Comments on: Blogging your Church with WordPress 2:– Calendar and Event Plugins http://livingos.com/2008/05/19/blogging-your-church-with-wordpress-2-calendars-and-events-plugins/ Tim's blog on anything from this week's lectionary, to open source software like WordPress Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:29:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Rich Schmidt http://livingos.com/2008/05/19/blogging-your-church-with-wordpress-2-calendars-and-events-plugins/#comment-4650 Rich Schmidt Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:42:14 +0000 http://livingos.com/?p=478#comment-4650 FYI... Two things: 1. I'm an idiot. My template hack I mentioned earlier didn't work for non-logged-in users (ie, everybody). I didn't notice, because I was always logged in. 2. The updated RS Event plugin here doesn't work on WP 2.2. I tried updating the plugin before upgrading the blog, and it breaks. So I'll test it elsewhere before making migrating the live ministerial assoc. website. FYI… Two things:

1. I’m an idiot. My template hack I mentioned earlier didn’t work for non-logged-in users (ie, everybody). I didn’t notice, because I was always logged in.

2. The updated RS Event plugin here doesn’t work on WP 2.2. I tried updating the plugin before upgrading the blog, and it breaks. So I’ll test it elsewhere before making migrating the live ministerial assoc. website.

]]> By: Brian Dusablon http://livingos.com/2008/05/19/blogging-your-church-with-wordpress-2-calendars-and-events-plugins/#comment-4431 Brian Dusablon Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:32:21 +0000 http://livingos.com/?p=478#comment-4431 I embed a google calendar, and pull in the agenda view as an RSS. Not a fully functional solution, but it works. I embed a google calendar, and pull in the agenda view as an RSS. Not a fully functional solution, but it works.

]]> By: Rich Schmidt http://livingos.com/2008/05/19/blogging-your-church-with-wordpress-2-calendars-and-events-plugins/#comment-4371 Rich Schmidt Tue, 27 May 2008 17:34:10 +0000 http://livingos.com/?p=478#comment-4371 Thanks so much for keeping the RS Event plugin alive! If your version really works with 2.5, then I can finally upgrade the ministerial association website from 2.2.1 (www.valpochurches.org). It uses your Upsilon theme. And a volunteer has already input a couple hundred upcoming events using RS Events. I thought I was just doomed to < 2.5 forever! On our church website, I upgraded to 2.5 before I realized RS Events would break, and in my search for a solution, I ended up just hacking the template php to allow me to show future posts in the Events category in a coming events list. It's actually simpler than RS Events, since you just set the post date/Timestamp to the date of the event. So, again.... Thanks! Thanks so much for keeping the RS Event plugin alive! If your version really works with 2.5, then I can finally upgrade the ministerial association website from 2.2.1 (www.valpochurches.org). It uses your Upsilon theme. And a volunteer has already input a couple hundred upcoming events using RS Events. I thought I was just doomed to < 2.5 forever!

On our church website, I upgraded to 2.5 before I realized RS Events would break, and in my search for a solution, I ended up just hacking the template php to allow me to show future posts in the Events category in a coming events list. It’s actually simpler than RS Events, since you just set the post date/Timestamp to the date of the event.

So, again…. Thanks!

]]> By: Matt http://livingos.com/2008/05/19/blogging-your-church-with-wordpress-2-calendars-and-events-plugins/#comment-4370 Matt Tue, 27 May 2008 13:54:00 +0000 http://livingos.com/?p=478#comment-4370 Interesting problem using rs event I setup an event, configured the sidebar using the widget the event was added for 26 July 2008 (my calendar makes that a Saturday) when I add the day of the week to the formatting, the rs event widget lists it as a Friday. I added another event for today, which correctly shows as tuesday I added another event for 1 june, which shows as saturday 1 may (date is still correct on re-checking post). 1 May was actually a thursday, 1 June is a Sunday Any ideas. Seems a bit random!! Interesting problem using rs event

I setup an event, configured the sidebar using the widget

the event was added for 26 July 2008 (my calendar makes that a Saturday)

when I add the day of the week to the formatting, the rs event widget lists it as a Friday.

I added another event for today, which correctly shows as tuesday

I added another event for 1 june, which shows as saturday 1 may (date is still correct on re-checking post). 1 May was actually a thursday, 1 June is a Sunday

Any ideas. Seems a bit random!!

]]> By: Tim http://livingos.com/2008/05/19/blogging-your-church-with-wordpress-2-calendars-and-events-plugins/#comment-4361 Tim Wed, 21 May 2008 07:23:52 +0000 http://livingos.com/?p=478#comment-4361 Graham, this is automatic, I thought. Grab the link Facebook gives you when you chose the export events option and paste it into the options for the ics plugin. From then on your upcoming events will appear on your blog. The plugin will cache the ics file, so updates may not appear instantly. You chose how many events to show at a time. Lots of other plugins use the same idea. Graham, this is automatic, I thought. Grab the link Facebook gives you when you chose the export events option and paste it into the options for the ics plugin. From then on your upcoming events will appear on your blog. The plugin will cache the ics file, so updates may not appear instantly. You chose how many events to show at a time. Lots of other plugins use the same idea.

]]> By: timmy http://livingos.com/2008/05/19/blogging-your-church-with-wordpress-2-calendars-and-events-plugins/#comment-4358 timmy Wed, 21 May 2008 03:15:54 +0000 http://livingos.com/?p=478#comment-4358 I've found and am using wp-cal (http://www.fahlstad.se/wp-plugins/wp-cal) on a camp website I'm webmastering (www.shilohonhatch.com). It's just yet another choice out there. Thanks for the post AND keeping RS Event alive! I’ve found and am using wp-cal (http://www.fahlstad.se/wp-plugins/wp-cal) on a camp website I’m webmastering (www.shilohonhatch.com). It’s just yet another choice out there. Thanks for the post AND keeping RS Event alive!

]]> By: Graham Doel http://livingos.com/2008/05/19/blogging-your-church-with-wordpress-2-calendars-and-events-plugins/#comment-4357 Graham Doel Wed, 21 May 2008 02:41:50 +0000 http://livingos.com/?p=478#comment-4357 Thanks, it's a shame there's no way of doinging it automatically. Thanks, it’s a shame there’s no way of doinging it automatically.

]]> By: Tim http://livingos.com/2008/05/19/blogging-your-church-with-wordpress-2-calendars-and-events-plugins/#comment-4353 Tim Mon, 19 May 2008 19:14:41 +0000 http://livingos.com/?p=478#comment-4353 Well, I think you can export yoru upcoming events in facebook in iCal format - so you should be able to just grab the export url for upcoming facebook events and use the ics plugin above. Well, I think you can export yoru upcoming events in facebook in iCal format - so you should be able to just grab the export url for upcoming facebook events and use the ics plugin above.

]]> By: Graham Doel http://livingos.com/2008/05/19/blogging-your-church-with-wordpress-2-calendars-and-events-plugins/#comment-4352 Graham Doel Mon, 19 May 2008 16:55:30 +0000 http://livingos.com/?p=478#comment-4352 Tim, thanks for that useful post. We have been rethinking our evening service and want to create a site that works with facebook. Do you know a way of using facebook calendar with wordpress. The only way I can see is exporting the event from facebook and importing it into another calendar. (sunday-night dot org dot uk) Tim, thanks for that useful post. We have been rethinking our evening service and want to create a site that works with facebook. Do you know a way of using facebook calendar with wordpress. The only way I can see is exporting the event from facebook and importing it into another calendar. (sunday-night dot org dot uk)

]]> By: Tim http://livingos.com/2008/05/19/blogging-your-church-with-wordpress-2-calendars-and-events-plugins/#comment-4350 Tim Mon, 19 May 2008 13:35:41 +0000 http://livingos.com/?p=478#comment-4350 Vicky, that's a great WordPress church site. The only downside of the WPListCal plugin is that visitors can't click on an event to be taken to a post or page about the event. If they added a link to a post feature, it would be my choice too. This is why I'm still sticking to RS Event for now. Vicky, that’s a great WordPress church site. The only downside of the WPListCal plugin is that visitors can’t click on an event to be taken to a post or page about the event. If they added a link to a post feature, it would be my choice too. This is why I’m still sticking to RS Event for now.

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