As of version 0.9.8 you can display more specific event information from your MF Gig Calendar WordPress plugin on any Pages or Posts by including simple variables in your short code.
[mfgigcal id=event_id] – display only one specific event
[mfgigcal date=YYYY-MM-DD] – display events that are happening on a particular day
[mfgigcal range=YYYY-MM-DD:YYYY-MM-DD] – display a range of dates (START:END)
Note: The archive navigation will not be displayed.
Examples
Below I’m including a few specific examples using the shortcode variables. I’ve listed the specific shortcode that I inserted in this post, and below each shortcode sample you’ll see the resulting content. Hope this helps!
Display a Specific Event
Shortcode: [mfgigcal id=1486]
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Thu02May2013
TRI-FI in NYC
9:30pm-12amSmall's Jazz Club
W10th St
NYC
Join us as we present a bunch of brand new music.We hope you’ll come see us in person, but in case you’re geographically challenged and just can’t make it to the show you can watch us live online through Smalls website!
Streaming live on SmallsJazzClub.com
9:30pm-12am – two sets!
Display a Specific Date
Shortcode: [mfgigcal date=2013-03-11]
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Mon11Mar2013
TRIO with Gregory Ryan & Vinnie Sperrazza
6-10pmHillstone
E54th & 3rd Ave
NYC
The music of James Williams!James Williams would have celebrated his 62nd birthday last week. In addition to his beautiful music, he was a dear friend and mentor to me. We’ll be celebrating his memory with a bunch of his tunes.
I’ve been playing on the Steinway B tucked in the corner of the lively bar in this steak-n-ribs joint with some fantastic musicians 2-3 times a week since 2002! No cover charge and the food is delicious. Come for the music. Stay for the spinach and artichoke dip!
Display a Date Range
Shortcode: [mfgigcal range=2013-03-08:2013-03-14]
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Fri08Mar2013
with Curtis Stigers
Bix Jazz Club
Stuttgart, Germany
Learn more about Curtis Stigers on his website.Matthew Fries – piano
Cliff Schmitt – bass
Matt Skelton – drums
James Scholfield – guitar -
Mon11Mar2013
TRIO with Gregory Ryan & Vinnie Sperrazza
6-10pmHillstone
E54th & 3rd Ave
NYCThe music of James Williams!James Williams would have celebrated his 62nd birthday last week. In addition to his beautiful music, he was a dear friend and mentor to me. We’ll be celebrating his memory with a bunch of his tunes.
I’ve been playing on the Steinway B tucked in the corner of the lively bar in this steak-n-ribs joint with some fantastic musicians 2-3 times a week since 2002! No cover charge and the food is delicious. Come for the music. Stay for the spinach and artichoke dip!
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Wed13Mar2013
with Vinson Valega Group
7-9pm55 Bar
55 Christopher St.
NYC
Come celebrate Vins’ birthday! Bring cake. Bring presents. Chris Bacas – tenor/soprano sax
Matthew Fries – Fender Rhodes
Gary Wang – bass
Vinson Valega – drumsWe’ll be playing a bunch of Vins’ original music. Fun vibe, fun music, fun times.
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Thu14Mar2013
TRIO with Gregory Ryan & Joe Strasser
6-10pmHillstone
E54th & 3rd Ave
NYCI’ve been playing on the Steinway B tucked in the corner of the lively bar in this steak-n-ribs joint with some fantastic musicians 2-3 times a week since 2002! No cover charge and the food is delicious. Come for the music. Stay for the spinach and artichoke dip!
I’m trying to put together something new for thecomedycatch.com at the URL above whereby the first page shows 1 act then I’ll create another page for more shows…
Is there a way to do this without having to go into each page and change the range each week?
Also is there a way to remove the title link all together so that it isn’t clickable because when clicked, it will then show the archive on the individual listing
Hey Mark – thanks for checking out the plugin! The shortcode requests you’re asking for are coming in the next version. I think. I’ll be adding a way to show a limited list of upcoming events – either a simple number (show 1 upcoming event) or a range based on the current date (show events this week for example). I’m trying to squash a particular bug before I release it so it’s been a little delayed.
Disabling the title links – you’d need to remove the Calendar URL in the settings (but that’s probably not what you want since that will also remove the link from the widget and RSS feed). You could do it with jQuery/javascript too easily enough if you know your way around that. I’ll add disabling that link to my to-do list. Thanks for the suggestion.
Well, all I can say is this is by far the best plugin for what I need. I’ve tried 10 or more others and they just didn’t produce a ‘blurb’ or render almost like a post. Forgot to mention that a ‘read more’ option would be great for long description of acts coming soon.
Hi, Matthew!
Just want to say I love your plug in! Quick question (I hope): Is there any way to get multiple gigs in one day to show up in time order? I often have an afternoon gig and then a night time gig in the same day. I list them as two separate gigs, but for some reason, the later one always shows up on the top of the list. Thank you!
Hi Deb – The events/gigs are sorted by date only (trying to keep it simple and not require a time). Then if there are two events on a day, they just appear in the order in which they are sent from the database, which in most cases is based on the order they were created. So – for me – when I have multiple gigs on one day that aren’t showing up in the correct order I just use the “duplicate” button to recreate the gig that SHOULD be appearing second on the list. Then delete the old one that was showing up in the wrong order. You may need to do the opposite if your server is spitting the events out in reverse order for some reason. Sorry it’s not more elegant than that, but it seems to work in my case… Hope that helps!
He Matthew,
Lovely pluging. The limit option does not seem to work. Want to have latest event shown in home page. I’m using: [mfgigcal limit=1]. What do i do wrong?
Instead it shows all two events of July I entered.
Looks like you found your own answer (you explained it in your comment on this post). Thanks for catching that error! I’ll get an update out shortly that includes a fix.