[EventCalendar] Difficulty with the EC3 install

[Darrell Schulte]

On Dec 28, 2006, at 6:01 PM, J.M. Foster wrote:

> Hello -
>
> Thanks Darrell for the help.
> I have made a little progress after installing the EXEC-PHP plugin.
> However, although I do get the calendar, I only get an error after it.

What is the function call you are making? I suspect it's likely  
related the MySQL requirement though...

> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> -
>
> Warning: Missing argument 1 for ec3_get_events() in /homepages/43/ 
> d113456586/htdocs/hosted-domains/spice/blog/htdocs/wp-content/ 
> plugins/eventcalendar3.php on line 719
>
> WordPress database error: [You have an error in your SQL syntax.  
> Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for  
> the right syntax to use near '' at line 13]
> SELECT
> p.id AS id,
> post_title,
> post_date,
> u.user_nicename AS author
> FROM wp_posts p, wp_post2cat p2c, wp_users u
> WHERE post_status = 'publish'
> AND post_date_gmt > '2006-12-28 00:00:00'
> AND p.id = post_id
> AND p.post_author = u.id
> AND category_id = 3
> ORDER BY post_date
> LIMIT
>    * No events.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> --------------------
> The line in question I believe is # 719 [$limit, in the
> eventcalendar3.php file.
>
> function ec3_get_events(
>   $limit,
>   $template_event='<a href="%LINK%">%TITLE% (%TIME%)</a>',
>   $template_day='%DATE%:',
>   $date_format='j F',
>   $template_month='',
>   $month_format='F Y')
>
> I am afraid this is a little over my head.
> Is there some further direction you could offer me.
> I will continue to read the other resource links suggested by you
> and Rusty.
>
> Thank you !
> Julie -
>
>
> At 01:40 PM 12/28/2006, you wrote:
>
>> On Dec 28, 2006, at 2:29 PM, J.M. Foster wrote:
>>
>>> Hello -
>>>
>>> I am having a bit of a problem installing the EV3.0.4 plugin.
>>>
>>> I have understood and followed the directions normal to file
>>> placement within the wp-content/plugin subdirs.
>>>
>>> And I have followed the directions below:
>>> You must choose which Wordpress category to use for events. Do this
>>> before you change the template.
>>> Add ec3_get_calendar() or ec3_get_events() to your template.
>>>
>>>
>>> The specific question is the 2nd part in adding the  
>>> ec3_get_calendar () or ec3_get_events() to your template.
>>>
>>> Is the template referred to the file: eventcalendar3.php ?
>>
>> J.M., that is not it. That template is actually your theme...
>>
>>> If this is not the template file, the same questions apply for
>>> which specific
>>> file to add: ec3_get_calendar() or ec3_get.
>>
>> <?php ec3_get_calendar() ?>
>> <?php ec3_get_events() ?>
>>
>> Place either of these on a page of your choosing, but be sure to have
>> something like: Exec-PHP (http://bluesome.net/post/2005/08/18/50/) or
>> another of the other plugins like it to make that function call
>> within your page...
>>
>> For more about the functions, check out: http:// 
>> wpcal.firetree.net/ template-functions/
>>
>>> I want it to operate within a full page installation and not in the
>>> sidebar.php.
>>
>> Good luck with your implementation of Event Calendar.
>>
>>
>> Darrell
>>
>> Darrell Schulte
>> http://schulte.mn
>>
>>
>>
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