adding Category Drop-down, or date Filters?

[seventhfire]

I'm a newbe to php, I reviewed the FAQ concerning installing Category and Date Drop-downs but I don't understand what code has to be included to make this work. I've been through the demo file but believe it or not I'm having a dificult time understanding what part of the code does what. Can someone help me out here.

Seventhfire

[Brian]

There is a plugin for the Category filter:

http://docs.easyphpcalendar.com/Plugins/Filter.htm

What type of date drop-down do you need (what's it purpose).

[seventhfire]

I have an events page on my site and rather then update this page manually every time there's a new event, I thought I'd just use the calendars feature for listing current events. It would be a plus to let the users select the categories and date span for this page. Thanks

[Brian]

Again, the categories can be done by using the filter plugin.

For dates, you could use a simple form and assign the month to the variable $mo and the year to the $yr variable, and they will pass these to the calendar when submitted on a page.

(I can try to dig up and example if needed..)

[seventhfire]

I guess I'm going to need an example. When I added the line for the filter.php the page quit working completely.

http://www.coastalbendmc.org/calendar/current-events.php

There's something here I'm missing in understanding what basic information is needed to get the calendar to display.

I just realized my directory structure is different. I don't have a /calendar/Plugins directory?

[Brian]

What version are you using?

[seventhfire]

I'm on 6.2.11, hope to update today to lastest today.

[Brian]

The plugin should be in the version you're using... Not sure why you wouldn't have it. Did you upload the files via FTP or use the auto-installer?

[seventhfire]

I used the auto installer for 6.2.11, I just updated to the lastest using ftp, I see the filter there now, I'll go back over the previous information you gave me and see if that works. Thanks for the quick response.

[seventhfire]

Still not working. There is something I'm missing here. When I insert the line to pull in the filter everything dies. I guess I need to read up some on understanding the basics of php. You have a nice product here but for someone like me making what would be a very easy change for some is next to impossible. I'm surprised some of the others using the product that have a beter understanding of php have not dumped some examples for those newbs like me. Thanks very much for the quick response. I'll be back after some reading up on php.

[Brian]

Should be just adding the code to your page...

Can you attach a copy of your php current-events.php page here (zip it up), with the plugin code inserted?

I'll see if anything looks amiss.

[seventhfire]

Here's the file zipped, I created a new file named test, let me know if you have any troubles with the zip file. Thanks for the assistance

seventhfire

[Brian]

Try moving the plugin code after the OL code.

(The OL code initializes the variables used by the plugin).

[Brian]

BTW, I've updated the documentation to show this and it will be uploaded when the next version is released. (Maybe today)

[seventhfire]

Moving the plugin code around did not do anything, however I found that changing
<?php require("calendar/plugins/filter.php"); ?>
to
<?php require("plugins/filter.php"); ?> Worked like a champ!

So can I now just drop in the date drop down code and be all set?
One other question, is it possible to remove the calendar and just get a listing of events? Thanks for you help with this

Seventhfire :clap:

[Brian]

Sure you can. Just remove the first require("calendar.php"); that's on a line by itself.