Change starting month in table-mini.php

[Jason]

I’d like to change the starting month to be April 2013 for my sidebar calendar widget until April begins and have it behave normally after that.

I’ve tried using the below code on line 24 of table-mini.php, which loads the month to April 2013, but prevents the events from loading and disables the previous & next month buttons.
if ( $current_date < '2013-04-01' ) { $current_date = '2013-04-01'; }
I'd greatly appreciate if someone could tell me what I'm doing wrong here as it feels like I'm close to a solution.

[Barry]

Hi Jason: good question! Here’s something you could try out. First, find the following line of code (in your custom table-mini.php template):

$eventPosts = tribe_get_events(array( 'eventDisplay'=>'month' ) );

Add a little space above that line and add the following code:

/**
* Let's force the widget to default to a specific month on the initial view.
* We assume if the request isn't ajax that it is indeed the initial view.
*/
if (!defined('DOING_AJAX')) {
$current_date = $wp_query->query_vars['eventDate'] = '2013-04-01';
}

Let me know how you get on!

[Jason]

Thanks Barry, the code you provided is working perfectly.
Will this need to be removed after April so the calendar loads normally in May & beyond?

Thanks,

Jason

[Barry]

Yes, at least my version would – but you could add in a comparison (like you suggested in your initial post) to negate that, ie, if this month is April 2013 or earlier then modify the start date.

[Jason]

Hi Barry,

Thanks for clarifying that. I’ve setup a comparison to check for the current month and I’m copying the updated code below in case it’s useful for anyone else.

/**
* Let’s force the widget to default to a specific month on the initial view.
* We assume if the request isn’t ajax that it is indeed the initial view.
*/
if (!defined(‘DOING_AJAX’)) {
if ( $current_date query_vars[‘eventDate’] = ‘2013-04-01’;
}
}

[Barry]

No problem, glad you’re all sorted here and thanks for reporting back 🙂

[Will]

Jason and Barry–thank you so much for this, perfect.

[Will]

Actually, Jason, question for you: did pasting your code in drop some punctuation? I’m looking at it and I’m not quite understanding how the code can work with an open paranthesis and no closing one. Mind pasting in the complete set of code for this?

[Will]

Actually: don’t worry about it. For anyone who is using Advanced Custom Fields with the “Options” page, this is now set up to grab a custom date field from the options page called “Mini Calendar Default Month Display” and use that date as the default mini calendar start date. If no option exists, or if the current date is gte current date, it shows the current month instead.
http://pastebin.com/0YKGPzbE

[Will]

EDIT: crap, for some reason this isn’t actually working, as the mini calendar isn’t actually showing any events that should be displayed on the days of this month that has events, until I click back a month, then click forward a month. So for now, ignore that pastebin until I comment back.

[Will]

OK fixed it. Forgot the query_vars…
http://pastebin.com/N2zbKRcM

[Barry]

Hi Will: are you sorted here/need any further input?

[Will]

I’m all sorted here.

[Barry]

Great, thanks!

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