How to load the latest events inside a article

[kaduci]

Hello there,

I'm a beginner user of JEvents. I'm trying to embbed it inside an article. I managed to do that by using the Load Component Plugin in Joomla 1.5.23. Here is the way I'm loading the component:

{component url='index.php?option=com_events&Itemid=484'}

However, by doind that, the events from all categories are shown. I just want to show the events of just one category. I've tryied to perform it this way:

{component url='index.php?option=com_events&Itemid=484&catid=148'}

However I failed to load the events from the desired category. Does anyone has an idea of how I can load the events from an specific category using the Load Component plugin?

Thanks in advance

[Geraint]

Use the load module joomla content plugin
{loadposition xxx}

[kaduci]

Hi, Geraint.

By using the loadposition, can I put some parameters to point out what category I want to load?

[Geraint]

Create a special instance of the latst eents module in a special position you have created and then load that position.

[kaduci]

Hi, Geraint.
thank you so much for your reply. I managed to do you recommendation.
However, I would like to show the events as a calendar layout, which is structured by month and years, including the category colors in the events. By using the loadposition, I just get a list as a plain text.

[Geraint]

Then it looks as though you either need to load the main JEvents components (year list) or create a template override for the latest events module (http://www.jevents.net/jevents-15-topme ... jevents-15)

[kaduci]

Hi, Geraint.

Thank you again for your prompt reply.

I managed to load the JEvent component inside the article by using the Component Load plugin. It seems fine so far. I took the following steps until reach the desired result:

1. I've created a menu link of JEvent type; I set the category I wanted to filter in the parameters for the component on the link's parameters;

2. Inside the article I wanted to load the JEvent component, I put this code:

{component url='index.php?option=com_events&amp;Itemid=<ID>/view_year/'}

where <ID> is the ID of the created link on the Step 1.

This way, the JEvent component filtered by the category I set on Step 1 is loaded inside the article. I think it's working well. But, I don't know whether this is the best solution. In the case of a crash at some point, I'll follow your recommendation, which seems to be the right solution to take.

Thank you!

See ya.