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<script type='text/javascript'>
$(document).ready(function() {
/* initialize the external events
-----------------------------------------------------------------*/
$('#external-events div.external-event').each(function() {
// create an Event Object (http://arshaw.com/fullcalendar/docs/event_data/Event_Object/)
// it doesn't need to have a start or end
var eventObject = {
title: $.trim($(this).text()) // use the element's text as the event title
};
// store the Event Object in the DOM element so we can get to it later
$(this).data('eventObject', eventObject);
// make the event draggable using jQuery UI
$(this).draggable({
zIndex: 999,
revert: true, // will cause the event to go back to its
revertDuration: 0 // original position after the drag
});
});
/* initialize the calendar
-----------------------------------------------------------------*/
$('#calendar').fullCalendar({
header: {
left: 'prev,next today',
center: 'title',
right: 'month,agendaWeek,agendaDay'
},
editable: true,
droppable: true, // this allows things to be dropped onto the calendar !!!
drop: function(date, allDay) { // this function is called when something is dropped
// retrieve the dropped element's stored Event Object
var originalEventObject = $(this).data('eventObject');
// we need to copy it, so that multiple events don't have a reference to the same object
var copiedEventObject = $.extend({}, originalEventObject);
// assign it the date that was reported
copiedEventObject.start = date;
copiedEventObject.allDay = allDay;
$.post("/events", { 'event[name]' : copiedEventObject.title , 'start_at' : copiedEventObject.start }),
// function(data) {
// alert("Start at: " + copiedEventObject.start + "Event: " + copiedEventObject.title);
//});
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