https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/blackout-dates Gravity Support Forums Topic: Blackout dates en-US Wed, 15 Apr 2026 02:54:11 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/blackout-dates#post-50153 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:01:24 +0000 bigshotdj 50153@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>@Kevin Any movement on adding advanced date/scheduling options like date range, blackout dates? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/blackout-dates#post-40602 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:19:32 +0000 Alex Cancado 40602@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hello Shelley,<br /> I was browsing through the jQuery UI Datepicker documentation, and unfortunately they still don't support the functionality you are looking for. They have added a minDate and maxDate parameter that you can use to specify a valid range of dates, but you wouldn't be able to exclude weekends and holidays.<br /> Sorry for the bad news. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/blackout-dates#post-39588 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:54:48 +0000 Josh 39588@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I thought I'd check to see if this issue had any movement. I wasn't sure if the newest update might possibly provide something closer to a solution. In English, just checking. Any new thoughts? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/blackout-dates#post-1936 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:23:24 +0000 Alex Cancado 1936@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I agree with you Shelley. That wouldn't be very user friendly. Unfortunately we are bound by the limitation of the jQuery UI datepicker. Not much we can do there.</p> <p>Good luck! </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/blackout-dates#post-1931 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:38:14 +0000 Josh 1931@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Alex,</p> <p>Thanks, but having the form validate available dates for tours AFTER the user hits submit isn't particularly friendly. It'd annoy the hell out of me, that's for sure.</p> <p>It's ok, this is outside the expected capability of a form manager anyway. I've been researching other options (there aren't many) and thought I'd ask. I'll find a solution. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/blackout-dates#post-1906 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:17:32 +0000 Alex Cancado 1906@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>The datepicker script that we currently use (jQuery UI) does allow us to select some dates as unavailable, so graying out dates in the calendar won't be possible. From what I can see, there are two possible ways to handle this (none of them are great).</p> <p>1- You could write javascript code to validate that the date is valid when the user selects a date from the calendar. So the user would be able to select a date, but you would then validate and display an error message if the dates are invalid.<br /> The problem with this approach is that the only way to do this is to change the datepicker.js file and that will make your upgrades a bit more painful. You will have to remember to save that file and copy it over the new one after the upgrade.</p> <p>2- The other option is to validate the date during the form submission process. You will have to write PHP code to do the validation.<br /> I think this might be your best option as it doesn't involve changing any of the core files. The only problem is that I will have to add a hook for validation. I don't have a problem doing that, but you will have to wait for the next release.</p> <p>Let me know if these seem like valid solutions for you. I can help you with the code part if you need. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/blackout-dates#post-1905 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:45:13 +0000 Kevin Flahaut 1905@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Shelly,</p> <p>We've discussed some more advanced date/scheduling options like date range, blackout dates, etc. so they're on the drawing board. I'm not sure how soon they'll make a release or add-on though. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/blackout-dates#post-1898 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:30:18 +0000 Josh 1898@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I need to create a tour registration form that will allow visitors to schedule a campus tour M-F from 9-4, except on dates when the school will be closed. To this end, I need the date selector to allow me to blackout weekends and the occasional holiday as unavailable for selection. Any chance this can ever be possible? </p>