[plugin] [ORPHAN] zem_event [flexible integrated event management]

nardo · 2007-05-23 10:04:54

fostsi_1 – time is hard to nail down – but are your Txp timezone preferences correctly set against your server’s time?

PS Champion’s League final is 4.30am in my timezone!! that’s harsh

fostsi_1 · 2007-05-24 10:35:17

nardo – Many thanks for taking a look at my quandry. And what a shame about Liverpool. Next season maybe???

I double checked my timezone preferences and, lo, it was an hour out of synch with GMT on account of Europe adding an hour to GMT for the Summer. Nevertheless, this has little bearing on my problem. That being, that when events spill over from day 1 after midnight into day 2, zem_event appears to count the event as still current on day 2 on account of the date changing to day 2. If there was a way to create a list that fetched articles by start time and date, then I might have a solution. Currently, there are no tags for this that I can see.

Any help or suggestions are much appreciated.

Simon

nardo · 2007-05-24 11:54:02

Simon – I see what u mean. Technically the event is current to day 2, but you want the start and finish time attributes to have a bearing as well

u could commission Alex or another programmer to add this functionality, they would probably give you an estimate of time involved

the other option would be to only show start times?

PS the great Paolo Maldini has my support!

fostsi_1 · 2007-05-25 20:40:07

Ok, nardo, thanks again. And, once again, I’d like to keep the end time function in place as that was one of the nice things about this plugin that attracted me to it. I’ve asked a friend of mine to take a look at the code in exchange for a few beers (my budget ain’t big!). PHP isn’t really his thing so I’m not expecting miracles, so if anyone else would like to take a crack at it, they can tender me an offer (remember my budget though!).

Basically, from what I can tell, the start time currently has no meaning except for displaying the start time. I can only assume that it is the same for the end time. Please, correct me if I’m wrong! If time and date were tied more closely together, I would imagine I’d get the functionality I’m looking for.

Many thanks,

Simon.

nardo · 2007-05-25 23:38:36

forgive me if I’m being dense!! this is how I’d go about the example below…

Sunday 27 May 2007
Chill out with the Sunday selection
Sunday is a day to take it easy, kick back, relax and enjoy a few cold ones while listening to the coolest rock tunes from the years gone by. O’C‘s is the place that all can be accomplished. The simple joys of life under one roof!
From: 16.00 until: 01.30

set event date to Sunday 27 May 2007 – and leave event finish date blank
set event time to 16.00
make a custom field called closing time and use that to hold your event finish time
modify your form to show the custom field instead of zem_event_finish_time

then I think zem_event_list will never show your Sunday event on a Monday morning

but maybe u can find a better way programatically

fostsi_1 · 2007-05-27 13:43:02

Once again nardo, thanks for your input.

Rgretfully, this defeats my idea for using this plugin. I would like to further integrate it into my site. I plan to have a “What’s on now” box and a “what’s to look forward to box” As such, I need to be able to manage the time factor quite accurately. If the event has no finish time, then I’m lost!

I had previously been using <txp:article_custom form="events" limit="999" sortby="Posted" time="future" section="events" sortdir="asc" /> which will basically be the same as doing what you suggest above.

I guess that the function I’m looking for has not yet been developed. I’m not surprised. I have headaches with time in other software too; especially when you go into the next day.

This quote seems appropriate:

… It is as though architects had to measure length in feet, width in meters and height in ells; as though basic instruction manuals demanded a knowledge of five different languages. It is no wonder then that we often look into our own immediate past or future, last Tuesday or a week from Sunday, with feelings of helpless confusion. …

—- Robert Grudin, Time and the Art of Living.

Regards,

Simon.

egyarnetsky · 2007-05-29 13:24:33

Sorry if this has been covered. I’m on deadline and haven’t had time to read everything…

I’m creating a public library summer reading website and I’m having a curious time with our young adult activities listing …

On this page “Pizza and Pages” and “DanceDance Revolution” are both repeating events.

However, these events only list themselves once on this page.

Here’s the code I’m using…

<txp:zem_event_list form=“7.minievents” category=“Teens” />

Oddly, in another location on the website (see listing on right), the list works exactly as I expect and repeats the repeating events. In this instance I’m using this code…

<txp:zem_event_list form=“7.minievents” />

Question: Why does including the category eliminate the repeating events? Am I missing something?

Thanks y’all!

UPDATE

I still don’t know why adding a category eliminates repeating events in a list, but I’ve created a work around by creating two sub-categories for my list. One for one-time events and one for the weekly events. It works. My calendar still works with the parent category and it repeats there just fine.

Last edited by egyarnetsky (2007-05-31 13:53:13)

jauhari · 2007-06-11 09:31:53

I try use zem_event_list but I still didn’t understand, how to exclude some categories from list? what parameters I must used on that code?

Anybody can help?

Thanks

Khorin · 2007-06-25 14:10:23

I’ve searched for this same problem but I found nothing.

I’m a newbie at Textpattern but I’m getting the hang of it quite easily. I figured plugin installation would be easy but for some reason it’s not working for me.

I copy and pasted the text in zem_event_v0.34 but I get the message, “Badly formed or empty code plugin”. When I install zem paginate, I don’t have that problem.

I’ve downloaded the plugin about thrice now and I still get the error. What could be wrong?

WebKat · 2007-06-26 21:09:23

Ok weirdness is ensuing. On my mom’s site everything looks great on the calendar until you get to August… Go here: http://tucsonirishcommunity.com/index.php?s=Calendar

Now click forward until you get to August… all of a sudden the previous and next months are wacky. Heeeeeelp!

Last edited by OpalCat (2007-06-26 21:10:51)

tgermer · 2007-06-30 18:56:05

Khorin wrote:

I copy and pasted the text in zem_event_v0.34 but I get the message, “Badly formed or empty code plugin”. When I install zem paginate, I don’t have that problem.

I’m getting the same error in both 4.0.3 and 4.0.4.

Last edited by tgermer (2007-06-30 18:57:09)

jauhari · 2007-07-02 07:20:02

After upgrade to 4.0.5 why my date picker doesn’t work?

Please help me how to fix it.
Thanks

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