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#1 2004-08-01 06:58:43

jeeves

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Registered: 2004-06-14

Posts: 31

Getting started with greenrift's UpcomingEventList

I am beginning to wonder if I installed <a href=“http://greenrift.textdrive.com/projects/2/upcoming-event-list”>UpcomingEventList v0.3</a> correctly because the instructions that appeared after I installed it seem to be missing a few basics.

<strong>Does anyone know what tag I would add to the page code to add a list of upcoming event?

And how can make the plug in display articles (events) from just one category?</strong>

I did upload “mdp_lib.php” to my <code>/textpattern/lib</code> directory like the Greenlift’s page mentioned. Still, I have not been able to find enough information to use this plugin. Apparently I am the only one who has not been able to figure this out.

Last edited by jeeves (2004-08-01 07:06:43)

#2 2004-08-01 10:15:40

nardo

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From: tuvalahiti

Registered: 2004-04-22

Posts: 743

Re: Getting started with greenrift's UpcomingEventList

you know that if u go to the admin/plugins page… click on mdp_UpcomingEventList…

u can scroll down the page, past the code itself, and see some parameters… ?

this is the way I’ve got the tag working:

<code><txp:mdp_UpcomingEventList section=“event” extrainfo=“3” dateformat=“l j F” /></code>

you’d replace section=“ying” with category=“yang”

#3 2004-08-01 22:04:24

jeeves

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Registered: 2004-06-14

Posts: 31

Re: Getting started with greenrift's UpcomingEventList

Thanks, I have it working now.

One minor issue though:

<b>How do I get this plugin to stamp events with the local time rather than the time zone the server is located in?</b>

For example, when I create an event for 5PM it shows up as 8PM on my event page.

Last edited by jeeves (2004-08-01 22:05:49)

#4 2004-08-01 22:12:47

nardo

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From: tuvalahiti

Registered: 2004-04-22

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Re: Getting started with greenrift's UpcomingEventList

go to admin/preferences, then look for Time Offset…

“If your web host is in a different time zone than where you live, use this to adjust displayed times to reflect your local time rather than that of the server.”

#5 2004-08-01 22:27:53

jeeves

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Registered: 2004-06-14

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Re: Getting started with greenrift's UpcomingEventList

That’s what is so odd, I had already done that.

My server is in the Eastern time zone, I’m in the Pacific, so I set the “Time offset” on the preferences page to “-3”.

But I am guessing the plugin is overidding this somehow.

#6 2006-01-24 18:21:52

luthier

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Registered: 2004-12-07

Posts: 16

Re: Getting started with greenrift's UpcomingEventList

This plugin keeps giving me errors. Can’t get it to work.

First it gave me:
A problem occured while loading the plugin: mdp_UpcomingEventList -> Warning: Unknown(/mysite/textpattern/lib/mdp_lib.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory on line 2

A problem occured while loading the plugin: mdp_UpcomingEventList -> Warning: (null)(): Failed opening ‘/mysite/textpattern/lib/mdp_lib.php’ for inclusion (include_path=’.:/Applications/MAMP/bin/php4/lib/php’) on line 2

so I commented out line 2 as such:
<code>//include_once txpath.’/lib/mdp_lib.php’;</code>

Then it gave me:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: fixoptions() in /mysite/textpattern/lib/txplib_misc.php(459) : eval()’d code on line 8

Does this thing work?

#7 2006-01-24 21:40:10

luthier

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Registered: 2004-12-07

Posts: 16

Re: Getting started with greenrift's UpcomingEventList

scratch that, just use <code><txp:rss_suparchive timeframe=“FUTURE” /></code>

Last edited by luthier (2006-01-24 21:40:33)

#8 2006-01-24 23:54:14

takshaka

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From: Below the Manson-Nixon line

Registered: 2004-06-02

Posts: 97

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Re: Getting started with greenrift's UpcomingEventList

luthier wrote:
scratch that, just use <code><txp:rss_suparchive timeframe=“FUTURE” /></code>

You know, txp:article_custom supports time="future" (and so does txp:article, for that matter).