Finding WP Plugin for Upcoming Events

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Greetings!

I've been bitten by the wordpress bug! For years I wouldn't use it because it was just a blog to me. I decided to give it a try and I LOVE it! I'm redesigning my site in WP and I have it mostly set up, but I am having trouble finding a calendar / events list to do exactly what I want.

* I would like to have a posts category "Upcoming Events" that sorts the events by date of event (not date created)

* I then want to list the dates / Event Name of the upcoming events on my front page so people can click on it and go directly to that event.

* Auto move to past events category the day after event

Similar to the functionality I have on my current page:
http://panehpraise.com/cms/index.php?page=upcoming...

I've tried several calendar, events, and gigs plugins but nothing is giving me what I want. I don't think what I'm asking for is too difficult. Perhaps I don't need a plugin? Can this be sorted with a custom field? Or is there a plug-in that does what I want?

I'm using WP2.7.1 The template I am using is not widget ready. I'm developing locally so I don't have a URL for you to view exactly what I'm talking about

Thanks!
Lakita

Joined: 11/28/2008
Possible Solution

I forgot to sign in on the post above! I think I found a solution using the future post feature in WP described here
http://wphackr.com/publish-future-posts-as-events-...

The problem is I get the following error:

Parse error: parse error in C:\wamp\www\wp-content\themes\EntrepreneurPro\archive.php on line 36

Looks like I'm not closing one of my loops properly?

Here is my archive.php code with line 36 in bold. The modifications are in italics

<?php

get_header
();
?>

<?php

<em>if(is_category('events-list'))
  
query_posts($query_string . '&order=ASC&
         post_status=future,publish'
);</em>

while (
have_posts()) : the_post();

<
em>if(is_category('events-list')) {
  if(
strtotime($post->post_date) < time())
        continue;
}</
em>
?>

<?php
the_ID
();
?>

"><?php
the_permalink
()
?>
" rel="bookmark" rel="nofollow">
<?php
the_title
();
?>
<?php
_e
("Posted by");
?>
<?php
the_author
()
?>
|
<?php
the_category
(',')
?>
|
<?php
the_time
('l j F Y');
?>
<?php
the_time
()
?>
<?php
edit_post_link
(__('Edit This'));
?>
<?php
the_content
(__('(more...)'));
?>

<?php
comments_template
(); // Get wp-comments.php template
?>

<?php
endwhile; else:
?>

<?php
_e
('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.');
?>

<?php
endif;
?>

<?php
posts_nav_link
(' &#8212; ', __('&laquo; Previous Page'), __('Next Page &raquo;'));
?>

<?php
get_footer
();
?>

Joined: 03/18/2009
Events Calendar

We use Events Calendar (http://wpcal.firetree.net/) for www.gracecc.net. You can see that we're using the top 3 upcoming events and then can list all future events as well. The usage is very easy.

Let me know if you want more details and i'll try to help you out.

Peace,

J

Joined: 11/28/2008
Thanks, The looks EXACTLY

Thanks,

The looks EXACTLY like what I want!

I can't remember if I tried that before...but I'm going to do so now....I'll post the results.

Thanks!
Lakita

BTW: Nice site!

Joined: 11/28/2008
I got it basically

I got it basically working....

Are you using

<?php
ec3_get_events
(5);
?>

To get your events on the front page? I imagine I'll need to edit the ec3.css file to get the look I want...

Display calendar as a list within a page

Not sure whether have you got it resolve, hope this helps.

You need to make a page template. Make a copy of a basic page template and add some php code to display the upcoming events -list.

To create a new Custom Page Template : refer the link below
http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages#Creating_Your_Own...

Once you've created your page template, then you may add the following codes u posted in your page template by pasting after the edit_post_link coding closed by

.

<?php
ec3_get_events
(10);
?>