Images for multiple

[Mike A Montgomery]

I am in the process of evaluating this product for a specific use and I realize I will need to do some special coding to make it work as we desire, but one thing that is perplexing to me is the ability to show a featured image in the monthly calendar when I have more than 1 event for the day. It seems that the code in the tutorial works well if I have only one event, but many days I have 2 or more “events” that need to have visual representation as we are offering painting classes for specific paintings. Without this ability I have to find another plugin. I know there is capability for the requirement as I have seen other websites of similar offering showing multiple classes per day with visuals for each event. I have been thus far unsuccessful in finding any specific details for this need in the knolwedgebase. I of course find the one for adding a featured image. I am sure this is buried somewhere in the container for the actual calendar, not being dynamically enlarged to accommodate the images. I have not been able to find where this could be.

Thanks for your help and patience. I really like the products so far and am just making sure I can pull off what the client wants before deciding on purchase or not.

[George]

Hey Mike,

Thanks for reaching out.

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You say, “the code in the tutorial”…can you link to the specific tutorial you are referring to?

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In regards to this customization, you mention adding a featured image to month views…in the month view, note that each event has its own tooltip. So you can add the featured image to the tooltip, and each event will have its own image.

But if you’re trying to add the image to the actual “day” square in the month grid, this is much more challenging to do, and as you note there are fundamental limitations to how much content you can reasonably fit into a single “day”‘s square on the calendar.

We do not have any knowledgebase resources or otherwise on how to make this customization. It’s a complicated one and something that would be quite specific to your own site and your own design needs. 🙁

— George

[Mike A Montgomery]

I was referring to this instruction:
https://theeventscalendar.com/knowledgebase/adding-featured-images-to-month-view/

which works perfect for one event.

this is what I am after:
https://pickledpicasso.com/calendar/

they are using Timely for this, and yes they have some custom code that I have yet to find. Was hoping your product would do similar, because I think yours is the right solution for the total functionality they want.

[George]

Hey Mike,

Thanks for clarifying this. That tutorial is not one that can be molded to have more event images listed there; there is also limited space per event and so having more than one image would make the calendar quite crowded and hard to read.

That being said, please check out our official calendar demo site here ? http://wpshindig.com/events/

In the Month View on that page, you’ll see the way The Events Calendar and Events Calendar Pro handle featured images “out-of-the-box”. Hover over various event names, and you’ll see the ones with featured images have the featured images in the tooltips upon hover.

This is a design choice that keeps the calendar readable and still provides each event with its own featured image.

To achieve some sort of implementation of featured images other than this or other than the one-image-per-square tutorial above would require more custom coding that you would have to implement on your own (or hire someone to implement for you).

I hope this information helps,
George

[Mike A Montgomery]

Thanks for the answer, though disappointing. I can not be the only one that needs or wants a visual calendar. Calendars are so boring 🙂

Cheers.

[George]

Sorry to disappoint, Mike!

Sincerely,
George

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