... Does it matter if the container is published or not?
Yes, it does. The container won't appear and neither will the events inside it. However, I believe you can still go to a sub-page directly (by typing the URL in the browser address field or by way of an external link) and have that appear if it is, individually, still published. You just can't get to each sub page by way of the calendar (or menu if it is set up that way), etc.
...So I guess some of the wording at least for me is a bit confusing here to use this add-on. I have my container, and I put the events in it in the form of published documents, and I have my call for my calendar on my home page where it shows up like so:
[[!eventsCalendar2? &first_day=`1` &dateSource=`tvevent_date` &dateFormat=`%m/%d/%Y`]]
This I will put in a chunk once I get it working 100%. (It's a beautiful calendar btw and my hats off to the devloper). And so I get the events to show up just by dropping those documents into the container?
Yes, that should be it. If you look at my implementation of the calendar on this page:
http://67.222.24.164/~hawkresort/calendar-holiday-seasonal-events/
...that page that the calendar is appearing in
is the container. The events are separate pages that are existing inside of that container, as viewed in the resources tree in the control panel. Please refer to my attached image of my resource tree.
Got this all setup. So then I drop that tv into a new event document? I don't understand what is meant by "container can see it"
My own personal strategy is to create a separate template for these event pages with the date tv assigned to be visible by it, and only it. Even if most of the page looks identical to other pages with that being the only difference. That way, I can set the date TV to be seen only when the person editing is editing one of the event pages.
When I create the date tv, (or any tv) there is a tab at the top of the tv page labeled 'Template Access' where you set all the templates on the site whose pages are able to see that TV in the control panel.
Having a dedicated template with that date tv assigned to it assures that other pages don't even show the date tv in the control panel, for which there would be no use for it. Yes, it means having an extra template hanging around, but it avoids confusion for the person doing the event editing.
I have the feeling the above paragraph is confusing. Please let me know if I lost you there.
[ed. note: waizen last edited this post 14 years, 5 months ago.]
