Ongoing Events in Widget

[Ivan]

Hi,

I would like to keep my events in Widget until the events ends. / Or, becuase many of the events dont have end value, to keep them until end of the day?

Is it possible to chnage this settings?

Thank you

[Geoff B.]

Good evening Ivan,

Thank you for reaching out to us.

I would  love to answer your question.
Could you tell me which widget you are referring to ? (event list ? this week’s events ?)

Also, it would be great if you can give me an example of an event that is not displaying the way you would like it to display.

I am looking forward to hearing more about this.

Have a great day!

Geoff B.

[Ivan]

Hi,

its event list which Im using. The events are displayed, but they are deleted from the list once they start. Is this default behaivor?

• This reply was modified 10 years, 3 months ago by Ivan.

[Geoff B.]

Good evening Ivan,

Thank you for your answer.

Actually, it is not default behaviour for an event to disappear from the Event List widget once an event starts.
It should disappears only once the event is finished.

I would be interested in helping you figure this out.
Could you please provide me with an example of the issue you are describing from your website ?

Have a great night,

Geoff B.

[Ivan]

Hmm, I think that I know where the issue is.
My Events don’t have the END time. Basically all my events in Calendar are imported via FB importer plugin, but the thing is, that Facebook events don’t have END time.

There is just the start time, so the Tribe FB importer is adding end time same as start time, therefore my events disappear at the moment when they start.

Is it some way how to fix it? Adding some default time value when the time end is not set… Is it possible?

One of the FB events imported to my calendar: (https://www.facebook.com/events/1634440776780681/)

• This reply was modified 10 years, 3 months ago by Ivan.

[Geoff B.]

Good evening Ivan,

Very good job at troubleshooting!

You are absolutely right, when there is no end time defined, the Events calendar will add one by default.
This is what’s causing the events to disappear from the list view.

At this point, unfortunately, you only have a handful of simple solutions:

1. Add an end time to the Facebook event itself (the option is actually available, it’s just not activated by default)
2. Manually edit each of the imported events to add an end time (not ideal I know)

 

You could also venture in more complex solutions requiring programming, to try to change the default end time value to something else automatically.
However, this is outside the scope of our support at this point.

On a non-technical related note, Bobby McFerrin is a genius! By far the best concerts I have ever seen 🙂

Let me know if you have any other questions.

Have a great day!

Geoff B.

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