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Tom Parker
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May 8, 2013 at 11:15 pm
Is it possible to have a stand alone waitlist? I’d like to capture class requests and use them to decide when to schedule a class, but creating a free event to do this requires specific dates and times in order to display properly in the Event Overview. (Leaving the event dates or start/end times blank results in the event not being shown in active, which isn’t the end of the world.)
Ideally, I’d like a date-free waitlist that’s not tied to a primary event, and have that appear in the event listing. Is this possible?
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Dean
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May 9, 2013 at 5:47 am
Hi Tom,
You could set an event up and change its “Event Status” in the right hand option bar to Ongoing. It will still add in dates/times, but once created you can edit the event and delete and update the event.
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Tom Parker
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May 10, 2013 at 11:16 pm
Thanks so much for the response. I’m not familiar with the use of “Ongoing” events. If it still displays the date/time of the event, can you explain how this is different from an event with a status of Public? What feature does using Ongoing enable or disable?
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Dean
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May 12, 2013 at 11:19 pm
Hi Tom,
The main difference with ongoing is that it stays open, so even if the registration date and event dates have gone past, the event can still be signed up to unlike a regular event where once the registration period has happened they are closed.
Yes it does still show the time/dates initially, this is the way the system works, but these can be deleted after creation
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Tom Parker
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May 13, 2013 at 1:13 am
Thanks, Dean! Very helpful.
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Dean
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May 13, 2013 at 1:25 am
No problem, let me know if you have any issues with it.
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Tom Parker
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May 27, 2013 at 10:29 pm
Dean, it looks like when I delete event dates on an ongoing, it still shows the Date label. Any suggestions on where I’d need to made changes in order to not display the label? Or can I piece together a waitlist page with shortcodes that includes description and registration but not date/time info?
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Dean
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May 28, 2013 at 12:36 am
Hey Tom,
OK, this is easy and kinda easy.
Easy – the registration page date can be removed with a little bit of css added to your themes style.css or a plugin like My Custom CSS
.start_date { display:none; }
Kinda easy – the Event List for some weird reason does not have a CSS class associated with the date, just an ID, which means it is difficult to help without consistent modifications every time an event is added.
So for now we will need to modify the event_list_display.php template. On line 75 it says
<p id=”event_date- then some more code.
after the <p add class=”evlist_date”
Now in your themes style.css or the plugin add
.evlist_date {display:none; }
and the date is gone
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