Lost in complexity

Hi There,

I’m trying to create two tiles within a Gutenberg layout using Events Manager shortcodes.

On the left I’m trying to display the next available event (regardless of how far in the future that may be)
On the right, all other events in the future (to a limit) i.e. The list that excludes the first item.

I can mostly work out the right-hand tile, but I’ve hit some snags interpreting both the shortcode attributes and the placeholders.

1. How do I limit an event to display just the start date using #EVENTDATES? (Currently this shows me the start and end dates for the event, even if it’s on the same day) Is there an #EVENTSTARTDATE?
2. Can I limit the search to the ‘Next published event’ and/or ‘ALL the events on the next published day’ (useful for split-events like Zoom calls)?

This is an amazing tool and I’d rather be lost in complexity than frustrated by simplicity. I’ve been struggling to interpret the search attributes and placeholders in the documentation without clear contextual examples for each one. e.g. #_{x} or #@_{x} – I have no idea how this should look in context of a live placeholder set.

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