonth+1 ,curyear, "main",
"month", "daysofweek", "days", 1));
</script></td>
</tr>
</table>
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As you can see, buildCal() is invoked three times here within table cells to
display it three times on the page.
To demonstrate how versatile this script is, you
can create simple functions to display the calendar dynamically, such as
on demand using a drop down menu. The below code should replace the code
of Step 2:
<form>
<select onChange="updatecalendar(this.options)">
<script type="text/javascript">
var themonths=['January','February','March','April','May','June',
'July','August','September','October','November','December']
var todaydate=new Date()
var curmonth=todaydate.getMonth()+1 //get current month (1-12)
var curyear=todaydate.getFullYear() //get current year
function updatecalendar(theselection){
var themonth=parseInt(theselection[theselection.selectedIndex].value)+1
var calendarstr=buildCal(themonth, curyear, "main", "month", "daysofweek", "days", 0)
if (document.getElementById)
document.getElementById("calendarspace").innerHTML=calendarstr
}
document.write('<option value="'+(curmonth-1)+'" selected="yes">Current Month</option>')
for (i=0; i<12; i++) //display option for 12 months of the year
document.write('<option value="'+i+'">'+themonths[i]+' '+curyear+'</option>')
</script>
</select>
<div id="calendarspace">
<script>
//write out current month's calendar to start
document.write(buildCal(curmonth, curyear, "main", "month", "daysofweek", "days", 0))
</script>
</div>
</form>