How can I filter a blog view to display only future events?

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12 years 9 months ago #28155 by grabit

How can I filter a blog view to display only future events? was created by grabit

Hi,

I have to create a menu item to display automatically in a blog view only items from one category and all child categories where the specific date field is newer than today (not yet released).

How can I do that?

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Flexicontent 2.0 RC8 r1461

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12 years 9 months ago #28156 by ggppdk

Replied by ggppdk on topic How can I filter a blog view to display only future events?

Such "Scoping" capabilities is currently only available via Universal module

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12 years 9 months ago #28158 by grabit

Replied by grabit on topic How can I filter a blog view to display only future events?

I understand that it is not possible with a menu choice but how can I select the items on a blog?

If it is possible in the module it must be possible in a blog view with a query?

By the way I must sort the releases by date and the module can't do that for the moment.

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12 years 9 months ago #28166 by ggppdk

Replied by ggppdk on topic How can I filter a blog view to display only future events?

I ll check and add sorting by custom field to FLEXIcontent module, as this quite useful

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12 years 9 months ago #28626 by grabit

Replied by grabit on topic How can I filter a blog view to display only future events?

I will explain my needs to everybody so maybe someone have a bright idea to help me.

In my category (films), I have all the film distributed past, present and future.

The date of the release is stored is a date field called release

In my blog I would like to show only the present and past items (about 98% of the category) and at the bottom of the blog I have a Flexicontent module with a scope on the release field to show the future releases.

GGPPDK propose me to use the module for the past releases too.

But I will have pages and the module can't do that.

All suggestions are welcome.

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12 years 9 months ago #28632 by micker

Replied by micker on topic How can I filter a blog view to display only future events?

hello i do it in categorie_item.php
put you date field in renderonly
and use this in code
after

Code:

$tmpl = $this->tmpl;

put

Code:

$now = new DateTime();
$now = $now->format('Ymd');

and after

Code:

<ul class="leadingblock">
		<?php for ($i=0; $i<$leadnum; $i++) :
$enddate = $items[$i]->fields['Dfin']->display;
$enddate = new DateTime($enddate);
$enddate = $enddate->format('Ymd');
$now = date('Ymd', strtotime('+1 day'));
if( $now <= $enddate) :
?>

where Dfin is your name field
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