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

[Dr. Peter Troxler]

Hi Joe

OK, i think I understand your problem and this seems to be a issue  
with the widget rather than with ec3, so let's move to 1:1 email  
discussion with that.
I have used widgets only very rarely, I rather like to code that  
stuff straight ahead into the sidebar.php or whatever template file  
is required ... maybe I'm a little old fashioned?

/ pt

On 25-sep-2007, at 19:39, Joe Subs wrote:

> 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.
>
> ========================
>
> 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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