Date (month) within widget

[Arrick Garringer]

We are loving the Events Cal Pro tool, but are getting consistent feedback that the date icon on the lister is confusing. People can’t tell what month the event is in without viewing the full event detail.

Screenshot: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ya93e0w9yhepjka/Screenshot%202016-01-04%2010.29.39.png?dl=0

We like how it looks, but because it only shows the day of the week and date (no month) people aren’t sure when the event is without clicking. Is it possible to “Show Date” which would allow the full date to live below the event title? ie. “April 30, 2016”?

[Geoff]

Hey Arrick,

Thanks for the kind words! I’m stoked to hear you’re loving the plugin so far. 🙂

Good question. You can change the format of the date in the icon. You’ll need to override the pro/widgets/modules/single-event.php file–see our Themer’s Guide for more on template overrides.

From there, you can change the code for the list date to something that suits your needs. For example, this might be a decent starting place:

<div class="list-date">
<span
class="list-dayname"><?php echo apply_filters( 'tribe-mini_helper_tribe_events_ajax_list_dayname', date_i18n( 'M', $postDate ), $postDate, $mini_cal_event_atts['class'] ); ?></span>
<span
class="list-daynumber"><?php echo apply_filters( 'tribe-mini_helper_tribe_events_ajax_list_daynumber', date_i18n( 'd', $postDate ), $postDate, $mini_cal_event_atts['class'] ); ?></span>
</div>

That will return the abbreviated Month name instead of the day of the week. 🙂

Will that help you get started? Please let me know.

Cheers!
Geoff

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