I am not sure if this is something that was overlooked by the programmers, but the featured events function is not very user friendly and hopefully you can help me make it an easier process...

1. Featured events obviously have an expiration date (when the event ends) and mixed with a limit of I think 10 total featured event tags, it doesn't make it very user friendly as we have to then go back through previous events and "un-feature" them before we can use the tag again.

How can I make it so when the featured event expires, the featured event tag is also automatically removed so we can use it on newer upcoming events? We currently have over 700 events at any given time so having to search through previous events is very cumbersome.

2. Probably easier to answer, but how do I increase the number of featured events or remove the limit altogether? Thanks,

Adam

Hi, Adam.

I remember that this issue was present in one of previous versions.
I can't login to your sites so... what version you're referring to?

I haven't upgraded to .14 yet, I am still on .12. Could this have been solved in the last two versions?

Adam

Hi, Adam.

Please, upgrade to JomSocial 4.1.4 and check if issue persist.
If yes, please, update this thread and I'll report it to our developer.

Just did full upgrade to 4.14 and confirm the issue still exists. In the mean time while it's being worked out, what function controls the limit on available featured tags? If I can at least change it to 100 in the mean time, it would buy us some time while a permanent solution is figured out (ie: featured tags expire when the event expires).

Thanks,

Adam

Hi, Adam.

Yes, as workaround you may increase limit of featured items in Backend -> Components -> JomSocial -> Configuration -> Layout: i.imgur.com/aKKXMiN.png

I'll report that issue to our developers.

Hi, Adam.

Please, try to run cron job and check if "featured" will be removed from old events.
If you don't have configured cron job browse to Backend -> Components -> JomSocial -> Monitor -> Mail queue -> Execute cron (button upper right).

Michal,

Thank you for following up. My problem right now is that the cron job does not seem to be working. I get a 500 error when I do it manually from the backend, and it appears that not all the profile/avatar images are being uploaded to Amazon s3. It feels like it's backlogged so I am not sure how to proceed on this one...

Adam

Hi, ADam.

Ok, so let me assign developer to your thread now, to help you fix cron job.
After it will be fixed, please check if cron job clears "featured" for old events.

Hi,

its a bug, but that bug will be fixed at 4.1.5.
here the fix that I put:
/components/com_community/tables/event.php on line 99 and 105
change

$date->setOffset

$date->setTimezone