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January 5, 2015 at 10:52 am

Hi Kevin,

These are the steps that we recommend:

https://eventespresso.com/wiki/custom-template-add-on/#cel_custom

Did you relocate a copy of the existing template as mentioned in the steps in the link above?

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Lorenzo

January 7, 2015 at 2:21 pm

Hi, could you relocate it here:

/wp-content/uploads/espresso/templates/

Also, could you share the exact shortcode that is in use?

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Lorenzo

January 8, 2015 at 11:24 am

Hi Anthony,

While it’s possible to override the Recurring Dropdown template, there are additional steps to take because unlike the events table template, the Recurring dropdown template is contained within a function. Along with that, there is a script and stylesheet that are loaded from the main function.

So your options are
Option 1: You make a copy of the entire REM template plugin, rename the copy to something unique, and deactivate the original.
Option 2:
Step 1) Copy the contents of the REM template plugin into /wp-content/uploads/espresso/templates/custom-recurring-dropdown
Step 2) Open up the index.php file and change the first add_action to:
add_action('action_hook_espresso_custom_template_custom-recurring-dropdown','custom_espresso_recurring_dropdown', 10, 1);
Step 3) Change the callback function name to:
custom_espresso_recurring_dropdown
Step 4) Change the file URL for the jQuery dropdown script:
wp_register_script( 'jquery_dropdown', EVENT_ESPRESSO_UPLOAD_URL . 'templates/custom-recurring-dropdown/js/jquery.dropdown.js', array('jquery'), '0.1', TRUE );
Step 5) Change the file URL for the jQuery dropdown stylesheet:
wp_register_style( 'espresso_recurring_dropdown_stylesheet', EVENT_ESPRESSO_UPLOAD_URL . 'templates/custom-recurring-dropdown/css/jquery.dropdown.css');
Step 6) Delete the code that hooks into PUE updates, ie the espresso_template_recurring_dropdown_load_pue_update function.

January 8, 2015 at 1:25 pm

To note the difference between the 2 replies above, the method @josh provided will also work but is basically a complete copy of recurring-dropdown which is then customized.

The method I provided will allow you to simply use a custom template.php file whist loading all of the original CSS and JS files that the default template uses.

Which is best to use, depends on what it is you are are changing.

January 9, 2015 at 6:48 am

@josh pointed out that the method I mentioned wouldn’t actually work with the current release version of the template. You needed the latest development version for this, which we have just released.

This update to the Recurring Events Template includes Multi Event Registration (MER) support (http://take.ms/8y6vR) using the shortcode parameter show_mer_icons=true.

You may want to take a look at this version, however automatic updates for this template will not work on this version, so if you would like use this version you will need to manually update.

This version works slightly different in that the HTML output is all within a ‘template.php’ file that can be modified (again the other above method will also work with this version). If you are happy with the current version there is no need to update, I just wanted to let you know it had been released.