Calendar Recommendations

  • Hi, everybody.

    I have just starting blogging and have uploaded a WordPress blog onto my site. I am now seeking recommendations for a calendar plug-in. It doesn’t have to be fancy (I have seen a few relevant to events planning, interactivity, etc.); I just want a simple calendar that fits into the side bar, and highlights the present date. That’s it.

    I look forward to hearing your recommendations. (Or your advice about which plug-ins to avoid).

    Regards,

    David

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  • Built-in. Just add a tag to whereever you want the calendar to show up (typically the sidebar.php).

    See this article for more info: https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Template_Tags/get_calendar

    Thread Starter davidb52

    (@davidb52)

    Thanks, HandySolo.

    That get_calendar function seems tied to the blog itself; it shows a month for which posts were made and highlights dates on which posts were made (unless I am mis-reading the information). I’d really just like a calendar that shows the current month and the current day highlighted, regardless of blog posts.

    Some PHP calendars are available elsewhere (independent of WordPress plug-ins and themes). The challenge is learning enough PHP to insert the code myself. I am hoping this route is not the only option available, so I’d certainly like to hear other recommendations.

    David

    you can use google calendar and use its RSS features to get the data on your blog..

    Thread Starter davidb52

    (@davidb52)

    Thanks for the Google Calendar recommendation. I am very new to Blogging, PHP, and RSS. Would you have step-by-step instructions available? I know almost nothing about PHP, so I hope there is no PHP coding involved. And I wouldn’t even know what file to edit.

    You might want to consider sinking some time and effort into learning a few basics to get a better grip on things ?? WordPress plugins handle a few things well (and if what you want to do is covered, great! no muss no fuss) but a lot of stuff you just have to DIY… but it’s worth doing. WordPress is a nice little sandbox to build up some coding skills from scratch.

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