• Searched thoroughly thru readily available documentation and found nothing succinct on how to format main calendar. Tried templates but couldn’t get any of them to work well or at all. (How is php templating enabled/disabled?)

    How does one customize the main calendar?

    Needed to be able to freely do:

    Set individual column widths (Fri-Sat-Sun need to be a different column width than other days.) Very Important. Was able to do this in old version of calendar.

    Format the cell layout: Set which elements appear, their sizes, and where. (Simple HTML is best here. Easy to work with).

    How bout a “My Calendar Lite” for us non-programmers? That would be would be a winner. No ticket functions. Less emphasis on programmers stuff. Check boxes, not code. Fill-in blocks, plus templates. Customizable short-codes with menus, not hardcore programming.

    The calendar itself is strong! Best of the WordPress calendars for what we do. Way too strong for a beginner, or someone who doesn’t sell tickets, and/or, is not a programmer.

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    http://bowlingquest.com/?page_id=55550

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  • Plugin Author Joe Dolson

    (@joedolson)

    If you haven’t enabled PHP templates (which is done at My Calendar > Settings > Display), then there really shouldn’t be anything different about how the calendar is customized than it was in previous versions. The only significant change is that if you want to add custom CSS, you can’t do it by editing files within the plugin. You have to add custom CSS in some other way; either via Additional CSS in the Customizer or by uploading a custom CSS file.

    It sounds like you were using My Calendar previously, and had implemented your changes before – did those just stop working? I’m a little unclear on what might have changed.

    There are no ticket functions in My Calendar; those are only in the My Tickets plugin, so there’s nothing really to change there.

    I suppose I could release a My Calendar lite…I’d feel kind of strange releasing a premium version of My Calendar that reduced functionality, but I guess I can imagine a market for it…

    You can widen the Fri-Sat-Sun columns using something like

    .sun,.sat.,.fri { width: 20%; }

    Thread Starter strikesrule

    (@strikesrule)

    Found that PHP switch.

    I try to stay away from CSS. Too cryptic for non-programmer.

    Yes I have been using My Calendar for years. I had implemented many customizations before forced upgrades of almost everything caused the whole system to break. I kept dated backups of site and used most recent version that worked, basically starting from there.

    The Lite version I’m suggesting is one that uses things like checkboxes to select instead of having to code, regular fill-in boxes instead of code, that still has a lot of control over elements without hardcore programming, comes with a few easily selectable templates with specifics in checkboxes and fill ins, instead of template code editing, etc. A much friendlier environment.

    There’s more.

    As versatile, strong, and programmable, the present free version is now, I think, it could be a Premium version with Pro as the next step, The Max. That’s just one opinion from a non-programmer. I’ve been trying a bunch of the suggested calendars and this one is top – BUT – the back end is way too complicated for normal human consumption.

    You can widen the Fri-Sat-Sun columns using something like

    .sun,.sat.,.fri { width: 20%; }

    Huh!?

    Not a programmer.
    What is this this? Where does it go? (This is why the Lite version request. Might make more sense with boxes where the percentages and/or sizes can be input as numbers.).

    Where does one find which version of My Calendar being used?

    Thread Starter strikesrule

    (@strikesrule)

    Where/What is the template that controls the Main Calendar? When I make changes to the shortcode for the calendar, the template changes the details popup, not the calendar itself. The above=, below=, time=, and weekends=, all effect the calendar, but the template= doesn’t.

    My Calendar Version in use might be 3.5.18.

    WordPress version is 6.6.2.

    I think the PHP version is 7.9.

    Newer versions of each have been tried and these are the latest that work on this site.

    I was thinking that the aforementioned Lite version might be the/a, free version, this version become premium, and the Pro version a step above that. Just an idea from not being a programmer. Im in a world of Check boxes, fill-ins, and pull downs.

    Thread Starter strikesrule

    (@strikesrule)

    Here’s working code for calendar column width for the theme and versions being used:

    ..mc-main .mon { width: 7%!important; }
    .mc-main .tue { width: 7%!important; }
    .mc-main .wed { width: 7%!important; }
    .mc-main .thu { width: 7%!important; }
    .mc-main .fri { width: 24%!important; }
    .mc-main .sat { width: 24%!important; }
    .mc-main .sun { width: 24%!important; }

    Found this in old style sheet.

    Plugin Author Joe Dolson

    (@joedolson)

    You can add those styles at WordPress > Customize > Additional CSS.

    The main calendar shortcode has three different views, and each has to be templated separately. Those settings at at My Calendar > Settings > Display, where you can turn on and off the various display elements for an event. That’s the no-code mechanism for customizing templates.

    Thread Starter strikesrule

    (@strikesrule)

    Thank you.

    Thread Starter strikesrule

    (@strikesrule)

    Since the upgrade, the days of the week no longer appear above the week dates. Only Sat & Sun are there. I changed nothing, only ran the upgrade.

    This kind of thing is why I run a plugin that stops automatic upgrades.

    Plugin Author Joe Dolson

    (@joedolson)

    You have the setting for grid-header-color and the setting for grid-header-background both set to #ffffff; there was probably a bug previously that that ignored your settings for one of those colors.

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