[EventCalendar] Re: EventCalendar Digest, Vol 13, Issue 39

Wed Nov 29 17:14:00 UTC 2006

thanks, i will work on that in my sandbox over the holidays.

bgr
On Nov 29, 2006, at 4:00 AM, eventcalendar-request at firetree.net wrote:

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> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:33:59 +0100
> From: "Marc van Dongen" <mvandongen at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [EventCalendar] ical feed input
> To: "Support for EventCalendar plugin" <eventcalendar at firetree.net>
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> Well, that's weird. I typed a whole message with the attachement, but
> somehow only the attachement is visible in the archive. Below the  
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> 2006/11/29, Marc van Dongen <mvandongen at gmail.com>:
>>
>> Ok, here you go. The archive contains all changed files. You can see
>> what's changed using a diff tool. I don't have a list with all  
>> changes, but
>> the main stuff is in template-functions.php as you might expect.
>>
>> Feel free to use it. I think there;s still plenty room for  
>> improvements,
>> like some caching mechanism, full ical support or config options.
>>
>> Again, I've only tested it on my site, with an ical feed from  
>> last.fm. No
>> waranties, make backup first, and until there's some caching in  
>> place, I
>> don't recommend using it on heavy traffic sites.
>>
>>
>> gr
>> Marc
>>
>>
>> 2006/11/29, Alex Tingle <alex at firetree.net>:
>>>
>>> Cool. That's been on the to-do list for ages.
>>>
>>> You can post patches to the list. In fact, please do.
>>>
>>> -Alex
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 23:31:32 +0100
>>> "Marc van Dongen" < mvandongen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I use EventCalendar for over a year now on my (very modest)  
>>>> blog, but
>>> only
>>>> subscibed to this list yesterday.
>>>> I wanted to inform you I extended EventCalendar to be able to  
>>>> use an
>>>> external iCalendar feed for its events. I use last.fm, and  
>>>> lately on
>>>> Last.fmyou can keep track of concerts/events you will be  
>>>> atending. You
>>>> can
>>>> subscribe to your calendar in last.fm through an ical stream.
>>>> I wanted to use this stream to show on my website, and since I like
>>> the
>>>> EventCalendar interface very much I decided to extend the plugin.
>>>>
>>>> The result is still a bit rough; I didn't look for the official
>>> iCalendar
>>>> specs, but used the last.fm feed as input, so I don't know how  
>>>> well it
>>> will
>>>> work with other ical feeds. Also when a wordpress event and a ical
>>> feed
>>>> event are on the same day I don't know where to link to (which
>>> event??), but
>>>> as it is, it works for me.
>>>> The options screen is extended with a ical feed input field, in  
>>>> which
>>> you
>>>> specify the url of the feed, and you can merge the normal wordpress
>>> post
>>>> which EventCalendar normally uses, with the events form the  
>>>> feed, if
>>> you
>>>> want.
>>>>
>>>> So, if anyone is interested, let me know and I'll sent you the  
>>>> updated
>>>> files. (no warranty; make a backup first etc). I don;t know the  
>>>> policy
>>> of
>>>> this list about attachments.
>>>> --
>>>> gr
>>>> Marc
>>>>
>>>> www.m4rc.nl
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> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:00:26 +0000
> From: Alex Tingle <alex at firetree.net>
> Subject: Re: [EventCalendar] toggle whether event appears as post
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> Hi Bill,
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> On 28 Nov 2006, at 22:38, Bill Gram-Reefer wrote:
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>> I would like to find a way to have the occasional event listing  
>> appear
>> just in calendar and not also as post as I normally do.
>>
>> That is to say,
>>
>> I have all entries appear as posts.
>>
>> once in a blue moon, i would like to add an event to the calendar,
>>
>> but not have it appear as a post,
>>
>> but do not want to change the general settings
>>
>> 3.2?
>
> I don't think so. Surely that's not really an EventCalendar issue...
> You want some posts to not show up on the front page. The fact that
> they are event posts is irrelevant. I believe there are other plugins
> that give you that functionality.
>
> Even without a plugin, you could create a "no-front-page" category,  
> and
> simply exclude that category with "query_posts('cat=-3')" in your
> index.php (where 3 is your category id).
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> -Alex
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