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I have an events weblog that uses entry + expiry dates + show_future_entries to display events over time in what I’m sure is a pretty standard way

I’m using categories to (amoung other things) indicate the venue for the event.

What I want to do is display all events/entries which are happening today (ie entry date in the past, expiry date in the future) and output them sorted by venue (ie EE category) and then by date within each category.

I think I’m right that I can’t do that within the normal weblog:entries parameters as order_by=“category_id” doesn’t exist.

Intitally I thought I could be crafty and use a weblog:category_archive call but that doesn’t allow show_expired=“no” (sensibly enough as it’s an archive tag after all), so that was a no go.

I’m guessing I could use a query here but last time I tried to do that my brain nearly exploded (despite much patient help from eMan).

I do have a back up plan if this proves impossible, but before I do that, can anyone see a route that I’ve missed?

I think I’ve just decided to live without sorting by categories as it’s Friday afternoon and I want to stop work some time before midnight…

I haven’t done this before, but off the top of my head this is what i would try:

{exp:weblog:categories weblog="events" style="linear"}
 <div>
 {category_name}
 <ul>
 {exp:weblog:entries weblog="events" orderby="date" category="{category_id}" show_future_entries="yes"}
  <li>{event}</li>
 {/exp:weblog:entries}
 </ul>
 </div>
{/exp:weblog:categories}

What I want to do is display all events/entries which are happening today (ie entry date in the past, expiry date in the future) and output them sorted by venue (ie EE category) and then by date within each category.

If you move the venue info from categories to another weblog, you can enter the venue on each event entry via a related entries custom field, then order the output by custom field. Not that you want to redo everything, but it’s an idea, plus it gives you more control and the ability for more info added to the venues.