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How do I ensure that only events from today’s date onwards are displayed.  My events are currently displaying in event order, however I am also getting events in this list which have already taken place. Please help!

Maybe you cuuld use this to show future entries

show_futurE_entries

and limit current entries by end date/time and use this

show expired

set to NO.
Maybe there is better solution from someone else?

Hi

Thanks but tried show_expired=“no”  and it doesn’t work because the date is the date the user will input for the event, not the date that it was posted/added.  Any other ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks

if for example some entry is visible from monday to wednesday and you see list of entries at thursday it will not be shown at all because you set end date, and you will see all future entries .. doesn’t that do the trick?

Lorna70,
What version and build of EE are you using?

Thanks but tried show_expired=“no”  and it doesn’t work because the date is the date the user will input for the event, not the date that it was posted/added.

What are are you using to get your user to add an event. A SAEF? Can you not get them to use the actual entry date instead as opposed to a custom field?

Hi John

I’m using version 2.

I’m a newbie but as I understand it, the actual entry date is simply the date when the user posts an event is it not??  I need the date in which the event is going to take place to appear, so presumably my only option is a custom field?  Am I missing something??  What is a SAEF.

Thanks
Lorna

Hi, Lorna.

SAEF stands for Stand Alone Entry Form. It’s a method for adding content from the front end of the site, instead of the back end (EE control panel.)

The actual entry date can also be the date for when an event is going to occur. I then change the exp:channel:entries loop to include show_future_events.

I’d also use start_on too.

Does that help?

Thanks.  This is what I have so far:

{exp:channel:entries channel="events" orderby="event_date" show_expired="no" disable="categories|member_data|pagination" sort="asc" show_future_entries="yes" start_on="<?php echo $current_time; ?>" show_expired="no"} 
<li class="{switch='first|second'}">
<h3><a href="http://{title_permalink=">{event_date format='%d/%m/%Y'}_{if event_to_date}_ to {event_to_date format='%d/%m/%Y'}_{/if}__{title} </a></h3>
<p>{if event_venue}<br />
{event_venue}<br />
{/if}</p>

<p><a href="http://{title_permalink=">More information…</a></p>



<p></li><br />
{/exp:channel:entries}

Please can someone tell me what I have to change my code to prevent events from appearing with event_to_date which has expired??

Please can someone tell me what I have to change my code to prevent events from appearing with event_to_date which has expired?

You aren’t showing any expired entries, so setting an appropriate expiration date for your entries is all that it should take. Makes sense?

Hi I’m not a PHP programmer so please bear with me 😊.  I have event_to_date so I only want those events where the event_to_date is on or after today’s date.  So I need to write an if statement presumably. Is there a EE current_date var and if so, is it just:

{if event_to_date >= current_date}
display entries…

Hi, Lorna. You’d need to set your template to parse PHP on input, and do the following:

<?php
$start_time = $this->EE->localize->decode_date('%Y-%m-%d %H:%i', $this->EE->localize->now);
?>

{exp:channel:entries channel="events" orderby="event_date" show_expired="no" start_on="<?php echo $start_time; ?>" show_future_entries="yes"}

{title}

{/exp:channel:entries}

Does that help?

Thanks but I thought there would be a way to do this without having to write php.  There are so many sites out there displaying events and the public doesn’t normally want to see the events which have already taken place!  Anyway, I need to do this for other sites so perhaps a rethink is necessary.  I am using EE2 and it looks like the Weblog implementation may work. However, I will take advice on this because I don’t to waste time developing an events section which I also hit a brick wall on as I know Weblogs use expiry dates.  My question therefore is: when my cient enters an event and enters the finish date, is there a way I can make the expiry date for this event to equal the finish date? Also, what about the start date of the event - can I make this equal to the publish date?  Any advice would be good.  I know there are calendar add-ons out there but my client doesn’t want the events displayed in calendar format, just in list format with events being displayed by event date (in ascending order).

Meant to say, I am using SAEFs 😊

Hi, Lorna. There is a third party add-on SafeCracker which might help. I’ve not tried it myself.. but you could ask the authors if it has the functionality you need.