Use short code instead of a widget

[Anonymous]

Hello Franky,

Sorry to trouble you.

Is it possible to use a short code instead of a widget?

This is the code that I use in the widget:

<table class=”ShortCourseListing”> <thead> <tr> <th>Centre</th><th>Course Dates</th><th>Assessment Date</th><th>Assessment Location</th></tr></thead><tbody>

<tr><td>

#_LOCATION</td><td>

#_{j M Y} [events_if tag=”#ESC_{j M Y}” notvalue=”#ESC@_{j M Y}”] #@_{- j M Y} [/events_if]</td>

<td>#_ATT{assessment_date}</td><td>#_ATT{assessment_location}

</td></tr>

</tbody></table>

Many thanks for your time.

[Franky]

Do you mean “shortcode inside a widget”? Yes, that’s possible, see the EME settings (search for widget).

[Anonymous]

Hi Franky,

No – Can I use the above short code without using it in a widget.

[Anonymous]

Or better still can I do it using php in my template?

[Franky]

If using this directly in php, you need to call a EME function to interpret it all, otherwise you have nothing. Look at calling eme_replace_placeholders() directly (with the correct parameters: format, event)

[Anonymous]

Hello Franky,

I managed to get it working using this as the short code

<table class=”ShortCourseListing”><tr><th>Centre</th><th>Course Dates</th><th>Assessment Date</th><th>Assessment Location</th></tr>[events_list category=12 limit=0 format="<tr><td>#_LOCATION</td><td>#_{j M Y} -#ESC@_{j M Y}</td><td>#_ATT{assessment_date}</td><td>#_ATT{assessment_location}"]</td></tr></table>

But, if I have an event on a single day it shows the same date twice.

In my widget code I use the following between my td tags

#_{j M Y} [events_if tag="#ESC_{j M Y}" notvalue="#ESC@_{j M Y}"] #@_{- j M Y} [/events_if]

When I use this coding in my short code it throws everything out?

How can I use the short code to remove the duplicate date if the event is only on one day?

Many thanks in advance.

[Franky]

I think I’m a bit confused here. Where exactly are you typing this in?

[Anonymous]

On a page

[Franky]

Directly in a page? There the conditional tag is not supported … it only works correctly in the format settings of EME.

[Anonymous]

I was originally using a widget to put the codes on different pages, but to save time (as I have lots of categories, I thought it might be easier to use short code (copy and paste) and just change the category id for each page. Everything works okay except when I have an event on a single day – it shows the start date and then a duplicate date as the end date. The code (above) works okay if its in a widget, but doesn’t work if used on a page.

[Anonymous]

If I put this code in a widget it works okay on a page

#_{j M Y} [events_if tag=”#ESC_{j M Y}” notvalue=”#ESC@_{j M Y}”] #@_{- j M Y} [/events_if]

So would it work if I ceated a template for each category using php coding?

[Franky]

if using php coding, why not just use php to compare date/time values of beginning and end?

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