Multiple day event: show dates, but don’t repeat?

  • Resolved jamminjames

    (@jamminjames)


    2 months, 2 weeks ago

    If an event spans multiple days in a Google Calendar, can we make it show the dates being spanned, but not repeat it, like it does in the actual Google Calendar?

    • This topic was modified 2 months, 2 weeks ago by jamminjames.
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  • Plugin Author Brian Hogg

    (@brianhogg)

    Hi @jamminjames !

    I’m not sure I understand what you’re looking for. Do you mean if an event is from Jan 15 to Jan 18, you’d want it to show “Jan 15 – Jan 18”, or somehow show (either as separate event listings or in one) “Jan 15” “Jan 16” “Jan 17” and “Jan 18”?

    Since a single, non-recurring event only has a start and end date, something other than the default display in our shortcode (which comes from The Events Calendar itself) would need some customization. If you could clarify what you’re looking for I can confirm though ??

    Thread Starter jamminjames

    (@jamminjames)

    Well, for a listing that spans several days in Google Calendar, in this newsletter plugin, it shows repeated over and over, for each day the event spans. It would be much better if it just said, for example: “Jan. 12-Jan. 15, 2:00PM-3:00PM,” or whatever, along with the description, one time.

    • This reply was modified 2 months, 2 weeks ago by jamminjames.
    Plugin Author Brian Hogg

    (@brianhogg)

    Thanks for the clarification!

    Which calendar plugin are you using? With plugins like The Events Calendar, it only shows once for single events that span multiple days.

    Thread Starter jamminjames

    (@jamminjames)

    Using Simple Calendar, which uses Google Calendar. That plugin does repeat such an event for every day it spans. So I guess that’s where I should be posting this question, but I guess I was hoping ECN could take repeat listings like that and combine them or something.

    Plugin Author Brian Hogg

    (@brianhogg)

    Hi @jamminjames,

    Thanks for the extra info!

    Is the google calendar public and if so, could you provide its calendar ID? There is already code to remove events with the same ID, but assuming it’s only a single, non-repeating event in Google Calendar perhaps there’s another scenario we could handle to avoid events being repeated.

    Thread Starter jamminjames

    (@jamminjames)

    Thanks for the prompt replies. That event has passed, I’ll have to create another that spans several days to try and duplicate the scenario. Since I’m not sure when I’ll get around to it, I’ll mark this resolved for now, and create another support thread if I need to.

    Plugin Author Brian Hogg

    (@brianhogg)

    Sounds good, we’ll watch for further support threads. All the best!

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