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October 13, 2019 at 10:58 am

Hello!

I have followed the documentation and cannot get a custom template for the events table to load.

Here is one thread that I used (there are several all giving the same instructions):
https://eventespresso.com/topic/changing-columns-in-the-table-template/

I copied the EE table template (espresso-events-table-template.template.php) from the table addon location to my child theme root directory.

Then, I used the shortcode to show the table in a page. I am able to see the table rendering just fine, but the customized file does not get used. Instead, I can confirm that the original EE template file is still used (I modified it temporarily to check).

I am also unable to get any override by creating a newly-named template file, putting it in the child theme root, and then using the template_file shortcode switch to tell the shortcode to use the new file. eg:
[ESPRESSO_EVENTS_TABLE_TEMPLATE template_file=espresso-events-table-template-custom.template.php]

Can you give me some tips for debugging this situation? It seems pretty straightforward – the instructions all say the same thing and other developers are able to do this.

Where should I look to figure out where it’s going wrong? Is it possible there is another setting that I need to make (or unmake) that will allow this table template addon override?

Thanks!