RubyOnRails3 - event_calendar - ruby-on-rails-3

Question

I use event_calendar gem and it works probably for me, but I face problem of how to change color of events by type, I mean how to make for example personal events like birthday or trip colored with blue and work events like meetings colored with red etc..
Can this be done by css or code? I hope you can help me with this -- Thanks.

Answer 1

http://dev.elevationblog.com/2009/07/23/event-calendar-rails-plugin/
After loading almost all the comments I found the answer to that question.
just override the color method in your event model.
def color
# color logic based on event type
# or maybe associated calendar?, ie
# self.calendar.color
if self.type = correct_type
return "#3399BB" #any html acceptable color
end
end
answered by jeff
do your logic then return the color you want to used

Answer 2

I did things a little differently for more flexibility based on info I found on this site.
Output
<div class="btn-group event_color" data-toggle="buttons-radio">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-success" value="#00a651">Active</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-warning" value="#ecef0b">Pending</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-danger" value="#ef0b0b">On Hold</button>
<%=f.hidden_field :color %>
<%=f.hidden_field :event_status %>
</div>
JS
$(".event_color .btn").click(function() {
// whenever a button is clicked, set the hidden helper
$('#event_color').val($(this).val());
});
$(".event_color .btn").click(function() {
// whenever a button is clicked, set the hidden helper
$("#event_event_status").val($(this).text());
});