[midwestseniorliving]

Hi Jaime,

Well, I was thinking I could just change the name of the “sp_events” table to “tribe_events”, but that was probably a naive thought, since the tables are probably structured very differently (?).

I guess my first question then is: Do you have upgrade code to transform the old table into the new table? I assume not, otherwise I am sure you would have passed that to me already. If not then do you feel it is reasonable for me to attempt to do this work? Or has so much changed between the two tables that it would really be more work than it is worth?

If we cannot transform the old events (easily) then I feel a reasonable alternative is to archive the old events, and begin using the new plugin to create new events. So, the idea here would be to leave the old Events Pro plugin active alongside the new Events plugin. A visitor to the site would see new events on the calendar, but not old historical — instead, they would click a “view events archive” link, that would take them to the old events plugin. Does this make sense? Do you feel that this is a reasonable alternative?

Another idea would be to leave the old plugin active, and not use the new plugin. As a programmer, I bet that I could fix the issue that started this thread, where the old plugin no longer shows the monthly calendar. If we went this route, are there serious security/technical issues to worry about (that is, from continuing to use an out-of-date plugin)?

Finally, obviously, we could just abandon old events and start using the new plugin. Sorry to throw so much at you — I am a contract programmer who is helping the owner of the plugin, and since it seems like some work has to be done here, I am just looking for some objective input from you regarding our paths forward.

Thanks,
Matt Kirk ([email protected])
5NINES, llc

[midwestseniorliving]

Hi Jaime,

Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to fix the problem by upgrading one major version at a time. Instead, I get a 500 error when simultaneously activating “Events Calendar PRO” v2.0 and “The Events Calendar” v4.6.7. I am able to fix the error by deleting “Events Calendar PRO” v2.0 from the filesystem. It seems like the newest version of “The Events Calendar” may be to new for v2.0 of “Events Calendar PRO”, so maybe I need to through the major versions of both plugins?

However, I feel like it is a moot point. The original problem was that the “Events” of the old version do not carry over to the newest version — I’ve take a look in the database, and it appears that the post_type of the old events is “sp_events”; whereas, the post_type of the new Events is “tribe_events”. I assume that the code just does not view the two as the same…

Does this make sense?

Thanks,
Matt

[midwestseniorliving]

Hi Jaime,

That all sounds promising! However, I only have access to v4.4.19 from /my-account/downloads/. I assume that I am limited to the versions that come out after I bought my license (just a week ago).

Would you please provide a way for me to download the major versions that I need to complete your troubleshooting steps?

Thanks,
Matt

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