calendar not viewable – wordpress default .15 theme

  • havsumhope

    (@havsumhope)


    20 years ago

    Hi. Apologize upfront for the stupid question, but I’m new to WordPress (only 3 days old), and I’m trying to figure out how everyone has cool calendars in their sidebars, and mine has #wp calendar css and, yet, nothing displays in my template for a calendar at https://www.evfamily.com.

    I have read through all the stuff i could find on search for calendar, and can’t figure out if it’s a style.CSS issue or I don’t have something in some PHP config file at the page or theme level set to display it – as it just doesn’t display at all.

    Can anyone help me to get the default calendar to display and / or show me a calendar plugin that’s cool that I can use?

    Thanks,
    Ed

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  • Kafkaesqui

    (@kafkaesqui)

    The calendar isn’t included in the default template, but to add it is a simple thing:

    1. Edit the file wp-content/themes/default/sidebar.php

    2. Place this in the file where you want the calendar to appear:

    <?php get_calendar(); ?>

    I’d recommend just above or below this line:

    <?php wp_list_pages('title_li=<h2>' . __('Pages') . '</h2>' ); ?>

    Thread Starter havsumhope

    (@havsumhope)

    Kafka.. you rock.
    It took like 15 seconds to end hours worth of frustration.
    Thanks!

    Now that that’s fixed.. do you know of a way to make the calendar so that you can see future or past months – like the ability to scroll through months?

    And again, thank you so much!

    ColdForged

    (@coldforged)

    Month navigation will show up as long as you have content to navigate to. Your page only has content in February, hence no navigation.

    Thread Starter havsumhope

    (@havsumhope)

    wow. ok, i have to say i’m very impressed with the level of support on this forum. makes me glad I chose WordPress.

    if every company with a product, supported its product with consumer service like this, well… we can dream.

    thanks, Cold.

    mitchpowell

    (@mitchpowell)

    Double You Rock!!!

    Me Too!!!

    Mitch

    Kafkaesqui

    (@kafkaesqui)

    WordPress rocks.

    We just roll with it.

    ;)

    billybish

    (@billybish)

    This software is great – but the support and peeps are even better! Thanks for the tip!

    Hi- just wanted to say thanks to kafkaesqui and coldforged the tip! Very useful for us quasi-wp literate folks.

    Wow… Took me a while with lots of searches to find this thread. Finally got my calendar to show up, too! Thanks.

    deleted double post. Don’t see a delete button. hmmm

    why isn’t the calendar as default?

    Thanks for that question and answer – I’ve just recently started moving sites to 1.5 and this was one of the questions I had.

    Wow, thanks a lot for the above hints – I’m totally new to WP and to blogging in general, and help like here in the forums is sure appreciated!

    At this point, I must say: WP is a wonderful package and, considering the amount of individualization it offers, VERY easy to handle. It took me, as an absolute beginner, just 2 days to implement an all-new theme. Thumbs up!

    GREAT TIP. Now, do you know how to “size” the calendar to say, 80% of what is displayed as a default?

    Look for the #wp-calendar declarations in your theme’s style.css. If a theme doesn’t have these, you can copy them over from the default or classic themes’ style.css.

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