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Magic Fields plugin | Call featured Latest Events on sidebar

We had a code for showing in the sidebar for What's New and Upcoming Events but it stopped working. Here is the sidebar front-end.
http://cl.ly/3c1F0t001U2M0J0l0623

The content is managed using Magic Fields 1.5.7 and the back-end looks like this:
http://cl.ly/1h2U0c3S3p3A1v2X0E3J

When you check the boxes it should work, but after a WordPress upgrade or after reaching a number of posts no content is showing up, however in Firebug it seems the loop is working:
HTML Output:
http://pastebin.com/swD6pmZs

screenshot:
http://cl.ly/3Z1R2x313D2e2t393K2L

Here is the full code in sidebar.php.
http://pastebin.com/q0JfVKf5

Let me know if you think there is an issue with the code logic or a plugin bug and if you can help.

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Lucian Florian | 01/13/12 at 3:23pm Edit

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  • avatar
    Last edited:
    01/13/12
    3:32pm
    Sébastien | French WordpressDesigner says:

    have you change anything before finding this bug ?
    add a plugin ? upgrade magic field ? upgarde wordpress etc...

    • 01/13/12 3:36pm

      Lucian Florian says:

      We discovered this recently and I don't know when that happened. It happened after it reached a certain amount of posts I believe.

    • 01/13/12 3:39pm

      Sébastien | French WordpressDesigner says:

      what is the HTML outputed by your code ?

    • 01/13/12 3:39pm

      Sébastien | French WordpressDesigner says:

      OR could you give me the url of this page ?

    • 01/13/12 3:46pm

      Lucian Florian says:

      Here it is: http://pastebin.com/swD6pmZs

    • 01/13/12 3:49pm

      Sébastien | French WordpressDesigner says:

      replace your code by this code and tell me what is the output please


      
<?php
      
/**
      
 * The Sidebar containing the primary and secondary widget areas.
      
 *
      
 * @package WordPress
      
 * @subpackage Twenty_Ten
      
 * @since Twenty Ten 1.0
      
 */
      
function filtered($name){
      
	$name = strtolower($name);
      
	switch($name){
      
		case "press": 
      
			return "IPSO Press release";
      
		default:
      
			return $name;
      
	}
      
}
      
global $is_homepage;
      
$upcoming_event = array();
      
$upcoming_events = array();//create the array for the homepage events
      
?>
      

      
		<div id="primary" class="widget-area" role="complementary">
      
<?php
      
	/* When we call the dynamic_sidebar() function, it'll spit out
      
	 * the widgets for that widget area. If it instead returns false,
      
	 * then the sidebar simply doesn't exist, so we'll hard-code in
      
	 * some default sidebar stuff just in case.
      
	 */
      
	if ( $is_homepage) : ?>
      
			<h1 class="new">What's New</h1>
      
			<div id="slider1">
      
				<ul id="announcements" class="widget-container">
      
				<?php query_posts($query_string . '&cat=*'); ?>
      
				<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
      
				<? // if (get('new_item') && (get('new_removal_date')>=date("m/d/Y") || !get('new_removal_date'))) { ?>
      
					<li id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class(); ?>>
      
						<h1 class="new-category"><?php echo filtered(get_panel_name()); ?></h1>
      
						<h2 class="new-title"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php printf( esc_attr__( 'Permalink to %s', 'twentyten' ), the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ) ); ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
      
				<?php if ( get("new_custom_content")) : // Only display excerpts for archives and search. ?>
      
						<div class="entry-summary">
      
							<?php echo get("new_custom_content"); ?>
      
						</div><!-- .entry-summary -->
      
				<?php else : ?>
      
						<div class="entry-content">
      
							<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
      
						</div><!-- .entry-content -->
      
				<?php endif; ?>
      
					</li><!-- #post-## -->
      
				<? // } ?>
      
				
      
				<? //PUT THE UPCOMING EVENTS INTO AN ARRAY FOR LATER
      
					$event = get_group('Home: Upcoming Events Area');
      
					if(count($event)) {
      
						$e_info = array(get_the_ID(),
      
										the_title('','',false),
      
										get_the_excerpt(),
      
										get('upcoming_item'),
      
										get('upcoming_removal_date'),
      
										get('upcoming_custom_content'));
      
						array_push($upcoming_events,$e_info);
      
					}  ?>						
      
					</li><!-- #post-## -->
      
				
      
				<?php endwhile; ?>
      
				<?php endif; ?>
      
				</ul>
      
			</div><!-- end slider1 -->
      
	<?php else : ?>
      
		<?php if($post->post_parent)
      
		  $children = wp_list_pages("title_li=&child_of=".$post->post_parent."&echo=0");
      
		  else
      
		  $children = wp_list_pages("title_li=&child_of=".$post->ID."&echo=0");
      
		  if ($children) { ?>
      
		  <ul class="submenu">
      
		  <?php echo $children; ?>
      
		  </ul>
      
		  <?php } ?>
      
	<?php endif;// end primary widget area ?>
      
		</div><!-- #primary .widget-area -->
      
		<div id="primary_footer"></div>
      
	<?php 	if ( $is_homepage) : ?>
      
		<div id="secondary" class="widget-area" role="complementary">
      
			<ul>
      
				<h1 class="upcoming">Upcoming Events</h1>
      
				<?php 
      
				foreach($upcoming_events as $upcoming_event) {
      
					if($upcoming_event[4]>=date("m/d/Y") || !$upcoming_event[4] && $upcoming_event[3]){
      
						echo '<li><p class="title"><a href="?p='.$upcoming_event[0].'">'.$upcoming_event[1].'</a></p>';
      
						if($upcoming_event[5]){
      
							echo $upcoming_event[5];
      
						}
      
						echo '</li>';
      
					}
      
				}
      
				?>
      
				<!-- <li><p class="title">Embedded Systems Conference, Boston Sept. 20-23rd 2010</p> -->
      
				<!-- <p> – Include a pop up box with the following info – IPSO’s Chairman Geoff Mulligan to speak Tuesday evening from 6pm -6:40 pm at the ESC theater on the benefits of IP sensors for connecting the Smart Grid</p> --><!-- </li> -->
      
			</ul>
      
		</div>
      
		
      
		
      
		<div id="secondary_footer"></div>
      

      
<p class="button">
      
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
      
// Copyright © 2005 Voormedia - WWW.VOORMEDIA.COM
      
var i,y,x="3c6120687265663d226d61696c746f3a696e666f406970736f2d616c6c69616e63652e6f72673f7375626a6563743d47656e6572616c253230496e666f726d6174696f6e223e4950534f20496e666f726d6174696f6e3c2f613e";y='';for(i=0;i<x.length;i+=2){y+=unescape('%'+x.substr(i,2));}document.write(y);
      
</script>
      
</p>
      

      
<script src="http://connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1"></script><fb:like href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/IPSO-Alliance/281025795247310" send="true" width="280" show_faces="false" font=""></fb:like>
      

      
<div class="socials">
      
	<h3 class="feature-category">FOLLOW IPSO</h3>
      
	<ul class="clearfix">
      
		<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/IPSOAlliance" target="_blank"><img src="<?php bloginfo( 'template_directory' ); ?>/images/socials/fb-new2.png" alt="fb-new2" width="" height="" /></a></li>
      
		<li><a href="<?php bloginfo( 'url' ); ?>/feed" target="_blank"><img src="<?php bloginfo( 'template_directory' ); ?>/images/socials/rss-new.png" alt="rss-new" width="" height="" /></a></li>
      
		<li><a href="http://twitter.com/IPSOAlliance" target="_blank"><img src="<?php bloginfo( 'template_directory' ); ?>/images/socials/twitter-new2.png" alt="twitter-new2" width="" height="" /></a></li>
      
		<li><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/company/ipso-alliance" target="_blank"><img src="<?php bloginfo( 'template_directory' ); ?>/images/socials/linkedin-new.png" alt="linkedin-new" width="" height="" /></a></li>
      
	</ul>
      
</div>
      

      
	<?php endif;// end secondary widget area ?>

    • 01/13/12 3:57pm

      Lucian Florian says:

      It now shows all the posts for What's New area
      http://pastebin.com/eqNWx5q9
      http://cl.ly/140q2L163Q3b1b3V2h1I

    • 01/13/12 4:47pm

      Sébastien | French WordpressDesigner says:

      this is strange :

      get('new_removal_date')>=date("m/d/Y")


      i think you must explode and concanate dates to compare two dates.

      something like that
      $date = date("m/d/Y");
      $date = explode("/", $date);
      $date = $date[2].$date[0].$date[1];

      get('new_removal_date') must have the same form $year.$mont.$day
      and you can compare the dates

    • 01/13/12 4:47pm

      Sébastien | French WordpressDesigner says:

      "concatanate"
      not "concanate"

    • 01/13/12 4:52pm

      Sébastien | French WordpressDesigner says:

      Now, what's the form of 'new_removal_date' ?
      is it : year month day ?

  • avatar
    Last edited:
    01/13/12
    3:56pm
    Luis Abarca says:

    You should use global $query_string before use it too.


    
function filtered($name){
    
    global $query_string;
    

    
        $name = strtolower($name);
    
        switch($name){
    
                case "press":
    
                        return "IPSO Press release";
    
                default:
    
                        return $name;
    
        }
    
}
    
global $is_homepage;
    
//...

    • 01/13/12 3:56pm

      Luis Abarca says:

      You should use global $query_string before use it too.


      
function filtered($name){
      
    global $query_string;
      

      
        $name = strtolower($name);
      
        switch($name){
      
                case "press":
      
                        return "IPSO Press release";
      
                default:
      
                        return $name;
      
        }
      
}
      
global $is_homepage;
      
//...

    • 01/13/12 3:58pm

      Lucian Florian says:

      I added that. Still no change

    • 01/13/12 4:08pm

      Luis Abarca says:

      I dont understand the use of * in this line, i think you can delete that &cat=*


      
<?php query_posts($query_string . '&cat=*'); ?>


      Can you var dump the $post var in the loop and paste it the results ?

    • 01/13/12 4:20pm

      Lucian Florian says:

      I deleted that. Still does nothing. I agree code is advanced. Not sure if there is another way to write it.

  • avatar
    Last edited:
    01/13/12
    9:20pm
    Christianto says:

    Hi,

    this part of comparison could be failed

    if(get('new_item') && (get('new_removal_date') >= date("m/d/Y") || !get('new_removal_date')))


    you should use strtotime to compare it, I think date() is returning as string and could not be compare greater or less than.

    $removal_date = strtotime(get('new_removal_date'));
    
$current_time = strtotime(date("m/d/Y"));
    

    
if(get('new_item') && ($removal_date >= $current_time || !get('new_removal_date'))){
    
   // your loop content here
    
}


    Hope this help..

    edit: fix typos

    Previous versions of this answer: 01/13/12 at 9:19pm | 01/13/12 at 9:20pm

  • avatar
    Last edited:
    01/13/12
    11:55pm
    Kannan C says:

    Did you checked the input names of the 'upcoming' fields are same as old one? because the new version of magic fields plugin has a change in the input name structure forming than the previous. I previously faced the same problem after upgrading the plugin for one of my client.

    • 01/14/12 9:27am

      Lucian Florian says:

      As I mentioned is not the new version of Magic fields. It's the older one.

  • avatar
    Last edited:
    01/14/12
    12:26am
    Hai Bui says:

    I should post the the answer here but I think for this kind of problem (pretty hard to debug without seeing the data and doing testing), it's best you give WP admin access to one of the experts. You can PM me if you want. I'm sure we can fix it very quickly, it's better than guessing and trying everything here.

    • 01/14/12 9:28am

      Lucian Florian says:

      Since this would require more debugging indeed, I will give Hai Bui temporary access to the site.

    • 01/14/12 12:10pm

      Lucian Florian says:

      Hai Bui helped me solve the issues and did a great job!

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