- Can I use GigPress to list shows for multiple bands?
- Not at the moment, no. This functionality is in the works for a subsequent version of GigPress. A current workaround is to use the Tours feature to divide up your shows by band. Keep in mind though that your RSS feed and hCalendar data will always use the “band name” from your GigPress options page in their output.
- Is there a way to alter how my tour dates are displayed (ie. alter the structure of the table)?
- Not presently, no. The actual table markup is hard-coded into the function. There are, however, a few settings on the “Options” screen that alter the display (”Group shows into tours?”, “display tours before/after non-tour shows”, and “Display country column?”). The CSS classes that I’ve applied to the various headers, rows, and spans within the display table should get you pretty far in customizing your look and feel as well.
- What about the upcoming shows sidebar listing? Can I change what info it displays, or change the structure of the list?
- Nope - but again, it’s all classed-up for you. There’s even a class for the very first item in the list, and the very last item in the list, if you want to do something with, say, rounded corners or what have you.
- My “Upcoming shows” display looks all lame and unstyled. What gives?
- It could be that your theme is missing the
wp_head()hook in the<head>section of the template. GigPress needs that in order to link to its style sheet, which makes stuff look pretty. - Will my tour dates show up in my site’s RSS feed?
- No, they won’t, as they exist outside of WordPress’ world of posts and comments. But as of GigPress 1.1, your upcoming shows have their own RSS feed, which you can access at
http://yoursitename.com/?feed=gigpress. - Is the GigPress RSS feed compatible with the FeedBurner FeedSmith plugin?
- Unfortunately not. The FeedBurner plugin intercepts all feed traffic from your website, so if the plugin is active, it will redirect the GigPress feed to your FeedBurner feed.
A workaround is to disable the FeedBurner plugin, and instead hard-code your FeedBurner feed URL into the
<link>element in the<head>portion of your page, replacing the default WordPress feed URL.
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