Custom events loop, trying to add 'no upcoming events message'

[benjamin1986]

Hi, as title suggests, I’m trying to create a custom event loop containing only content from 1 event specific category. I’ve managed this far, but I’m having trouble adding the code needed so that it displays a ‘no upcoming events’ if no events exist in that category? I’ve looked at ‘list-widget.php’ for example for clues and tried: `<?php
// No Events were Found
else:
?>
<p><?php _e( ‘There are no upcoming events at this time.’, ‘tribe-events-calendar’ ) ?></p>
<?php
endif;

But perhaps its in the wrong order? Anyways, here’s the code i’ve got so far:

`<div class=”events-loop”>

<?php $loop = new WP_Query( array( ‘post_type’ => ‘tribe_events’, ‘posts_per_page’ => 4,’tax_query’ => array(
array(
‘taxonomy’ => ‘tribe_events_cat’,
‘field’ => ‘slug’,
‘terms’ => ‘event-type-1’
)
) ) ); ?>

<?php while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post(); ?>
<div class=”training-item”>
<?php do_action( ‘tribe_events_before_the_event_title’ ) ?>
<h3 class=”tribe-events-list-event-title entry-title summary”>
” title=”<?php the_title() ?>” rel=”bookmark”>
<?php the_title() ?>

</h3>
<?php do_action( ‘tribe_events_after_the_event_title’ ) ?>

<!– Event Meta –>
<?php do_action( ‘tribe_events_before_the_meta’ ) ?>
<div class=”tribe-events-event-meta vcard”>
<div class=”author <?php echo $has_venue_address; ?>”>

<!– Schedule & Recurrence Details –>
<div class=”updated published time-details”>
<?php echo tribe_events_event_schedule_details() ?>
</div>

<?php if ( $venue_details ) : ?>
<!– Venue Display Info –>
<div class=”tribe-events-venue-details”>
<?php echo implode( ‘, ‘, $venue_details ); ?>
</div> <!– .tribe-events-venue-details –>
<?php endif; ?>

</div>
</div><!– .tribe-events-event-meta –>

<!– Event Image –>
<?php echo tribe_event_featured_image( ) ?>

<!– Event Content –>
<?php do_action( ‘tribe_events_before_the_content’ ) ?>
<div class=”tribe-events-list-event-description tribe-events-content description entry-summary”>
<?php the_excerpt() ?>
” class=”tribe-events-read-more” rel=”bookmark”><h4><?php _e( ‘View course information / book tickets’, ‘tribe-events-calendar’ ) ?> » </h4>
</div>
<!– .tribe-events-list-event-description –>
<?php do_action( ‘tribe_events_after_the_content’ ) ?>
</div>

<?php endwhile;wp_reset_query(); ?>

</div>

Thanks,
Ben

[Brian]

Hi Ben,

I can help you out there.

If you add a check for if $loop after the query you could do this:


if ($loop) {
//Loop Coding
} else {
// no events
}
wp_reset_query();


Let me know if that helps.

Thanks

[benjamin1986]

Hey, thanks for the speedy reply, I tried this but didn’t seem to work, apologies if I misunderstood, i’m trying my best to learn about the loop, but can’t figure this particular one out:

`<div class=”event-loop”>

<?php $loop = new WP_Query( array( ‘post_type’ => ‘tribe_events’, ‘posts_per_page’ => 4,’tax_query’ => array(
array(
‘taxonomy’ => ‘tribe_events_cat’,
‘field’ => ‘slug’,
‘terms’ => ‘event-type-a’
)
) ) ); ?>

<?php if ($loop) : ?>

<?php while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post(); ?>
<div class=”training-item”>
<?php do_action( ‘tribe_events_before_the_event_title’ ) ?>
<h3 class=”tribe-events-list-event-title entry-title summary”>
” title=”<?php the_title() ?>” rel=”bookmark”>
<?php the_title() ?>

</h3>
<?php do_action( ‘tribe_events_after_the_event_title’ ) ?>

<!– Event Meta –>
<?php do_action( ‘tribe_events_before_the_meta’ ) ?>
<div class=”tribe-events-event-meta vcard”>
<div class=”author <?php echo $has_venue_address; ?>”>

<!– Schedule & Recurrence Details –>
<div class=”updated published time-details”>
<?php echo tribe_events_event_schedule_details() ?>
</div>

<?php if ( $venue_details ) : ?>
<!– Venue Display Info –>
<div class=”tribe-events-venue-details”>
<?php echo implode( ‘, ‘, $venue_details ); ?>
</div> <!– .tribe-events-venue-details –>
<?php endif; ?>

</div>
</div><!– .tribe-events-event-meta –>

<!– Event Image –>
<?php echo tribe_event_featured_image( ) ?>

<!– Event Content –>
<?php do_action( ‘tribe_events_before_the_content’ ) ?>
<div class=”tribe-events-list-event-description tribe-events-content description entry-summary”>
<?php the_excerpt() ?>
” class=”tribe-events-read-more” rel=”bookmark”><h4><?php _e( ‘View course information / book tickets’, ‘tribe-events-calendar’ ) ?> » </h4>
</div>
<!– .tribe-events-list-event-description –>
<?php do_action( ‘tribe_events_after_the_content’ ) ?>
</div>
<?php endwhile; ?>

<?php else : ?>

<p>
No Events
</p>

<?php endif; ?>

<?php wp_reset_query(); ?>

[Brian]

Hard to say what is going wrong. It could be that if check does not work, I maybe wrong about that working.

This is the example WordPress gives, maybe that will work:

<?php
if ( have_posts() ) {
while ( have_posts() ) {
the_post();
//
// Post Content here
//
} // end while
} // end if
?>

WordPress has more information on the Loop here:

http://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop

[benjamin1986]

Hi,

Thanks, I managed to figure it out in the end like this:

<?php 
	if ( $loop->have_posts() ) : 
		while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : 
		$loop->the_post(); ?>

<---Loop Content--->

<?php endwhile; ?>

<?php else : ?>
<p>
No Events
</p>

<?php endif; ?> 
<?php wp_reset_query(); ?>

</div>

So not far off, just had odd bit of code in wrong order.
Also, how do i add the paste the code neatly into this, rather than the mess I’ve been posting?

[benjamin1986]

Worked out the code pasting thing.

Thanks for the assistance

[Brian]

I am glad to see you were able to figure it out and thanks for sharing the coding.

I am going to go ahead and close this ticket as you marked it resolved. If you have a similar issue or another in the future, please do not hesitate to create a new ticket.

Thanks!

[Author]

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