[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #10449: Add Calendar Events as first-class data type

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#10449: Add Calendar Events as first-class data type
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 Reporter:  mikeschinkel     |       Owner:                            
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  new                       
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Unassigned                
Component:  General          |     Version:                            
 Severity:  normal           |    Keywords:  calendar events post types
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 I am coming across the need to incorporate a calendar of events into sites
 more and more often. There are [http://wordpressgarage.com/plugins
 /wordpress-calendar-plugins/ many different calendar plugins] but they
 have different features and all of them store calendar events differently.

 I'd like to propose a standard "''calendar_event''" type be added to
 ''wp_posts'' to include start date/time and end date/time in
 ''wp_postmeta'' or added to the ''wp_posts'' table itself, whichever is
 preferred. In addition, functionality to add a calendar event (as there
 currently is for posts and pages) and a rudimentary events calendar
 display both with lots of hooks for plugins to enhance.

 If we do this then calendar plugins can provide cumulative functionality
 instead of only providing mutually exclusive functionality.

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