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September 2, 2019 at 6:43 am

You can just add category_slug={category_slug} to the shortcode and continue to use the category_slug, so in your case it would become:

[ESPRESSO_EVENTS_TABLE_TEMPLATE category_slug=ajax-standard-first-aid template_file=espresso-events-table-template-toggle.template.php]

To display all dates add show_all_datetimes=true to the above, so now it would be:

[ESPRESSO_EVENTS_TABLE_TEMPLATE category_slug=ajax-standard-first-aid template_file=espresso-events-table-template-toggle.template.php show_all_datetimes=true]

September 3, 2019 at 6:28 am

So you’ve changed all instances of ESPRESSO_EVENTS_TABLE_TEMPLATE on those pages to use template_file=espresso-events-table-template-toggle.template.php?

If so, the default template is still loading and not the toggle template.

Any caching enabled on the site?

Note that as you are loading individual tables for each category, I recommend adding category_filter=false to each instance. The filters will only work correctly on the ‘first’ table loaded on the page.

September 4, 2019 at 4:05 am

and all I am doing is changing the category slug

But have you changed every instance of [ESPRESSO_EVENTS_TABLE_TEMPLATE] to now include template_file=espresso-events-table-template-toggle.template.php regardless of category_slug?

Or do you have a mix of shortcodes with and without the above?

How do i know if caching is enabled?
I activated a caching plugin – the default template is still loading

Caching plugins can cause this issue, they basically save a page after it has been constructed and then output that saved page to the visitor rather than rebuilding the page each time.

I asked if you had caching enabled as it would need to be cleared if so.

For now, disable the caching plugins and we’ll check this again later.

where do i add in category_filter=false?

Every additional shortcode parameter can be added to the end of the shortcode before the ] so to add category_filter=false to the above you can do:

[ESPRESSO_EVENTS_TABLE_TEMPLATE category_slug=pickering-sfa-blended-learning template_file=espresso-events-table-template-toggle.template.php category_filter=false]

Is there a support line I can call for assistance?

Event Espresso does not offer phone support, we have some details on why here:

https://eventespresso.com/wiki/why-we-dont-have-phone-support/

September 4, 2019 at 6:55 am

How about we try to isolate the cause of this issue a bit?

If you go to add a new page, and place this shortcode on it:

[ESPRESSO_EVENTS_TABLE_TEMPLATE template_file=espresso-events-table-template-toggle.template.php]

does it use the toggle template as expected?

If it does not, can you look in to your copy of the table template plugin and verify that there is indeed a file named espresso-events-table-template-toggle.template.php located within its templates folder?

September 6, 2019 at 7:17 am

It seems like the issue here is caching, and it may not event be related to any caching. Some web hosts add automatic caching, and when I check the http headers on the site, it’s showing caching related headers. This is a screenshot, taken from your site, of those headers:

https://slack-files.com/T02SY781D-FMQFMQKPU-8f5af974c3

You could contact your host and ask them how to rebuild the cache. Otherwise you could start fresh with a new page and add the template_file=espresso-events-table-template-toggle.template.php straight away to avoid issues with stale caches.

September 6, 2019 at 7:55 am

I don’t believe so, but you could contact your web host and ask them. They may be able to turn off caching at their end.