Better documentation for Events list/detail template setup

I expected the events-custom.php page would be set up to work this way, but when I view that I get the full listing and not a list of events.

Yes, I have my event detail page listed under the Settings.

I've discovered that if I remove the line for 'filter'=>'eventSlug', then all of my entries will display. If I have that in my "event.php" file, then no entries are displayed.

The code in my event.php file is:

                perch_events_custom(array(
                    'filter'=>'eventSlug',
                    'match'=>'eq',
                    'value'=>perch_get('s'),
                    'template'=>'listing/event-detail.html'
                ));

and within my event detail page:

<div class="vevent">
    <h2 class="summary"><perch:events id="eventTitle" /></h2>
    <p class="dtstart"><span class="value-title" title="<perch:events id="eventDateTime" format="c" />"></span> - <perch:events id="eventDateTimeEnd" type="time" label="End time" format="%c" /></p>
    <div class="description"><perch:events id="eventDescHTML" type="textarea" editor="ckeditor" html="true" encode="false" /></div>
    <p><perch:events id="trip_full" type="checkbox" label="Trip full" value="Full" /></p>
    <p class="category"><perch:events id="category_names" encode="false" /></p>
    <perch:if exists="image"><img src="<perch:events id="image" type="image" label="Image" width="400" crop="true" />" alt="<perch:events id="eventTitle" />" /></perch:if>
</div>

Is the "eventSlug" field created automatically by the Events app?

Timothy,

I have a rough guide in a document that I was planning to turn in to a blog post, once I get my new site up, as I have been using both the news and events module recently, Let me know if you want me to share.

Thanks

Lee

The url's being generated are https://www.site.org/events/event.php?event=2014-08-13-blue-hill-bay-boat-tour

You could try:

'filter' => 'eventSlug', 'match' => 'eq', 'value' => $_GET['event'],

Regards

Lee

Thanks Lee, that worked great!

Thanks Lee,

I was also having problems clicking through from my listings page to the event page. So I checked the example pages and they also did not work for me either?

Clicking through to a listed event took me to an empty event page

So in the events.php file I replaced 'value'

<?php       
    perch_events_custom(array(
        'filter'=>'eventSlug',
        'match'=>'eq',
        'value'=>perch_get('s'), 
        'template'=>'listing/event-detail.html'
    ));
?>      

with 'value' => $_GET['event'], as suggested and now it's working fine.

<?php       
   perch_events_custom(array(
    'filter'=>'eventSlug',
    'match'=>'eq',
    'value' => $_GET['event'], 
    'template'=>'listing/event-detail.html'
    ));
?>      

I had this same issue with the example pages, no data displayed on the detail page. The solution put forth by Lee Goodman and Andy Clark —

'value'=>perch_get('s') replaced with 'value' => $_GET['event']

— worked for me, too.

I have a freshly downloaded and installed (never installed before) copy of the Events app (1.9) and a freshly upgraded Perch 2.6.6.

I experienced this behavior in a test site running on MAMP.

Thank you so much, Lee and Andy, I've been pulling what's left of my hair out over this for a day. This solution worked for me too!