TSML UI  

TSML UI (12 Step Meeting List User Interface) is an interactive meeting finder makes the 12 Step Meeting List interface available for use on any web page, regardless of platform.

Here are two demos:

• San Francisco / Marin (uses a custom database as a data source)

• Santa Cruz (WordPress / 12 Step Meeting List data source)

To use TSML UI on your website you only need to add some HTML to your web page. To get started, use our configuration instructions.

Configure

Enable "Near Me" mode

You don't need to do anything other than enable HTTPS on your website. To ensure all users see this functionality, make sure that anyone who enters a http:// address for your site is redirected to the https:// address.

Add custom types

Here is an example of extending the tsml_react_config object to include a definition for an additional meeting type.

var tsml_react_config = {
  strings: {
    en: {
      types: {
        BEACH: 'Beach Meeting',
      },
    },
  },
};

AA groups that wish to participate in the Meeting Guide app should be careful not to repurpose types already in use. A full list of AA meeting types can be found in the Meeting Guide format spec.

Override type descriptions

AA meeting type descriptions are automatically applied to Open and Closed types. These can be unset or overwritten as needed.

var tsml_react_config = {
  strings: {
    en: {
      type_descriptions: {
        O: 'This is a custom Open description',
        C: undefined, //this type description has been unset
      },
    },
  },
};

Frequently asked questions

How do timezones work?

If you are only listing meetings in a single timezone, e.g. Philadelphia, PA, then you should specify a data-timezone attribute in your embed code. This must be in the proper IANA timezone format e.g. America/New_York. TSML UI will assume that any meetings without a specified timezone are in that zone.

However if your site lists meetings in a variety of timezones, and you have a timezone key/column in your meeting data, then you may omit the data-timezone attribute and times will be translated into the user's timezone.

Note: The WordPress plugin 12 Step Meeting List does not yet support timezone keys in meeting data.

How are metatypes like "Active" and "Online" calculated?

Metatypes are types that are not specified explicitly in the data, they are inferred from the data based on this logic:

• A meeting is considered In-Person if it doesn't have a type of Location Temporarily Closed and it has a specific street address.

• A meeting is considered Online if it has a conference_url that matches our recognized formats and/or it has a conference_phone

• A meeting is considered Active if it's In-Person or Online, otherwise it's Inactive.

Why no "Hybrid" type?

This app exists to help people find AA meetings, and after much discussion we decided that Hybrid was not a useful filter type for that purpose. We believe that people on the whole do not set out looking for a hybrid meeting, they simply want to know whether their online or in-person meeting happens to be hybrid. They will know this by its appearance in the list.

Second, while we can infer that a meeting is "online" if there is a Zoom URL (for example) in the listing, the app should not assume that, when there are online and in-person options, that means it is an actual "hybrid" meeting with a video screen and speakers in the room.

Web servants may add their own meeting types of course.

Can I import TSML UI from NPM for use in a NextJS or Gatsby project?

Not yet! Please open a pull request and walk us through the process of adding it to NPM and we'll give it a shot.

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. To get started, clone this repository, run npm i, and point your web root at the public folder.

While developing, run npx mix watch to compile assets as you edit them. When you're ready to commit, run npx mix --production to minify them for production.