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Can "Current and Upcoming Events" be put in a block?
September 23, 2014, 07:14:19 pm
I have just discovered the "Current and Upcoming Events" feature in Civi.  Until the last Civi update, we had a View that listed events in a block on the front page.  I would like to go with something a little less home-cooked and use the "Current and Upcoming Events" feature, but I would like to display it as part of the front page in a block rather than on its own.

Can this be done without hacking code?  I am doubting it myself, because I've looked at that page on several sites and have never seen it used as part of another page.

Thanks!

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Re: Can "Current and Upcoming Events" be put in a block?
September 23, 2014, 07:19:33 pm
Views is the standard way of doing this, afaik. Nothing wrong with doing that.
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Re: Can "Current and Upcoming Events" be put in a block?
September 23, 2014, 07:20:49 pm
Yeah, I guess I need to learn how to use it.  It's been Greek to me so far.

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Re: Can "Current and Upcoming Events" be put in a block?
September 23, 2014, 07:29:42 pm
Okay, I just noticed, in my block list, a block called "CiviCRM Upcoming Events," but I can't get it to display.  I have it enabled for all content types, and it is set (for testing purposes) to display on every page in the main content pane.  I also have given the "View Event Info" permission to even anon users.

Any ideas why this block won't show up?

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Re: Can "Current and Upcoming Events" be put in a block?
September 24, 2014, 01:02:03 pm
nope - unless you didn't set its 'which pages to show on' correctly - by default it is set to only show on civi pages, so won't show up on drupal side but sounds like you tried that.

i just added it to our site to confirm it all worked fine and it did.
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