Admidio Events

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   Widget settings on Widget admin screen.

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   Collapsed view on front end screen with theme Twenty Thirteen. Clicking on Widget title switches to expanded view.

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   Expanded view on front end screen with theme Twenty Thirteen. Clicking on Widget title switches to collapsed view.

Installation Instructions

Plugin Installation

Detailed installation instructions can be found in the WordPress Codex.

Widget Settings

• Title
  Widget title.

• Enter the event RSS feed URL here
  URL to file rss_dates.php of your Admidio installation, like so: http://YOUR_DOMAIN_HERE/adm_program/modules/dates/rss_dates.php.

  Examples
  URL for English Admidio demo server: http://www.admidio.org/demo_en/adm_program/modules/dates/rss_dates.php.
  URL for German Admidio demo server: http://demo.admidio.org/adm_program/modules/dates/rss_dates.php.

• Date format setting in Admidio
  This option has to be set to the date format setting in Admidio (see Administration – Organisation preferences – Organisation and regional preferences). Hint: As possible, the time format setting in Admidio should be set to either H:i or h:i.

• How many events would you like to display
  Maximum number of events displayed.

• Display event title with date
  If checked, the event date is appended to the event title. Especially useful for collapsed view as otherwise only the event title is shown.

• Date font color
  Here you can select a font color for the event date that is different from the event title color.

• Start with expanded view
  If checked, the Widget displays all event data after a page load.

How can I toggle between collapsed and expanded view?

Just click on the Widget title.

I can toggle between views. But there is a strange box showing up in the upper right of the Widget. What’s that?

Very likely this is because the free icon font Genericons is missing. This font has to be available with your WordPress installation. Either by using a theme that includes Genericons out of the box (for example Twenty Thirteen or Twenty Fourteen) or by using a Plugin that adds Genericons to your theme (for example Genericon’d).

I cannot toggle between views. If I click on the Widget title, nothing happens.

This is because some themes use css class names that are different from WordPress standard. Unfortunately it cannot get fixed easily. Instead please try one of the most popular themes that have been tested with Admidio Events: Customizr 3.1.17, Twenty Thirteen 1.2, Twenty Fourteen 1.1 worked out of the box. Eighties 1.1.0, Los 1.1.0, Oxygen 0.5.4, Twenty Ten 1.6, Twenty Eleven 1.8, Twenty Twelve 1.4 worked after installation of Plugin Genericon’d.

I need a membership management system for my club. Where can I find more information about Admidio?

You can find an English page about Admidio on SourceForge. Or use the German home page of Admidio.

Is there a possibility to play around with Admidio without installing it before?

There are Admidio demo servers available. Here you can check, if Admidio’s features fit to your needs. You can choose between an English Admidio demo server or a German Admidio demo server.

The Widget doesn’t display event data but a message. What does it mean?

• Error when fetching event data.
  This message shows up if the URL to the file rss_dates.php doesn’t work. Perhaps caused by a typo, because the Admidio server is down or simply because you are offline.

• No event data available.
  Everything is fine, just Admidio doesn’t provide any event data. Most likely because no events have been scheduled.

• Invalid event data.
  The Widget wasn’t able to detect the event date. Typically caused by different settings for date format in Admidio and Admidio Events. Or by an RSS feed with wrong content.

What will happen if I don’t set the time format in Admidio as suggested (H:i or h:i)?

The worst thing that could happen if you choose a different time format, is a wrong order for events on the same day. Normally the Widget shows the upcoming events in chronological order. The next event will be on top of the list. For most of the events only the event date is important for sorting. But if there is more than one event on the same day, the event time is used to put the events in correct order. If the time cannot be detected due to an unknown time format, Admidio uses 00:00 as the event time.

Where can I see Admidio Events in action?

The Widget is used on the homepage of my sports club. This page is in German but I’m pretty sure you’ll find the Widget anyway.

Which languages are supported?

Admidio can be installed in five different languages: Danish, Dutch, English, French, German and Italian. Admidio Events is currently available in English and German. If you like to help with the translation to another language, please send me a note.

1.0.0

• First released version.

0.4.2

• Further improvements for file readme.txt (part II).

0.4.1

• Further improvements for file readme.txt.

0.4.0

• Addition of url scheme http:// to RSS feed url if it has been omitted.
• Readme.txt updated.
• Screen shots added to folder assets.
• Tests done with the currently most popular WordPress themes: Customizr 3.1.17, Twenty Thirteen 1.2, Twenty Fourteen 1.1 worked out of the box. Eighties 1.1.0, Los 1.1.0, Oxygen 0.5.4, Twenty Ten 1.6, Twenty Eleven 1.8, Twenty Twelve 1.4 worked after installation of Plugin Genericon’d.

0.3.9

• Replaced some code in PHP 5.4 syntax by code that is compatible with older PHP versions.

0.3.8

• Added option to adapt to date format setting in Admidio. (Time format in Admidio has to start with ‘H:i’ or ‘h:i’.)
• Changed feed cache time from one hour to one minute.

0.3.7

• Added color picker to select date color.
• Improved error handling when wrong RSS feed url is given.
• Improved handling if user has a nervous finger when changing views (queueing prevented).
• Moved css and js files to subdirectories.
• Pointed author uri in header to PlugIn directory.

0.3.6

• Updated stable flag in readme.txt (forgotten in version 0.3.5 =8-}).

0.3.5

• Added banner for Plugin Directory.
• Deleted default RSS feed URL and added it to installation instructions.
• Improved switching between collapsed and expanded view on devices with small screen: Now the whole widget title can be clicked.
• Restricted usable html tags in description to break tag.

0.3.4

• Added Widget option for initial view.

0.3.3

• Improved expanded/collapsed view button.
• Updated readme.txt with hint regarding Genericons font.

0.3.2

• First version hosted by WordPress.