=== Simple Events ===
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Tags: events, custom post types
Requires at least: 3.0
Tested up to: 3.1.2
Stable tag: 0.1.2

Provides theme developers with simple extensions to sites with events as a custom post type.

== Description ==
If the plugin detects that there is a custom post type registered with a particular name (either 'event' or '*_event'), it steps in and does a number of useful additional things:

* For front-end queries fetching events, returned posts are sorted chronologically, the oldest first.
* For front-end queries fetching events, by default only future events are returned. This can be overridden by setting the custom parameter `slt_all_events` in your posts query to `true`.
* In the admin listing page for events, an 'Event date' column is added.
* For particular queries, all actions performed by this plugin can be disabled by setting the custom parameter `disable_simple_events` in your posts query to `true`.

In addition, this function is provided for convenience. If an event date exists for the post in question, it returns that; if not, it returns the standard post date.

`<?php slt_se_get_date( $the_post = null ) ?>`

* **$the_post** (object) (optional) (default: global $post object)

== Installation ==
1. Upload the `slt-simple-events` directory into the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
1. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress

**IMPORTANT NOTE:** An Event Date custom field will be added to the event edit screen automatically if [my Custom Fields plugin](http://sltaylor.co.uk/wordpress/plugins/slt-custom-fields/) is active. Otherwise, make sure your event post type supports `custom-fields` (see `[register_post_type](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/register_post_type)`, and add dates to events with the format YYYY/MM/DD, e.g. 2011/12/21 - this format is required to allow sorting by this field.

== Changelog ==
= 0.1.2 =
* Added `disable_simple_events` parameter for posts queries
* Added function to consolidate tests for whether a hook should be applied
* Changed order in `slt_se_parse_query` to `ASC` (nearest upcoming events first in list)
* Changed detection of event post type to "event" or "*_event"

= 0.1.1 =
* Changed date format to allow proper sorting
* Removed `posts_join` and `posts_where` filters for WP 3.1.1+ - doesn't seem to be necessary

= 0.1 =
* First version