Display Grouped Events more sensibly when grouped by event

Out of the box vBulletin displays events that are Grouped by Event by their eventid. Seems kind of dumb as they should be grouped by the starting date or some more logical criteria. This simple change does just that. BTW - I did a search and didn't see this posted so if I missed it mea culpa.

NOTE: This change impacts only the FORUMHOME display. If you are running the Upcoming Events modification for vBa CMPS you can make these same change to the minicalendar.php module.

In index.php find

// ### TODAY'S EVENTS #################################################

if ($vboptions['showevents'])

Replace with

// ### TODAY'S EVENTS #################################################

function compare_dates($a, $b) {
        // only used when sorting events grouped by event id
        if ($a[0] > $b[0])
                return 1;
        if ($a[0] < $b[0])
                return -1;
        return 0;
}

if ($vboptions['showevents'])

A bit further down find

                ksort($events, SORT_NUMERIC);

Replace with

                if ($vboptions['showeventtype'])
                        ksort($events, SORT_NUMERIC);
                else
                        uasort($events, 'compare_dates');

That's it! Almost too simple.

[Chriss74]

Thanks! Simple, but effective hack.

Greetings,
Chriss

[YLP1]

I just reread the instructions and seen the index page....sorry for this post.

[YLP1]

I placed this code in my index page but I am getting this error.

I am running version 3.0.7. What did I do wrong?

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_ELSE in lpsforum\index.php on line 285

[tgmorris]

Originally Posted by YLP1

I placed this code in my index page but I am getting this error.

I am running version 3.0.7. What did I do wrong?

This should work fine with 3.0.7. What editor did you use to modify index.php?

[YLP1]

Originally Posted by tgmorris

This should work fine with 3.0.7. What editor did you use to modify index.php?

Notepad.

[tgmorris]

Originally Posted by YLP1

Notepad.

Did you cut/paste the new code or type it in? If you typed it in I'd guess you missed a ';' along the way.

[YLP1]

I cut and pasted...... I have a new problem as well...... I have over 30 events for the Month of April and yet it displays a message that there are no events in the next 30 days....the calendar shows all the events FYI...

Any idea on what I did wrong here?

[tgmorris]

Originally Posted by YLP1

I cut and pasted...... I have a new problem as well...... I have over 30 events for the Month of April and yet it displays a message that there are no events in the next 30 days....the calendar shows all the events FYI...

Any idea on what I did wrong here?

What value to do you have in ACP -> vBulletin Options -> Forums Home Page Options -> Display Calendar Events?

Do you have any other changes to your vB index.php file? While there have been some changes in the TODAY'S EVENTS section they wouldn't imapct the way this hack works. If it's still not working feel free to PM me just the modified section of code from ## TODAY'S EVENTS ## to ## LOGGED IN USERS ## and I'll take a look to see what I can spot.

[YLP1]

Originally Posted by tgmorris

What value to do you have in ACP -> vBulletin Options -> Forums Home Page Options -> Display Calendar Events?

Do you have any other changes to your vB index.php file? While there have been some changes in the TODAY'S EVENTS section they wouldn't imapct the way this hack works. If it's still not working feel free to PM me just the modified section of code from ## TODAY'S EVENTS ## to ## LOGGED IN USERS ## and I'll take a look to see what I can spot.

acp has:
30 days for Display Calendar Events
10 Comments per page
Display Holidays: Yes
Upcoming Event Type is group by date

Am I allowed to post the code here (between Today's Events and Logged In Users)?

[YLP1]

Hi TG..... I removed the mod and then redid it......and now it's working....I musta had a blond day that day....thanks for your help, I really appreciate it.