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October 3, 2017 at 1:40 am

i have a copy of the single-espresso_events.php in my child theme, if i edit this that works, but this is not displaying the event content information, if i remove the single-espresso_events.php file so everything is back to normal, i can see the ticket selector on that page, if i then copy single-espresso_events.php the ticket selector is gone. which file do i need to modify to pull in the single event information i have configured.

When you load a custom template you take full control of the output, so Event Espresso assumes you will also be calling the event details templates manually and no longer injects them into the_content.

However, we have a filter available to tell EE to continue to inject the content for you, add this to your child themes functions.php file:

add_filter( 'FHEE__EED_Event_Single__template_include__allow_custom_selected_template', '__return_true' );

Then retest.

currently we have everything linked up to the shortcode to list the events on our main pricing page https://lagaligoliveaboard.com/liveaboard-pricing, is there a shortcode that i can use to display only the single events, if so what is it

I’m not sure I fully understand what you’re trying to do but the only shortcode we have for a single event is the [ESPRESSO_TICKET_SELECTOR event_id=xx] shortcode which loads the ticket selector.

However, if that is to try and work around the above issue within single-espresso_events.php that’s not the correct way to do it.

if not, i have also copied across the content-espresso_events.php do i need to modify this file, which i have tried but nothing is being displayed in the single events page.

What are you doing with content-espresso_events.php?

October 4, 2017 at 1:43 am

Basically i need to change the layout and content for the single event page and as always EE does not make this simple without the need for a developer

You’re using a highly customized output for the event list (and now single event output), there’s not a lot we can do to prevent the need for a developer if you want to customize the output. We simply can’t set everything in shortcodes or create a ‘page builder’ type addon for EE, we are a small team and so need to focus developments on the features most requested, the ability to customize the output so heavily without the need of a developer is currently not on the agenda for EE.

so i’m assuming that i need to input all the code into this single-espresso_events.php file to call the required fields i want to display and also customize the layout.

single-espresso_events.php is the template used to output the single event details.

Yes all of the code can be input into that file if you want complete control over that output, or, you can use that file to call the_content and EE will inject the event details as it usually does (using the filter I provided above), if you do that you can also edit each of the individual templates EE uses to output the event details.

Each section is broken out into its own template, take a look here for more details:

https://gist.github.com/lorenzocaum/0a35fe4997992fdb1dc5

I need each event to look like the events on the main pricing page
https://lagaligoliveaboard.com/liveaboard-pricing
but instead of listing all i only need it to the event tied to that URL path for the event.

The developer that created that output can split up the content and use the templates from EE (the should be copied to your themes director then edited) or they can add all of the code to single-espresso_events.php to output the details in the way you are requesting.

I have no idea how your original developer created the other output so I can’t provide specific examples on what to break down in what template.