We are pleased to announce the availability of Zap Calendar 4 beta release.  This release supports 3.x versions of Joomla.  In addition to version 3.x support, Zap Calendar 4 also has the following new features:

  • Installation of the component and all add-ons from one Zip file
  • Support for multiple time zones
  • Re-design of back-end screens to match Joomla 3.x interface
  • Refreshed front-end design

Over 10 add-ons are included with this initial release with more add-ons coming soon.  One add-on you will want to enable is the new title plugin, which displays your calendar browser buttons at the top of the calendar in the front-end.  This is now an add-on so that it can be swapped out with a custom plugin for those who like to customize Zap Calendar.

A couple of names have changed with this release to better describe their purpose.  Calendar "Views" are now called "Calendars", and the iCal Subscribe plugin is now called "iCal Sync".

If you are migrating your event data from Zap Calendar 3, you can create an iCalendar export file from Zap Calendar 3 and import it into Zap Calendar using the iCal import under the tools menu.  This method will import your events as well as categories and locations that are associated with those events (make sure you select the "import ievents nto separate categoires" option).  A table upgrade is not supported due to the changes made to support multiple time zones and other features.

Zap Calendar 4 beta is now available to all current subscribers on the Z Content web site.