Show Only Certain Categories

Actually I figured it out. It’s not the best way to do it, but it will work perfectly for my scenario. I used a javascript switch command in jquery.init_show_calendar.js in the plugin’s JS folder.

Simple remove this line:

filter($jq('#aec-filter .all')); // filter: activate all'

And add your switch based on the page URLS.

In my case I wanted the calendar on http://www.yoursite.com/page1 to default to category 1 (.cat1), http://www.yoursite.com/page2 to default to category 2 (.cat2), and all others to default to the “all” option (.all).

var url = window.location.pathname.split("/")[1]; // finds the page name you are on based on the word after the first backlash in the url

switch(url){
	case "page1": filter($jq('#aec-filter .cat1')); // filter: default to page 1 events
	break;

	case "page2": filter($jq('#aec-filter .cat2')); // filter: default to page 2 events
	break;

	default: filter($jq('#aec-filter .all')); // filter: default show all events
}

Like I said… not ideal since it’s using page URLs to determine the cast, but it does work.

Be sure to repalce “page1” and “page2” with the URL names of your pages. You’ll also need to change .cat1 & .cat2 to the proper category ID.

Excellent!

It still doesn’t include any option to choose a category to default to, but that’s a pretty obscure feature and my solution works fine for now.

Thanks so much for your hard work, Eran. I can’t wait for reoccurring events. Your plugin with the best out there with that addition!

Awesome! Thanks so much, Eran. I always hate to change a plugin if I don’t have to.

Trust me, I understand the complexity of recurring events. I used to work for a software company that had to figure out that problem and it took FOREVER. Cloning would be awesome.