Latest Events module - are there Parameters that allow you to customize its output

jabby · 14.04.2004, 06:31

Maybe this is in the wrong forum, but I'm trying to use the Events component with the Latest Events module ... I am only able to show events that are very, very soon .. I'd like to be able to show the next upcoming event(s) regardless of how far in the future they are scheduled ...

I noticed that there is a parameters field in the module configuration ... Is this where I can modify this setting??? Thanks for any feedback in advance.

robink69 · 14.04.2004, 12:53

Hi,

With the module comes a readme file (wordpad, txt), just look for it. It describes in full how to set many parameters, also the length of days the module should look in for upcoming events. I've downloaded the latest version on mosforge and that definitly contains that readme.

Good luck, Robin

jabby · 14.04.2004, 17:22

Thanks - apparently I'm lazy ....

Thanks!

housemanager · 31.05.2004, 06:59

I must not be seeing something basic, but I cannot seem to get the days= to go higher than 20 days in the future. My latest events parameters -
displayLinks=1
mode=2
days=30

If I'm just misguided please be gentle to this baby mamber.

Thanks!

housemanager · 02.06.2004, 01:49

figured it out myself. But in case there is anyone out there

stuck as I was I wanted you to know. Had to add maxEvents line and mode to 4.

housemanager · 22.07.2004, 17:53

I still have problem with the events past the end of the month. For some reason the next months events will not display until the month starts. For example I have several August events, but only July events will display until Aug1. I need to always have the next 15-20 events posted always, irrespective of the month. Anyone understand and could possibly shed some light?

Thanks,Lee

ccdog · 22.07.2004, 18:33

I just looked at the code for the latest events module, and mode=2 doesn't do anything. There is a switch ($mode), where Case 2: isn't followed by any code. The default for this switch statement is this:

Code:

	// beginning of this month
	$beginDate = date('Y-m-d', mktime(0,0,0,date('m'),1, date('Y')))." 00:00:00";
	// end of this month
	$endDate = date('Y-m-d', mktime(0,0,0,date('m')+1,0, date('Y')))." 23:59:59";
	break;

$endDate is set to the last day of the current month with this code, so when you set your mode to 2, it stops at the last day of the current month. To fix it, add the following code after "Case 2:":

Code:

	// beginning of this month
	$beginDate = date('Y-m-d', mktime(0,0,0,date('m'),1, date('Y')))." 00:00:00";
	// end of this month
	$endDate = date('Y-m-d', mktime(0,0,0,date('m')+2,0, date('Y')))." 23:59:59";
	break;

I took the code from "default" and changed the line that sets $endDate. This will get events for the current month and the next month. I hope this helps!

housemanager · 23.07.2004, 08:13

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Thanks for the help.

Lee

PeregrineNM · 11.09.2004, 23:40

OK, I get it. But what if, like was asked above, someone wanted to show the next several events, regardless of how far in the future they are?
For example, what if the next few events are spread out over the next year?