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Dave Edwards
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February 4, 2014 at 3:28 pm
Hello,
I am really struggling to get what I want out of the plugin, I have two uses for it and Im sure its manageable but I cant just quite get the format right.
I have event pages which are posts on my site, for example a running event post http://sportforstreets.com/great-manchester-run/
In the bottom right I have the single event which is currently listed but from here I want to put a sign in button (similar to the one to the right) which links to the registration page and then confirmation email. I would also like this to have a limit for attendees on too.
That sounds simple enough but I just dont seem to be able to figure out how to format the single event.
Can you help?
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Dean
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February 5, 2014 at 12:39 am
Hi Dave,
The event you linked to (in good old Manc!) is broken slightly due to the reCAPTCHA system – you need to either add in an API key or disable reCAPTCHA in the general settings.
Because I can’t see the full event I’m not 100% sure what exactly you are referring to.
If you could fix the event or clarify the URL (or both) I’m happy to take another look and help you out.
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Dave Edwards
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February 5, 2014 at 1:36 am
Dean,
Thats great, I have it working now. What is the best way to edit the way this looks as you can see on my page that it isn’t very appealing. There is a lot of space and I feel it could be tidier.
http://sportforstreets.com/great-manchester-run/
What is the best way of editing the shortcode so that it appears how I would like it?
All I am looking for is:
Event Title:
Date: Spaces left:
Name:
Email:
reCAPTCHA
Sign up now button
This will then take it to the registration page and email which I think I may have sorted now.
THanks
Dave
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Dean
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February 5, 2014 at 3:10 am
Hi Dave,
To achieve that you will need to get your HTML & PHP hat on and edit the the template file, in this case it is the registration_page_display.php.
You can copy that file and the registration_page.php file (important!) to uploads/espresso/templates directory and edit them there to avoid updates deleting your changes.
Please note that modifying these files will affect ALL of your registration pages, as the single event shortcode uses the same template.
Also please note that it will have to be:
First Name:
Last Name:
Email:
or a similar structure as the plugin requires the first/last names individually.
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Dave Edwards
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February 5, 2014 at 7:19 am
Dean,
I have opted for a simpler method to avoid messing with code and changing core files.
I am now looking to have a registration page for each event with a button to link to it. I know this is possible but when I take the URL for this it always forwards me to a total events registration page with everything on my site.
I can click through to a single event page from here but need to change the coding of that page with a [raw] tag.
I also need a fixed URL for this so that I can link it to a button elsewhere on the website.
I’m sure someone else has used Event Espresso for similar activity, do you know of any other cases?
Thanks
Dave
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Tony
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February 6, 2014 at 2:16 am
Hi Dave,
Could you post up an example so we can see what is happening please?
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Dave Edwards
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February 6, 2014 at 2:40 am
Yes,
Its under the Great Manchester Run page which I think is automatically generated. So click the ‘sign up now’ button.
I have found by inverting the sidebar the problem stops but then I have had to change my navigation and I want to keep it the same.
http://sportforstreets.com/event-registration/?ee=3
Thanks
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Dean
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February 6, 2014 at 5:30 am
Hi Dave,
I went to the Great Manchester Run page (http://sportforstreets.com/great-manchester-run/), clicked the Sign Me Up button and it correctly goes to the event registration page.
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Dave Edwards
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February 6, 2014 at 5:32 am
Yes, it should.
The issue is that the box is pushing my sidebar out of place.
Dave
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Tony
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February 6, 2014 at 6:14 am
HI Dave,
The reason the sidebar is being pushed away is due to the container div being closed before the sidebar is loaded.
Do you have any custom templates running?
Within the theme – page.php perhaps with a rouge closing div tag?
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Dave Edwards
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February 6, 2014 at 7:19 am
I had one which I wasnt using and deleted it. I have checked all of the code on Page.php and it seems legit.
For now I have settled for inverting the sidebar as I need it looking neat. Not ideal but will have to do.
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Tony
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February 6, 2014 at 7:41 am
Just to give you a better idea of where this may be output from, it is the closing div tag here http://d.pr/i/HIgv which is closing the ‘Main Container’ above http://d.pr/i/tTKW
Looking at the code that should not (and is not on other pages) be closing until after the footer.
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