Customisation Query

[Matthew Tomkins]

Hi there.

Would someone be able to tell me whether the plugin can be customised to do the following:

X Axis (hard left, top to bottom): list of venues;
Y Axis (bottom, left to right): 30 days;
Each ‘day’ cell, can be popped up for more info;
Check box for venue types (eg performing arts; live music; visual arts).

Cheers,
Matthew.

[Geoff]

Hey Matthew,

Thanks for getting in touch — and great questions!

The Events Calendar should have all the functions you need to build those queries. For example, you can get a list of events using tribe_get_events. Similarly, you can make a query of venues using tribe_get_venues.

As afar as the layout goes, you can either create your own page template in the theme and use the functions and custom queries to build the layout, or you can override any of the templates that come included in the plugin. Our Themer’s Guide is a really great overview of how template overrides work.

You also asked about a checkbox for venue types. That’s a little more tricky. We do have an add-on called Filter Bar that allows viewers to sort events by a number of available filters, but it is not very portable as far as including it in a custom page template. That said, it should still work well if your layout customizations are included in a template override, but still ultimately depends on how those customizations are coded.

It’s also worth noting that Events Calendar PRO includes custom fields for events. That would allow you to create the Venue Type options are looking for, which can then be included in Filter Bar seamlessly.

Does this help answer your question? Please let me know. 🙂

Cheers!
Geoff

[Matthew Tomkins]

Hey Geoff.

Thanks for the reply.

I’m going to have to bit the bullet and ask some dumb-ass questions here. I’m up against occupation-specific language that requires clarification.

Okay, first paragraph. I don’t understand what’s being said after the second sentence. I followed up the links (and the links in those pages) for clarification, but I’m none the wiser.

get a list of events
Does this function to access a database I create that sits in the back background which constitutes the information that is presented on the page?

make a query of venues
Does this mean select a list based on cells within the 30 day time period that have actual content?

I’ve got some more follow-up questions, but I need to get this dumb stuff sorted out first.

Thanks in advance for your patience.

Cheers,
Matthew.

[Barry]

Hi Matthew!

Geoff is out this week so I thought I’d stop by and see if I could provide further assistance 🙂

Right off the bat, I want to highlight that The Events Calendar – the core of our plugin suite – is available for free, so grabbing yourself a copy and familiarizing yourself with it (if you haven’t done so already) could be a great way to get a better sense of how it works and may also answer a number of your questions along the way.

All of our products – free and premium – are highly customizable so if you can picture it, there’s a good chance you can make it happen! Of course, it can require some amount of technical skill to implement particularly advanced customizations.

I hope that helps!

[Matthew Tomkins]

Hi Barry.

Would Geoff be able to back to me when he’s back in the office?

This is a pre-sale query. I don’t want blow my money on something that won’t work. I’m a novice with an idea and therefore need some answers to specific questions. Geoff was helpful, but I was getting lost in the language. That’s all.

Is that okay?

Cheers,
Matthew.

[Barry]

Hi Matthew,

I’m afraid I can’t commit to Geoff being available to do so 🙁 … he won’t be back in these waters for a week or so and, on his return, will actually be focusing on some new and exciting projects that will require most of his attention.

Of course I completely understand you don’t want to blow money on something that won’t work – nobody does! That’s why I recommend trying our core plugin, The Events Calendar. Again, this is freely available – it won’t cost you a cent – and our premium event plugins build on the foundation it lays.

I don’t want to leave you hanging though so let’s revisit some of your most recent questions.

Get a list of events
Does this function to access a database I create that sits in the back background which constitutes the information that is presented on the page?

It does indeed access a database – and it is the same database WordPress itself uses to store data such as posts, pages and settings.

make a query of venues
Does this mean select a list based on cells within the 30 day time period that have actual content?

All Geoff was trying to highlight here was that just as we have helper functions to let you fetch back event data from the database so we have corresponding functions to help you fetch venue data.

I would stress that to use these functions you will be required to write some amount of custom code, which you may or may not be comfortable with. If you want to develop a sense of what is possible without doing that, taking The Events Calendar for a spin is highly recommended!

I hope that helps!

[Matthew Tomkins]

Hey Barry.

Thanks for trying to clarify those two points for me.

I’m looking into the demo.

Cheers,
Matthew.

[Barry]

Great!

[Support Droid]

Hey there! This thread has been pretty quiet for the last three weeks, so we’re going to go ahead and close it to avoid confusion with other topics. If you’re still looking for help with this, please do open a new thread, reference this one and we’d be more than happy to continue the conversation over there.

Thanks so much!
The Events Calendar Support Team

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