Set Event Date to T.B.A.

[Catherine]

Is there a way to set the event date to T.B.A.?

[Jonah]

Hi Catherine,

The easiest way to do this would be to use a plugin like http://www.advancedcustomfields.com/ and setup a custom field on events that allows you to flag them as such. Then, you would just need to modify the template files accordingly to check for this custom field and if it’s checked, don’t display the date.

Does that help?

– Jonah

[Catherine]

OK thank you! So if I used this plugin I can set the date to not display and to have it say “T.B.A.”? Because right now, when I clear the field on the date inside the “edit event”, it sets the default date to today’s date.

[Jonah]

Hi Catherine,

Using ACF you would just ignore the date fields for our plugin. Unfortunately there’s no easy way to remove these…

– Jonah

[Catherine]

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[Rob]

Hey Catherine. Jonah has actually since left the team to move on to pursue other opportunities, but I did want to follow-up here so we can get you sorted.

What could I help you with? Would you like me to share our list of freelance developers whom we can suggest to help you out? Is there a bit of documentation from either our docs of ACF’s that I can point you towards to get you sorted here? Let me know either way and I’ll do my best to help.

[Catherine]

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[Rob]

Hi there Catherine. Thanks for the follow-up. Admittedly, the TBD thing is going to be sort of tough (as Jonah noted in his last reply). While it would probably be doable by hacking at the core plugin, that’s not something we generally advise nor is it something we’d be able to provide support on. The plugin is structured in such a way that it needs the event date/time info complete with accurate information, for everything to function properly.

Regarding the second point: did you see Julie’s follow-up at https://theeventscalendar.com/support/forums/topic/change-datetime-format/#post-66892, which I’m assuming is the same question asked again? She raises a good point that in certain situations this new formatting could make little sense…

[Catherine]

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[Catherine]

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[Catherine]

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[Rob]

Hi Catherine. Thanks for the follow-up; I’m sorry we missed this. We actually don’t get notifications for private replies, nor do they show up as unaddressed in the main forum thread – please do not use that functionality unless there is a specific reason (ie sending over credentials or a link you don’t want publicly seen). It is not meant to be a means of carrying on a discussion.

You can totally feel free to contact Jonah directly, but please be aware that he is A) no longer a member of the team and B) may not have bandwidth to take on a development project. We certainly do have a list of freelance developers that you could use in his stead though, check it out:

* WerkPress (http://www.werkpress.com)
* WP Valet (http://thewpvalet.com/)
* Ryan Neudorf (http://ohryan.ca/)
* Treefort (http://treefort.net/)
* Cheeky Monkey (http://cheekymonkeymedia.ca/)
* The Mighty Mo! (http://www.themightymo.com/)
* David Bisset (http://www.davidbisset.com/)
* Donald Grover (http://groverwebdesign.com/)
* Chris Miller (http://launchbrigade.com)

Keep in mind that if none of these shops/freelancers meet your needs, youu can also check out the professionals list at CodePoet (http://directory.codepoet.com/browse/). WordPress also has a Jobs page that you might find valuable: http://jobs.wordpress.net/.

My apologies once more for the delay in getting you a reply here; that was a failing on our end due to the architecture of the forum here and you should know we’ve got a new forum queued up to deploy here very shortly. If you need anything else or have other questions please don’t hesitate to let us know.

[Catherine]

Thank you!

[Kelly]

Thank you, Catherine! 🙂

Since it sounds like you’re set for now, I’m going to close this thread. Please feel free to start a new topic if we can assist you further.

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