[EventCalendar] Keep events separate

[Alex Tingle]

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Dammit Jim, I'm a programmer... not a mind reader!

On 11 Dec 2006, at 09:02, Alf Haakon Lund wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Firstly, thank you very much for a great plugin!
>
> Upgrading to 3.1 made me think I found a bug, but it turned out it was 
> a new feature (or bug fix?): toggling the 'keep events separate' now 
> makes event posts totally go away from the frontpage.

Yes, that's intentional.

> From browsing the mail archives I see it's argued that controlling 
> whether posts show on the front page or not is better controlled 
> globally, from Wordpress. If so, why not remove this functionality 
> entirely from Event Calendar?

I agree with you. I'm torn between simplifying the plug-in as you have 
suggested, and minimising disruption to existing users.

> I find 'the old way' for controlling the behaviour of the calendar 
> user friendly, intuitive, logical and so would like this function to, 
> uhm, downgrade.

Why is the old way more intuitive? I found it bizarre - some events 
would be on the front page, and some not.

Anyway, somebody else asked for this. I posted a two line patch that 
did the trick. Try searching Google with site:penguin.firetree.net

> Then I 'keep events separate' and make EC 'show events only':
>
>   * I want a post only in the calendar? Make it an event.
>   * I want a post only on the front page? Don't make it an event.
>   * I want both? Have event category AND front page category.
>   * I need more specialization? Go find another plugin!
>
> Just my opinion.
>
> Now for a practical question: The way EC is working now, what is the 
> easy way to do what I want? That is, keep the events category alone 
> off the front page while having posts with multiple categories show 
> up?

The easiest way to achieve this is to apply the patch I mention above. 
When you find it, post it here and I'll add it to the FAQ.

-Alex