[EventCalendar] Display events for specific categories

[Benoît Gréant]

Okay. And where can I found that mod ??

2007/11/3, firetree_ec3 at spamex.com <firetree_ec3 at spamex.com>:
>
> Oh, dear. I guess these were added by Matthew when he did his "big page"
> mod. That is actually a separate branch that I don't think ever made it into
> the main trunk.
> Sorry.
>
> On Nov 3, 2007, at 1:51 PM, Benoît Gréant wrote:
>
> Ok, thanks for your reply but I don't have any filter_categories in my
> function :
>
> function ec3_get_events(
>   $limit,
>   $template_event=EC3_DEFAULT_TEMPLATE_EVENT,
>   $template_day  =EC3_DEFAULT_TEMPLATE_DAY,
>   $date_format   =EC3_DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT,
>   $template_month=EC3_DEFAULT_TEMPLATE_MONTH,
>   $month_format  =EC3_DEFAULT_MONTH_FORMAT)
>
> Is it something I have to add ???
> I'm running EC3.10.
>
> Thanks !!!
> Benoît
>
>
> 2007/11/3, firetree_ec3 at spamex.com <firetree_ec3 at spamex.com>:
> >
> > Sadly, I don't know if you'll get much help from posting in the WP
> > forums. I've found that well to be pretty much dry. I don't think I've ever
> > gotten one single helpful response there in a couple of years of trying.
> > This list is probably the best place to look.
> > Here's how I find out how to do these types of things. I learned this by
> > trying to use the WP docs. I usually need to go to the code and find out for
> > myself.
> >
> > The file you want to look at is "template-functions.php".
> >
> > This is where the "ec3_get_events()" function is declared:
> >
> > function ec3_get_events(
> >   $limit,
> >   $filter_categories = '',
> >   $template_event=EC3_DEFAULT_TEMPLATE_EVENT,
> >   $template_day  =EC3_DEFAULT_TEMPLATE_DAY,
> >   $date_format   =EC3_DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT,
> >   $template_month=EC3_DEFAULT_TEMPLATE_MONTH,
> >   $month_format  =EC3_DEFAULT_MONTH_FORMAT)
> >
> >
> > This tells me that the syntax you are using will not filter the category
> > (I assume that 5 is the category?). It will display all categories for 5
> > entries.
> >
> > The first parameter is a limit (the default is 5, if it is left empty or
> > at 0). This is actually kinda nice, because you can specify something like
> > "3 days", and you will get 3 days' worth of events, regardless of how many
> > events are in there. If you just specify "3", then you only get the next 3
> > events.
> >
> > The FOLLOWING parameter is the filter categories, so you need to specify
> > something in the $limit parameter, even if it is '' or null.
> >
> > So, say you wanted 2 days' worth of events in categories 3 and 5, the
> > query would be thus:
> >
> > ec3_get_events('2 days', '3,5');
> >
> > or the default (5 events) for the same two categories:
> >
> > ec3_get_events('', '3,5');
> >
> > I hope this helps. I don't actually do this myself (yet), so Alex can
> > correct any mistakes I may have made.
> >
> > Chris
> > On Nov 3, 2007, at 9:20 AM, Benoît Gréant wrote:
> >
> > Hello, I still can't limit the query to a specific category...
> > Could you explain please ???
> > I made a post here : http://wordpress.org/support/topic/141146?replies=3
> >
> >
> > 2007/10/31, Benoît Gréant < gordie.lachance at gmail.com>:
> > >
> > > Hi Alex, OK but I don't understand how to do this.
> > > Here is my actual code in the sidebar
> > >
> > > <?php ec3_get_events(5); ?>
> > >
> > > I would like, for example, restrict the events to the cat#3.
> > >
> > > Thanks !
> > >
> > > 2007/10/31, Alex Tingle < alex at firetree.net>:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 31 Oct 2007, at 12:20, Benoît Gréant wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hello, is it possible to display in my template only events in the
> > > > > current
> > > > > category ?
> > > >
> > > > Use a custom query, with something like... ec3_after=today&cat=3
> > > >
> > > > -Alex
> > > >
> > > > --
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> > > >
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