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May 23, 2014 at 5:27 pm

Hi Betty,

The uploads/espresso directory was something that was used in Event Espresso 3, and in Event Espresso 4 some files (like the invoice templates) can load from there.

That said, for your use case I’d recommend using the available hooks to change and add text. Overriding the entire template can cause a lot of maintenance headaches down the road. When you think about it, you’re proposing to copy over an entire file to another location with the end result to change a bit of text. This will lead to some trouble down the road. For example, when we add a new feature (like maybe promo codes) and it requires some changes to the same template that you’ve copied over to an alternate location, when you update to that new version the new feature will not work until you go back and reapply your changes to our new template.

So while it may seem like a hassle to use a function to change some text compared with editing a file directly, it can actually be a big time saver to use a filter function because it lets you, as they say, “set it and forget it”.

Here’s how you do that for the question you cited earlier:

If you look in the template, you’ll see there’s a filter:

<?php echo apply_filters( 'FHEE__registration_page_payment_options__select_other_gateway_lnk', __( 'select a different method of payment:', 'event_espresso' )); ?>

The filter allows you to change that text with a little function that can load from just about anywhere, like from your own little plugin or your theme’s functions.php file:

add_filter ('FHEE__registration_page_payment_options__select_other_gateway_lnk', 'my_custom_payment_message');

function my_custom_payment_message() {
    return '[We] accept payment by credit card or a PayPal account via PayPal.com.';
}

Alternatively, you might find it to work better to display your custom payment message above the PayPal button and not display the link to select a different payment method. Which can be done like this:

add_filter ('FHEE__registration_page_payment_options__select_method_of_payment_hdr', 'my_custom_payment_message');

function my_custom_payment_message() {
    return '[We] accept payment by credit card or a PayPal account via PayPal.com.';
}

add_filter ('FHEE__registration_page_payment_options__select_other_gateway_lnk', 'we_dont_accept_other_payment_methods');

function we_dont_accept_other_payment_methods() {
    return;
}

May 26, 2014 at 5:49 pm

Hi,

I’ve confirmed this solution will work on the current version of Event Espresso 4.2.4:

function ee_payment_options_paypal_optional( $translated, $original, $domain ) {
$strings = array(
 'After finalizing your registration, you will be transferred to the PayPal.com website where your payment will be securely processed.' => 'After finalizing your registration, you will be transferred to the PayPal.com website where your payment will be securely processed. A <strong>PayPal account is not required</strong> and you can pay with a credit or debit card.'
 );
if ( isset( $strings[$original] ) ) {
 $translations = &get_translations_for_domain( $domain );
 $translated = $translations->translate( $strings[$original] );
 }
return $translated;
}

add_filter( 'gettext', 'ee_payment_options_paypal_optional', 10, 3 );

It works by looking for that exact phrase and then replacing it with a new phrase (the text after the arrow =>).

Here is what it will look like:

http://cl.ly/image/2X3k2K0e2a0m

Cheers

—
Lorenzo