Only first event of the day start with date

Hi Marijn,

Thanks for your comment.

At first glance, an option to set the start date to a higher level seems like a good addition. I’ll definitely think about this.

Showing the start date again and again for each item, even if it is the same as the previous one, is less attractive to me, but it is very easy to realize, so I will also think about that.

It will be some time before I put one of these options into production.

The ‘Start with summary’ option is the fifth of block options, see linked picture. I hope that helped you right away.

https://github.com/bramwaas/wordpress-plugin-wsa-simple-google-calendar-widget/blob/master/simple-google-icalendar-widget/assets/start%20with%20summary.jpg

Regards,

Bram

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Hi Bram,

Thanks for your prompt reply. Looking forward to the higher level start date, that will also help in styling the different levels in CSS.

Regarding the “Start with summary”. This is unfortunately not showing up via Elementor, where I’m editing my website. See attached screenshot: (https://imgur.com/a/oXrpLmg). Is there a workaround how I can still enable this feature?

Best regards,

Marijn

Hi Marijn,

Could it be that you use the Widget not the Block.

I have kept the old-fashioned widget for users who already used the widget, but I stopped further development of the lay-out.

So I have the newer lay-out options like start with summary only developed in th Block.

If you use the widget I hope you can replace it by the block then the option should be available?

If that is not a solution let me know. Then I will look at the issue again tomorrow and try to find a solution or work-around soon.

Regards

Bram

Hi Bram,

Thanks for thinking along. Not sure if I do something wrong but I can’t see the block in the normal wordpress page builder anywhere. See figure: (https://imgur.com/a/kSGTvMB) It’s not appearing under the blocks, or should it be located somewhere else? Just to be sure, I’m running the latest version of WordPress, Version 5.8.3.

Within the Elementor builder I can only see the old widget, see picture, last widget at the bottom, (https://imgur.com/a/SD5V3C8). Without the “start with summary” option, unfortunatly.

Regards,

Marijn

Hi Marijn,

Thanks for your reply it is a pity that this was no solution for your issue. Now I have to dive deeper. I hope to have a solution within 14 days. If I see a work-around earlier I will report it.

When I looked at the site for which I build this plugin for that runs in Wp 5.9.5 with the block in the side-bar widget area I see the same issue with the block settings. So I can make a test- environment where I can reproduce that issue.

I know nothing about elementor, but I will make an environment with your version of Wp. And elementor for further tests and better answers to your questions. If necessary I will update the lay-out of the old-fashioned widget.

In answer to your current questions:

The first figure is the right place to find the blocks, but only the text blocks are shown, there are many more than are showed in this picture. You can scroll down or search with ‘ical’. With that key you should find both the old-fashioned widget and the block.

In the second figure I see that elementor only shows the old-fashioned widget, but I would be curious what is diplayed under the tile Block.

Version -5.8.3 is not the latest version of Wp. 6.1.1 is the current newest version, v6.2 is coming soon and as I mentioned In one website I use 5.9.5. But this is not an excuse, my plugin should work with 5.8.

Regards,

Bram.

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Hi Bram,

Yes, I know there are many more blocks indeed, but non of them shows your block. Your other question about the “Block” widget in Elementor, also nothing shows up there. I’ve literally looked everywhere ;).

Furthermore, you’re right and I see there are newer versions of WP. Weirdly WP’s dashboard says I have the latest version. Don’t know what happens there.

Thanks again, and it would be nice if there will be a solution in time. In the meantime I have found another plugin that does the job as well. So no rush.

Best regards,

Marijn

Blocks of this plugin are not working in versions below 5.9.

After some testing with WP 5.8.3 with and without Elementor I only could get the Legacy widget working. After some time I remembered that the version of the blocks I use works only good from a certain version of WP and indeed I found this in my Installation section:

For WP 5.9 and higher: As soon as you activated the plugin, you should see a new block ‘Simple ical Block’ in the (block) Editor in the category Widgets.

Meaning that you need wp 5.9 or higher to use the Block lay-out.

If it took me so long to conclude this I can’t blame other users at all. So I will also clearly state this in the Details section.

I still will make further developments and new lay-outs only available in the block.

Publish version 2.1.1 as solution for this support issue.

Added new lay-out for block with first date line on a higer level li. ‘Start with summary’ toggle-setting changed in ‘layout’ select-setting with options ‘Startdate higher level’, ‘Start with summary’, ‘Old style’.

After some testing with Elementor:

As far as I can see the Elementor editor is not compatible with Gutenberg blocks. Therefore synchronized widget lay-out with block layout by largely using the same code.

In widget use ID based on timestamp in blockid setting. To be sure that ID in frontend is the same as in admin form. (this was not always so with the ID based on instance-id of widget).

Added reset ID in settings to change the ID once and in the same time clear the transient cache which is named after the blockid. Removed clear cache now setting in widget because ResetId is more reliable.