Mini Calendar – default display month as that of next upcoming event

[Graeme]

P.S. I should mention that I’m using a child theme, and so have placed this in the child themes functions.php – it shouldn’t make a difference, but just thought I’d mention it.

[Graeme]

P.P.S. I also got it working to a target month via passing $target_date through to the Tribe_Advance_Minical() function – it worked perfectly. Thought you might like to know as this is a good idea too.

[Barry]

Great – thanks for the feedback Graeme.

I also got it working to a target month via passing $target_date through to the Tribe_Advance_Minical() function – it worked perfectly.

Yep that was the idea – you can set a specific month or else let it find the date of the next upcoming event date, if there is one (or it will default to the current month and year).

I should mention that I’m using a child theme, and so have placed this in the child themes functions.php

That shouldn’t cause any problems and is a good way to do things. Often you’ll find us saying people should add a piece of code to functions.php simply because so many users are comfortable doing this and have done it before, but doing it within a child theme (or in some cases a new plugin) is often the best path.

However, the list of events that appears below the calendar is not updating – it appears blank until I click the day of the month that contains an event, then it appears.

Good catch, let me check on that one.

[Barry]

OK, still doesn’t have all the characteristics you might be after but this version could get you closer: http://pastebin.com/h0Fw6YXi

[Graeme]

Spot on Barry, works a treat – does exact what I need.

Thanks a lot for your help.

[manelequinocci]

One of you, do you mind telling me whereabout I have to insert the code in my theme’s function file, please? Thanks a lot!

[manelequinocci]

Graeme, Barry… I’ve just solved my problem. I had to put your code at the very beginning of my function.php file.

It’s working perfectly… have a look if you wish: http://www.equinocci.com/diario-blog/

Cheers!

[Graeme]

functions.php is generally in the root of your theme, not the plugin e.g.
wp-content/themes/[theme name]/functions.php

Just place the code Barry link above in the functions.php file anywhere between the opening and closing php tags.

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If you are going to start editing your theme’s files, I suggest you use a child them – which is super simple to create, see this: http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes. You can then create a new functions.php in the child theme folder and edit it. This will ensure any changes are not overwritten when you update your theme.

Note: a child theme functions.php is IN ADDITION to the parent theme functions.php, so no need to copy the contents of the parent functions.php – just create a new one.

[manelequinocci]

Thanks a lot for your recommendations, Graeme. Will have a look asap. Cheers.

[Barry]

Thanks both, glad it’s working for you.

Graeme’s notes on child themeing are definitely solid points – don’t be misled by the fact that we so often tell people to drop code into functions.php – there are often better ways to do it, we’re basically just offering the most commonly-understood path.

In any event since it looks like we’re all good here I will close this thread.

Thanks!

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