Override Calendar Args via URL?

LiveWhale
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Our main events calendar uses an arg to exclude non-public events…
<arg id="exclude_category">Non-public</arg>

In widgets, you can include an empty arg to override saved settings like, <arg id="exclude_category"></arg>.

But is there any way to customize a calendar URL to override that setting such that those events will appear? I tried adding a parameter without a value like /events/calendar/exclude_category. But that doesn’t seem to work.

2

One trick I’ve seen in the past is using a GET variable? i.e. something like ?include_non_public=1 and then you can set your calendar_settings.html (or wherever your widget type=“events_calendar” code is) and have some XPHP in there that looks for the GET variable and changes the underlying setting in that case. Hope this helps!

3

Or, you could always set up a 2nd calendar on another page (there are ways of doing this in LWC and CMS) that shows the broader category/categories and then link out to that as needed.

4

I’m trying to avoid creating a second calendar page just for this instance. I’d rather just drop a widget on a page instead.

But if this user really prefers a calendar, the GET variable could work. Should be simple enough XPHP. Thanks for the idea.

5

I got this to work by adding this in the calendar widget…

<xphp if="include_non_public" type="get" value="">
    <arg id="exclude_category">Non-public</arg>
</xphp>

The exclude_category arg only gets added in the absence of the ?include_non_public URL parameter.

There is a caveat, though. That parameter is lost if the user navigates around the calendar, i.e., switching to month view, etc. So this may not be ideal.