MotoPress TimeTable Plugin Documentation

Updated on January 11, 2017

Overview

Quick start guide

Installation

Add Columns

Add Events

Add event category

Add event tag

Add timetable to a page

Export/Import your your data

Shortcode settings

Override Templates

Overview

MotoPress Timetable plugin is an easy manageable timetable-building tool for

constructing schedules of various events (lessons, conferences, concerts, etc.) and

featuring Upcoming events in the additional widget. It comes with clean modern

interface and responsive design.

Quick start guide

It’s pretty easy to start working with the plugin! Please, follow these steps:

1. Install the plugin and find ‘Timetable’ on your WordPress dashboard.

2. Add Columns: Timetable > Add Column.

3. Add Events: Timetable > Add Event.

4. Add timetable to a page.

Installation

After downloading the plugin you should have motopress-timetable.zip file on your

computer. This is a compressed file with all the plugin data. Here the steps to follow to

install it:

1. Log into your WordPress dashboard and go to Plugins > Add New.

2. Click the Upload Plugin button.

3. Click the Choose File button > find the plugin archive on your computer.

4. Click Install Now.

5. Click Activate.

Add Columns

Once after plugin installation you should add Columns and only then add Events in

order to assign them to columns.

To add Timetable columns, navigate to Timetable > Add Column

● Name a column.

● Write a description.

● Choose the column type: Simple Column, Day (any day of the week) or Date

(exact date). Day and Date column types are connected to the present moment,

namely, if the events take place currently or in near future, they’ll be displayed in

the Upcoming Events widget in the sidebar.

● Set the Column Order in the righthand menu bar. All of the created columns will

be stored under Timetable > Columns

Add Events

The events will be featured in the actual timetable and the details of each event will be

displayed on its individual page.

To add a new event, please go to Timetable > Add Event

● Name the event.

● Write its description. It’ll be displayed on the event’s page

● Add time slots of the event:

- Choose the Column this event will be displayed in. Use the dropdown

menu.

- Specify Start Time and End Time of this time slot.

- Write its description. It’ll be displayed on the event’s page just like a

regular post.

- Select the Event Head (a person responsible for the event). It’ll be shown

in the timetable.

● Apply the general settings:

- Adjust colors. Using the color picker choose the Background Color,

Background Hover Color, Text Color, Text Hover Color.

- Set Custom Event URL to redirect the site visitor from the timetable to any

external page.

- Enable/Disable the link you set.

● Write an excerpt if needed.

● Click Publish or Save Draft.

Add event category

The events can be presented under separate Categories and can be further chosen in

shortcode parameters. To add a new Category, please go Timetable > Event

Categories.

1. Give a name



to the new event category.

2. Put the ‘slug



’ if needed or leave it intact and the URL for the Category will be

generated automatically according to the Category name.

3. To make the category a sub one, define its Paren



t category by choosing from the

Parent drop-down list. Please note, there should be at least 1 category added earlier.

4. Fill out the Descriptio



n field which will go along with the Category title.

7. When you finished setting up the Category, click the Add New Event category



button

on the bottom.

Add event tag

To add a new tag, please go the Timetable > Event Tags

1. Put the tag Name



2. Define the ‘slug’



to customize the URL of the item.

3. Choose the Parent



tag from the drop-down list if you want to make this Tag a sub

one. Please note, there should be at least 1 tag added earlier.

4. Put the Description



of the tag if needed.

5. Press Add New Event Tag



button on the bottom.

Add timetable to a page

You are able to add your timetable directly to a page or post. To do this, please

navigate to Posts > Add New



or Pages > Add New



in your admin dashboard. Then

follow these easy steps:

1. Open TinyMCE.

2. Find ‘TimeTable’ icon on its dashboard and click it.

3. Set the preferable shortcode settings.

4. Click Add Timetable.

Export/Import your your data

If you have the data to import to your timetable, upload your files in .xml format via

Timetable > Export / Import > Browse

If you want to export the Timetable data, navigate to Timetable > Export / Import > click

Export

Shortcode settings

Adding the shortcode, you are free to apply the following settings:

● Set the



amount of columns.



If you select certain columns only, all events of the

selected columns will be displayed in the timetable.

● Select the events



to display in the timetable. If you select certain events only, all

the chosen events will be displayed in the timetable. If you select certain columns

and certain events at a time, the selected events only will be displayed in the

selected columns.

● Select the event categories



to display in the timetable. If you select certain

categories only, all the events of these categories will be displayed in the

timetable. If you select certain columns and certain categories at a time, the

events under the chosen categories will be displayed in the timetable. If you

select certain columns, events and categories at a time, the events under the

chosen categories will be displayed in the chosen columns (additionally,

uncategorized chosen events).

● Choose the hour measure



(1 hour, half hour, quarter hour).

● Set the



filter style



: drop-down list or tabs.

● Specify the filter label



for All Events.

● Display/hide: All Events view, First (hours) column, empty (without events) rows

● Set the certain event parameters: display/hide title, time, subtitle, description,



and

user.

● Tick Yes to disable Event URL.

● Specify the



event text alignment



: center, right, left.

● Assign a unique ID



if you are going to use several timetables on a page.

● Specify the Row height.

● Set Responsive option



to Yes (a horizontal scroll bar will be removed on desktop

and the list view will be set on mobile devices) or to No (the horizontal scroll bar

will be displayed on desktops and mobile devices).

Override Templates

There are few ways to customize default output of TimeTable content, event page,

category layout, widgets, etc:

– using actions and filters.

– overriding plugin templates

Override post type page and category templates

In order to override plugin templates you should copy template file from plugin folder, paste it to

root folder of your active theme and modify this file.

“For example to override Event page template you should copy file at

wp-content/plugins/mp-timetable/templates/



single-mp-event.php

paste to

wp-content/themes/yourtheme/



single-mp-event.php

and modify it.”

Override parts of page templates

In order to modify parts of template you can also use actions and filters. Or you can override file

completely. Note: you should create proper structure:

“For example: to override Sidebar Widget layout you should copy the following file

wp-content /plugins/mp-timetable/templates/widgets/



widget-view.php

paste it to

wp-content /themes/yourtheme/mp-timetable/widgets/



widget-view.php

If your active theme is Child one the template should be copied to its folder

wp-content /themes/yourtheme-child/mp-timetable/widgets/



widget-view.php

and modify it.”

Templates Search Priority

● Child Theme

● Parent Theme

● Plugin