Events

Created: May 12, 2008. Updated: July 17, 2008 by Arnan
Name Events
Current version 1.3 - Stable
Previous version 1.2
Compatible with WordPress 2.5 and newer
License GPL
Demo As seen in the sidebar
Demo
Downloads wp-events v1.3

Summary

Create a list with events/appointments/concerts/future happenings and show them on your site.
The plugin features a straightforward user interface in the Wordpress dashboard to add/edit and delete events and set some options. Thanks to Ulisse Events now also ships with a widget for even easier integration in your theme! Additionally, Events allows you to list Events on a seperate page. Here you can list Old (archived) events future events and if you want, today’s events.
When you create or edit an event you can set it to be archived. So that it remains listed. Non-archived events are automatically deleted one day (24 hours) after they expire.

Features

  • Easy installation
  • Widget for themes that support it
  • Separate page for events
  • Completely customizable layout
  • Multi language
  • Link events to pages/posts
  • Set a start and end time (duration) for events
  • Show events in your sidebar
  • Archive events
  • Edit existing events
  • Auto remove old, non-archived events
  • Unlimited dateformats to show events dates
  • Options page
  • Set a date and time to the minute
  • Set a message to show before and another one to show after the event occurs
  • User level restriction
  • Management page
  • Set amount of events to show in the sidebar
  • Un-install option to remove the database table
  • And more, see for yourself…

A word of thanks

Everyony who participated with the plugin.
Ulisse for providing a widget.

Screenshots




Screenshots might look different depending on the current version

Installation:

With widget

      1. Upload the events folder to your wp-content/plugins/ folder.
      2. Activate the plugin and widget from the “plugins” page.
      3. Goto Options > Events and configure the plugin where required.
      4. You can now go to manage > events to schedule events.
      5. Make a donation. It’s well appreciated!

Without widget

      1. Upload the events folder to your wp-content/plugins/ folder.
      2. Activate the plugin from the “plugins” page.
      3. Goto Options > Events and configure the plugin where required.
      4. Open wp-content/theme/-yourthemefolder-/sidebar.php in your favorite editor (this can be any text editor)
      5. Add where you want the events to show:

      <?php if(function_exists(events_sidebar)) { ?>
<li><?php echo events_sidebar(); ?></li>
<?php } ?>
      6. Save and upload ’sidebar.php’ to its location
      7. You can now go to manage > events to schedule events.
      8. Make a donation. It’s well appreciated!

Upgrading:

version 1.2 to 1.3

      1. Make a note of your settings and disable the plugin
      2. Upload the new files over the old ones
      3. Run this query on your database:
      !!! MAKE A BACKUP IF UNSURE AND CHECK THE TABLE NAME !!!

      ALTER TABLE `wp_events` ADD `location` VARCHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL AFTER `title_link` ;
ALTER TABLE `wp_events` ADD `allday` VARCHAR( 3 ) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'N' AFTER `link` ;
      4. Activate the plugin
      5. Check your settings, very likely you have to re-configure most things
      6. Enjoy

version 1.1.1 to 1.3

      1. Make a note of your settings and disable the plugin
      2. Upload the new files over the old ones
      3. Run this query on your database:
      !!! MAKE A BACKUP IF UNSURE AND CHECK THE TABLE NAME !!!

      ALTER TABLE `wp_events` ADD `title_link` VARCHAR( 3 ) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'N' AFTER `title` ;
ALTER TABLE `wp_events` ADD `location` VARCHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL AFTER `title_link` ;
ALTER TABLE `wp_events` ADD `allday` VARCHAR( 3 ) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'N' AFTER `link` ;
      4. Activate the plugin
      5. Check your settings, very likely you have to re-configure most things
      6. Enjoy

all older versions

      1. Un-install the plugin using the uninstall option in the options > events Dashboard.
      2. Upload the new files over the old ones
      3. Activate the plugin
      4. Enjoy

To enable the events listing on a separate page:

      1. Create a new page at: write > write page.
      2a. To show just events put in the page field:

      [events_list]
      2b. To also show the archive, put in the page field:

      [events_archive]
      2c. And to show todays Events, put in the page field:

      [events_today]
      3. Save the page.

Note: This syntax might not work in the Visual editor. I do NOT support the visual editor. It makes me cry… Just use classic mode or try Code view.

Using the widget:

Like any other widget, activate it from the Themes widget page. Config is done from the settings > events panel.

Un-install:

      1. Goto ‘options > events’
      2. Click ‘un-install plugin’ at the bottom of the page
      3. Remove the files from ‘wp-content/plugins’
      4a. Remove the php from your sidebar.php if you don’t use the widget
      4b. If you use the widget, remove it

This removes the ‘wp_events’ table and the ‘events_config’, ‘events_template’ and ‘events_language’ record in ‘wp_options’.

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