[EventCalendar] Ordering problem: categories

[Johan Michaelsen]

Hi

One thing to have in mind is that you should distinct between  
ordinary posts and events.

I have eventCalendar set up so that category 2 (Arrangements)  
contains the events.
To separately show the different kinds of arrangements i made a  
number of sub-categories of category 2. (Cat 2 is excluded from (not  
shown) the cat-list)

In that way you can put a link to a sub-cat of the arrangement-cat,  
and you get the list of only those arrangements of that kind.

For instance:

Arrangements     (cat 2)
    Rehearsals       (cat 3 - sub-cat of cat 2)
    Concerts       (cat 4 - sub-cat of cat 2)
    Services       (cat 5 - sub-cat of cat 2)
    Workshops       (cat 6 - sub-cat of cat 2)


The event-category (Arrangements) is category 2
So the link to all the arrangements would be:

http://www.greenvalleygospel.dk/wordpress/?ec3_after=today&cat=2

The sub-cat (Concerts)

http://www.greenvalleygospel.dk/wordpress/?ec3_after=today&cat=4


This works fine for me until I come up with a better solution.

You can have a look at our website:

http://www.greenvalleygospel.dk/

(I'm sorry! It's in DANISH!!!!)



Though, I have not been able to "strip" the function ec3_get_events()  
to exclude some of the sub-cats. Therefore I have made a special  
query just to show the (for instance) concerts and services as a list.

I admit that I am not a programmer!!!!! So you may find it poor as a  
solution.
Actually I'm looking for a better solution, because the  
"showposts=30" has to be regulated if you don't want past events to  
show up.....


-----------------------------------
<ul class="events" >

<?php
$query_streng = 'cat=2&showposts=30';
$my_query = new WP_Query($query_streng);
while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();
?>

<?php if (in_category('3') AND !in_category('4') AND !in_category 
('5') OR in_category('12') OR in_category('13')) continue; ?>

<li style="margin: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height:  
auto"><?php echo ec3_get_schedule('%s ','%1$s<br />- %2$s','%s'); ?></ 
li>
<ul>
<li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"  
title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ? 
 ></a>
</li>
</ul>

<?php endwhile; ?><!--end of this query-->

</ul>
----------------------------------

best regards
Johan



Den 03/04/2007 kl. 23.12 skrev Sara Cormeny:

> I don't have a workaround, but I did want to let you know that I  
> had the same issue, and I hope that the programmer fixes/changes it  
> sometime.
>
> I think that custom fields is the best workaround, and a good  
> choice on your part.
>
> Best of luck!
>
> -Sara
>
>
> On Apr 3, 2007, at 2:04 PM, Helene Zisook Speer wrote:
>
>> I've discovered that if my posts are in both the events category  
>> and another category, a month's archive page doesn't order by  
>> event date.  I got rid of all my other categories so that the only  
>> category is my events category, and now the ordering is perfect.
>>
>> Does anybody have a workaround for this?  I would love to have  
>> categories of events.  I was thinking about using custom fields  
>> instead until ec3 supports multiple categories.
>>
>> Any tips?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> -Helene
>>
>>
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