Specific event or category for Events Countdown element

I’m sending you credentials so you can take a closer look. We use the Events Countdown Timer from the Plugin Additions in the Avia Layout Editor. The only options for configuration are smallest & largest unit of time, whether or not to display the event title, the font size and the color. Nothing that lets us choose a specific event like the Event Countdown Widget that we can use when setting up sidebars in the Widgets area. See the Student Ministries Sidebar for an example of the Events Countdown Widget where we can choose a specific event.

I’m assuming the countdown element that we see in the Avia Layout Editor is provided by your theme instead of the plugin author, since that comes with your theme whether or not we purchase the Pro version of the plugin. But maybe I’m wrong in this assumption?

I thought about using the widget element in the Avia Layout Editor and selecting the Event Countdown widget so that I could choose a specific event, but I don’t really like the styling of that widget for use within a large section of a webpage. I’d prefer to show the countdown using the styling of your theme.

Also, for some unknown reason I cannot see the event in the countdown area today (see the homepage, close to bottom of page where it has a green section “next event starts in…”). The event has been displaying in here just fine until I did the last theme update. Now if I hover over the section, I can see that it’s there, but it’s not displaying on my screen. I’ve tried changing the font colors, but I still can’t see it. Any idea what would be causing this? When I look at the source code, the font color is different from the background, so I don’t understand why I can no longer see the event timer.

Yeah, strangely it just started to appear again and I did nothing to the site or the plugin. Wonder if it was some kind of caching issue with the browser as I don’t have any caching plugins installed.

Anyway, the main issue I was writing about was being able to specify an event in the Events countdown element that is accessible in the Avia Layout Editor. The only options for configuration are smallest & largest unit of time, whether or not to display the event title, the font size and the color. Nothing that lets us choose a specific event like the Event Countdown Widget (in Appearance -> Widgets) that we can use when setting up sidebars in the Widgets area. See the Student Ministries Sidebar for an example of the Events Countdown Widget where we can choose a specific event. We’d like to be able to do this (select an event) with the Events Countdown Editor element.

I’m assuming the countdown element that we see in the Avia Layout Editor is provided by your theme instead of the plugin author, since that comes with your theme whether or not we purchase the Pro version of the plugin. But maybe I’m wrong in this assumption?

Either way, can you please tell us if there is another version of this element that would let us select a specific event. If one is not available, can you please tell us how to change the code so that we can select a specific event? Thanks

I’m not sure if you’re understanding what I’m asking, so I’ll try one more time. The events countdown element (for use within the page builder) does not allow you to select an event for the countdown. It seems to simply show a countdown for the next event in the calendar. Here’s a pic of the element – you can see there’s no where to select or choose the event for the countdown timer. https://www.dropbox.com/s/gcxnxtp6ydps7ul/eventsCountdownElement.fw.png?dl=0

The Events Countdown Widget, however, lets you choose the event for the countdown timer. See this pic of the widget: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ni1uxuv6rru3ots/EventsCountdownWidget.fw.png?dl=0

My question is: Is there a way to modify the code (can you provide the code) so that the events countdown ELEMENT allows us to choose the event in the same way that the events countdown WIDGET does?

Thanks

I hope you’ll consider it for a feature in a future release.