You often ask how could you create event using wordpress, organize jobs meeting, party or holidays with your friends and contact them easily ?
Then “Post Event” is THE events plugin for wordpress you are looking for!

Post Event allows you to define event information (date, location, schedule…) directly in the post administration page. All event information is automatically displayed in the post page (single.php), including Google Maps AND iCal link (integration in your agenda) without any code modification!

It is very usefull (Google Maps and iCal integration), high-performance and can be use for any event.
We have based the development on wordpress structure, without any modification of the database (events details are loaded as meta of the posts).
The plugin is provided in english and french but can be translated in any languages (.po file included).

Installation

This plugin will be located in the WordPress plugin folder and activated from the admin panel.

* Download the plugin here: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/post-event,
* Upload the plugin to the wp-content/plugins folder in your WordPress directory (wp-content/plugins),
* Activate in your admin panel (under the “plugins” section).
* Don’t forget to define a google key in the admin/settings menu ! This key will allow you to generate google maps for your events

-> What are the modification in the admin panel after plugin activation?

* A new meta box named ‘PostEventSectionId’ is created in the right sidebar when you edit or create a post. This is where you will be able to edit the event
* A new section “Post Event” is available in the option settings

-> I want to display in my home page the 5 next events of cat “evenementSportif”. Can we do that?!

Of course You just need to call “query_events” function, with the same arguments as the standard query_posts:

<?php query_events(‘category_name=evenementSportif&showposts=5′); ?>
<ul>
<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post();?>
<li><a href=”<?php the_permalink() ?>”><?php the_title(); ?></a><small><?php echo mysql2date(get_option(‘date_format’), get_post_event_end_date(), true) ?></small></li>
<?php endwhile; endif; ?>
</ul>

-> What are the other functions I can call on the front side?

Functions you can call on front-side :
query_events: load event from databases and sort them by start date, by desc as default, Sort order could be change in admin panel.
get_post_event_ical: return event iCal document parametre: void.
get_post_event_start_date: return event start date parametre: void.
get_post_event_end_date: return event end date parametre: void.
get_post_event_start_time: return event start time parametre: void.
get_post_event_end_time: return event end date parametre: void.
get_post_event_place: return event place parametre: void.
get_post_event_as_object: return event as object: void.
the_post_event_html: display event details parametre: void.
the_post_event_map: display event map parametre: void.

-> How can I translate Post Event in my own language? =

To create a language file you have to create a document like: PostEvent-lang_LANG.mo wich is compiled version of lang_LANG.po.
To create a language file you need gettext and the command line to enter is : msgfmt lang_LANG.po -o PostEvent-lang_LANG.mo

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1. First screen shot corresponds to the general options (Google API Key…)

2. In the second screen shot, we can see all the event options (meta box): date, location…

3. Third screen shot corresponds to the event in the front side…