UW-Madison Events Calendar

1.5.0

Deprecated
This version deprecates strftime() calls (deprecated in PHP 8.1; to be removed in PHP 9) with date().

Implementations that use the uwmadison_events_group_by or uwmadison_events_date_formats filters should update those filters to also use date() formats.

For the uwmadison_events_group_by filter, return a PHP datetime format instead of a strftime() format string.

For the uwmadison_events_date_formats filter, it now passes an arugment for $unix_time which is the Unix time integer representation of an events start date and time. When overriding or adding to the formats array, use date() with the passed $unix_time value to generate your desired date format string.

1.4.0

• Replaces short-lived physical_location field from 1.3.0 with has_hybrid_format field which is a new boolean that indicates if an even has both a phycial and virtual location. If an event has only a physical location, the location field will show the location (note that a user can enter the word Online or Virtual in the freeform location field at today.wisc.edu – rare, but possible). If an event has only an online format, the location field will read Online (as prior to 1.3.0). If an event is hybrid, the location will show the physical location. The virtual_url field will have the online stream or website for details. NOTE: The default WordPress tag for showing an event listing does not show any location info. The new has_hybrid_format only applies if you add custom templates in yur child theme.

1.3.0

• DON’T USE THIS VERSION. Pulls in two new fields from the today.wisc.edu API: virtual_url and physical_location. virtual_url is the URL users enter if their event has an Online option. The legacy location will now also indicate if an event has both a physical location and an online option. The location for a hybrid event will read, e.g. 200 Bascom Hall (also available online). The new fields allow you to show both a physical location and a virtual option, each with a link to either the campus map or the URL for the online event. NOTE: The default WordPress tag for showing an event listing does not show any location info. These new fields only apply if you add custom templates in yur child theme.

1.2.5

• Tested up to WordPress 5.7

1.2.4

• Changes the API base URL from http to https

1.2.3

• Replaces deprecated create_function with anonymous function

1.2.2

• Includes start and end params for function that builds a URL query
• Adds sponsor and tags as additional items to pull from the API
• Ensures limit option gets set – otherwise causes php warning that variable is unset.

1.2.1

• Adds code to test if the plugin’s functions and classes already exist, to help avoid errors in instances where the plugin code might be packaged into a theme or another plugin outside of WordPress’s plugin manager. This release otherwise adds no new or changed featues.

1.2.0

• This is released as a minor update because the widet now properly uses the before_widget and after_widget parameters. In the process, the hard-coded widget_meta CSS class has been dropped. Any styling based on this hook will break unless you use WordPress’s dynamic_sidebar_params filter to add that class yourself.

This version also allows the widget to set the header tag, which default to h2.

1.1.9

• Cleans up a few minor PHP notices

1.1.8

• Adds filter for changing the default date string to group events by

1.1.7

• Adds url data attribute from today.wisc.edu

1.1.6

• Adds handling for wp_remote_get errors; returns FALSE

1.1.5

• Adds uw_map_url field with map.wisc.edu URL for location building if available