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By nilfilter on
Hi there,
I am currently trying to set up an event calendar which needs to include 2 date fields since Date Repeat does not allow for adding events that are scheduled at varying times of the day.
Many of the events to be scheduled (e.g. exhibitions) have the following structure (both dates are repeated for, say, 6 weeks):
Date 1:
Mo. to Thu.
3 to 6pm
Date 2:
Sun.
11am to 2pm
When I create a new calendar using the provided template based on "Date 1", I get a neatly laid out calendar which lists all repeated events based on Date 1 correctly. In the date field settings, I set "Multiple values" to 1 and uncheck "Multiple field settings".
Now, when I add "Date 2" to "Date 1" in the predefined contextual filter (under "Date field(s)"), all of the individual events are displayed on every date one of the events occurs. I am fairly positive this description doesn't do my issue justice, here's a screenshot that illustrates it:
http://arponline.de/~nil/calendar_2_dates.png
In order to bypass this issue, I could, for instance, create the same event twice:
1 for the regularly scheduled event dates, and 1 for those with deviating times of the day (usually, but not always on weekends). The downside of this approach is: Every event gets listed twice, visitors will post comments on the same event in 2 different places.
I am not sure whether I am facing a bug here, or whether my approach is flawed. Probably the latter. Any idea how to tackle this task?
Thanks in advance.
