THE MOLITOR FORUMS » Topic: Event Publish Date

THE MOLITOR on "Event Publish Date"

THE MOLITOR — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 10:17:55 +0000

Hi there,

Sorry, not sure how I missed this thread originally...

That's correct, the event date is controlled via the publish date. This was a design/usability decision I made so that the theme can make use of the built-in WordPress dating system, which allows the size of the theme to be extremely slim.

Also, if you ever switch themes in the future, you would lose that custom field data, which I felt was a bad usability feature.

Hope that explains things a bit.

Best,

Chris

Tendergrasp on "Event Publish Date"

Tendergrasp — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 04:53:49 +0000

It's the published date for the post, which to me is very inflexible. Once you figure it out (It's in the notes provided) it works, but a separate value would be amazing.

Valoros - google 'wordpress meta (or custom fields) template tag' for info - it's pretty simple copy/paste job once you take the time to read :)

valoros on "Event Publish Date"

valoros — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 04:14:02 +0000

Did you get a response on this? I need the slider to show a custom field date instead of the post date.

Tendergrasp on "Event Publish Date"

Tendergrasp — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 03:01:36 +0000

I need this info too - not at all obvious and a bit disappointing for an events theme. Thanks!

michaelpmiller4 on "Event Publish Date"

michaelpmiller4 — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 15:18:20 +0000

How can we set the event date and time? We can only set the publish date. Do we need to add a plugin like events manager?

We want the Hover Animation Box attached to the event to be the event date.