Hey guys,
i have a problem with the UpcomingEvents function of the event_calendar module in SilverStripe 2.4. I'd like to display the next 5 events on the startpage in a sidebarbox. I tried using $UpcomingEvents directly and

function UpcomingEvents()
{
return DataObject::get_one("Calendar")->UpcomingEvents(5);
}

which I found in another thread. Both don't work. I get some HTML with empty links:

<div id="events">
<ul id="Menu1">
<li onclick="location.href = this.getElementsByTagName('a')[0].href"><a href=""></a></li>
<li onclick="location.href = this.getElementsByTagName('a')[0].href"><a href=""></a></li>
<li onclick="location.href = this.getElementsByTagName('a')[0].href"><a href=""></a></li>
<li onclick="location.href = this.getElementsByTagName('a')[0].href"><a href=""></a></li>
</ul>
</div>

and yes, I only get four of those.
Thanks for your help.

oleze

It returns a dataobjectset. You can't just put $UpcomingEvents on your template. You have to loop through each event in a control.

<% control UpcomingEvents %>

Okay, dummy fault...
So now I get no events (but there are).

Post your code?

function UpcomingEvents()
{
return DataObject::get_one("Calendar")->UpcomingEvents(5);
}

and

<div id="events">
<% control UpcomingEvents %>
$UpcomingEvents
<% end_control %>
</div>

Output is just the <div>

You need to loop through the events.. It works just like any other control block.

<ul>
<% control UpcomingEvents %>
<li>$_Dates : $Event.Title</li>
<% end_control %>
</ul>

Okay, that makes sense when using control. I'm using Image Gallery's RecentImages function and that works without control but the control-element makes styling much more flexible.

Thank you for your help.

I struggled with the $RecentImageGallery function. That's a pretty bad breech of the MVC pattern do bundle that much markup into a single template variable, but ultimately I decided it was worth it due to all the Javascript and CSS dependencies with the popup plugins.

Glad you got it working, though!