[EventCalendar] Re: [firetree.net] Comment: "EventCalendar 3.1 Beta"

[Darrell Schulte]

On Sep 25, 2006, at 1:16 PM, Alex Tingle wrote:

>> I just love this plugin - and I use it on all my school's blogs -  
>> but I
>> have one question/suggestion.  Are there any plans to turn Event
>> Calendar into a widget?  Most of the teachers here aren't too tech  
>> savy,
>> and would like to use widgets as an easy way to maintain their  
>> sidebars
>> with out having to hack any code.  Not being a programer myself I  
>> have
>> no idea how easy that would be - but it would definately be a cool
>> feature!
>
> I suggest you look into K2. It allows you to activate EC on your blog
> without having to edit PHP files.
>
> You can get the latest *BETA* version of EC from Sourceforge:
>  http://sf.net/projects/wpcal
>
> Is that what you mean by a widget? If not, you'll have to fill me  
> in...
> Got a link?

http://automattic.com/code/widgets/

WordPress Widgets are a slightly different animal than the K2 sidebar  
module that is now included with the latest EC beta. I'll try to  
secure some time to build a similar widget (someone else is free to  
beat me to it).

Darrell



Darrell Schulte
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