mmc

<?php

	// event posts settings

	global $post;

	$i = 1;

	$currentdate = date('Y-m-d');

	$eventsloop = new WP_Query( array(

		'post_type'        => 'makemycalendar',
		'orderby'          => 'meta_value',
		'meta_key'         => 'makemycalendar_startdate',
		'order'            => 'ASC',
		'event-categories' => $category,
		'posts_per_page'   => 9999

	) );

	global $wp_query;
  	$eventsloop->in_the_loop = true;

	// event posts loop

	while ( $eventsloop->have_posts() ) : $eventsloop->the_post();

		$startdate = get_post_meta( $post->ID, "makemycalendar_startdate", $single = true );

		$startstring = strtotime($startdate);

		$starttext = date('M j, Y', $startstring);

		if ( $startdate >= $currentdate && $i <= $quantity ) { ?>

			<div <?php post_class(); ?>>

				<div class="mmc-event-thumbnail">

				<?php if ( has_post_thumbnail() ): ?>

					<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail(); ?></a>

				<?php endif; ?>

				</div><!-- .mmc-event-thumbnail -->

				<h4><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h4>

				<em><?php echo $starttext; ?></em>

				<?php the_excerpt(); ?>

				<div class="clear"></div>

			</div><!-- .post -->

			<?php $i++; ?>

		<?php } //end startdate and quantity conditional ?>

	<?php endwhile; ?>

<?php wp_reset_postdata(); ?>