[Plugin: All-in-One Event Calendar] Show Past Events

almost got what i wanted with this:

[ai1ec view=agenda page_offset="-1"]

from the Calendar page’s GET URL’s i extracted and attempted to use the “page_offset” variable, but it appears it’s not accessible in this form.

I’d be interested in something like this so I can display historic events.

Any luck getting this to work? I need to show the last 30 days worth of events as well as future events.

here’s my work-around which makes use of the “Page Links To” plugin:

navigate to your all-in-one calendar in agenda view. then click “Previous events” which updates the view and inserts “ai1ec_page_offset=-1” into the url. copy this url and use it w/ “Page Links To” when creating a page.

strangely enough- this gives me 50/50 results!!? sometimes the page that should link here still shows current events. the hardest part is to figure out the inconsistency in this use.

view live here:
https://jamesmikusi.com/presentation-calendar/

for now this is all i gotz.

We are currently have functionality on the roadmap that will allow you to see the previous 30 days in Agenda view.

As well, there will be a setting to set your calendar to a default to a specific month

Does this solve your problem?

@sauril – yes, it would solve my problems.

it’s some nice added functionality but slightly off target for the desired need.

while the focus is to promote *upcoming* events, it’s also desired to have an archive of past events- which the plugin facilitates… but it doesnt provide an simple/easy means for *users* to access it.

as a developer i can find the “Previous Events” button from the calendar page- but i’m not so certain the 0.3 sec attention span of web surfers will find it obvious. as such it would be convenient to have a page/menu link directly to past events available.

@jimbox what would this look like to you? A main menu item that links to a calendar that starts at x days in the past?

i guess ideally “x” would be a configurable parameter into the past.

but more simply (for my purposes) something that just hooks directly into the url accessible by clicking “Past Events”:

#action=ai1ec_agenda&ai1ec_page_offset=-1&ai1ec_post_ids=

in an earlier post i suggest i tried to use the variable “page_offset” which seems to have the desired effect but found it wasnt accessible like other variables (ie: “view”):

[ai1ec view=agenda page_offset=”-1″]

I was wondering what it would look like to the user?

So they click a link that says “Past Events” and it take them to what? An Agenda view with x number of past events? A monthly calendar from the month before?

i guess example would be best. like this:

https://jamesmikusi.com/presentation-calendar/#action=ai1ec_agenda&ai1ec_page_offset=-1&ai1ec_post_ids=

this is the link generated by Agenda View and clicking “Previous Events.” unfortunately this is the only means by which it can be accessed (multi-click, not directly).

i have a page accessible linked here and in the menus using the plugin “Page Links To”- but for some reason it sometimes shows “current” events rather than previous. it maybe a problem w/ Page Links To.

(apologies for repeating previous posts)

Just run a query against DB


SELECT wp_ai1ec_events.post_id,wp_ai1ec_events.start
FROM wp_ai1ec_events, wp_posts
WHERE wp_ai1ec_events.post_id = wp_posts.ID
AND wp_ai1ec_events.start < CURRENT DATE
ORDER BY wp_ai1ec_events.start ASC
LIMIT 'X';

This is obviously, not a valid sql statement, but you know what I’m getting at..