start_on and stop_before questions/issues - Events listing

Posted: 05 September 2008 03:31 PM

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Joined 08-29-2008

Hello, I just can’t quite seem to get this to work. I’d like to have 2 events listings: one for upcoming and one for past. I tried following another example in the forums, but not quite getting it… I want the events to automatically move to the past events list when they’re past (duh.) Does it have something to do with the entry date vs. my “event date” that I’ve created?

Here’s the code i have: any clues? I’m new to this… can you tell?

<h1>Upcoming Events:</h1>

{exp:weblog:entries weblog="news" orderby="event_date" sort="asc" limit="3" start_on="{current_time format="%D, %F %d, %Y"} 11:59 PM" show_future_entries="yes" dynamic="off"} 
<h2>{title}</h2>
<h3>{event_date format="%D, %F %d, %Y"}</h3>
<p>{event_location}<br>
<p>{event_description}</p><br>
{/exp:weblog:entries}


<h1>Past Events:</h1>
{exp:weblog:entries weblog="news" orderby="event_date" sort="desc" limit="3" stop_before="{current_time format="%D, %F %d, %Y"} 11:59 PM" show_expired="yes" dynamic="off"}
<h2>{title}</h2>
<h3>{event_date format="%D, %F %d, %Y"}</h3>
<p>{event_location}<br>
<p>{event_description}</p>
{/exp:weblog:entries} 

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Posted: 10 October 2008 09:24 AM

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Total Posts: 7

Joined 02-05-2008

For others trying to do similar functionality with a custom date field, here is a solution using PHP in a template. Enable your template for PHP on output for starters. For the past events code, change to:

<h1>Past Events:</h1>
<?php
  $count = 0;
  $limit = 3;
?>
{exp:weblog:entries weblog="news" orderby="event_date" sort="desc" show_expired="yes" dynamic="off"}
<?php
  if ($count < $limit)
  {
?>
{if current_time > event_date}
<h2>{title}</h2>
<h3>{event_date format="%D, %F %d, %Y"}</h3>
<p>{event_location}<br>
<p>{event_description}</p>
<?php
    $count++;
?>
{/if}
<?php
  }
?>
{/exp:weblog:entries} 

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