[EventCalendar] How do I display a list of Past or Previous Events on the sidebar?

[Joe Subs]

hello doctor,

i have re-downloaded and re-installed the ec3_get_past_events plug  
into the plugins folder just now, and now there's NO PROBLEM.

No database error when I activated it and I can get into my site  
fine. (the only difference from the 1st failed install is that now i  
used safari instead of firefox, but it may have been because the  
first downloaded zip file was corrupted? am not sure)

That said, I think I may have run into another headache! : ) Oh, dear...

First let me backtrack a bit.


========================

Earlier, when you suggested to use this: <?php ec3_get_events('1  
day'); ?> on the sidebar to show "Today's Events", I decided NOT to  
tweak my sidebar.php to paste that code; but instead I thought about  
using the code inside a widget, and leave the sidebar.php clean for  
future upgrades.

so I downloaded ExecPHP widget which enables PHP to run inside widgets:

http://widgets.wordpress.com/2006/04/10/execphp/

Once installed, I created 3 ExecPHP widgets and used one of them for  
ec3_get_events('1 day');

and that worked fine and dandy. The sidebar started showing a box  
with "today's events".

That when I wrote to you with my thanks etc.

OK. ========================


just now, after I've re-installed your ec3_get_past_events plugin,  
and activated it:

I pasted  ec3_get_past_events(5); into the 2nd ExecPHP widget I  
created earlier and saved the page.

so now I should have 1 widget showing "Today's Events" and 1 widget  
showing "Past Events". That's the plan.

However, it didn't work. Instead something weird happened.

I have TWO "Today's Events"! boxes in the sidebar but NO "Past Events".

it seems like your plugin has somehow repeated what "<?php  
ec3_get_events('1 day'); ?>" was doing.

And so, I deactivated the "Today's Events" widget (drag the widget  
back into the holding box) and left the new "Past Events" widget  
(with  ec3_get_past_events )  there.

Still, the "Past Events" widget is showing "Today's Events"!

Hmmm. I'm stumped.

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is this right: <?php ec3_get_past_events(5); ?> - to show 5 past events?


I'll be playing with it some more in the morning. Will report then.  
too sleepy to go on now!

cheers,

JK


On Sep 25, 2007, at 11:35 PM, Dr. Peter Troxler wrote:

> the wp21.stachanow.net is a wp 2.2.1 installation with 3.1.1._rc1   
> (and this is working)
>
> if you give me the db errors I might be able to find out what the  
> problem is
>
> / pt
>
> On 25-sep-2007, at 17:30, Joe Subs wrote:
>
>> wow! it worked for you!
>>
>> may i know what version of WP and EC you're using?
>>
>> I have to troubleshoot and see what makes the plugin failed in my  
>> install.
>>
>> I'm using WP2.2  and EC 3.1.0, hosted on a Linux server with PHP  
>> 5.2.3
>>
>> jk
>>
>>
>> On Sep 25, 2007, at 2:43 AM, Chris Underwood wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you Dr. Troxler, that ec3_get_past_events solution was  
>>> exactly what I have been looking for. I was asking the forum  
>>> about a month or two ago about this functionality, and I guess no  
>>> one knew about this add-on yet...
>>>
>>> It does the trick!!!!  Im now able to list all PAST and FUTURE  
>>> events on my main "Events" page.... its a wonderful thing.
>>>
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
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