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Chris Hodgson
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November 12, 2012 at 1:25 pm
Hi
I would like to use the plugin for sporting events but am unsure on the best approach to achieve this (ie using the custom post type or the event itself). I need it to do the following …
1) filter events using venue and category drop downs
2) display a table of results on the event page (ie entered via a rich text field)
3) listing only events with results
Many thanks in advance
Chris
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Jonathan Wilson
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November 12, 2012 at 3:34 pm
Hello Chris,
Thank you for your interest in Event Espresso.
1) We do have shortcodes that will allow you to display events by category.
2) Can you explain this one a little more? What results are you referring to?
3) This one to? What results?
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Chris Hodgson
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November 13, 2012 at 4:19 am
Hi Jonathan
Thanks for your reply, here is come clarification…
1) I would like a search widget with dropdowns for category and also venue as a means of filtering events
2) I need the option of adding custom fields but as WYSIWIG so I can enter results for sporting events in table format (this is normally achieved with plugins such as more fields or advanced custom fields).
3) I want to show events by category but only those with the results meta field filled in (normally achieved by adding the meta_query parameter to WP_Query)
If the events are stored as posts then I should be able to achieve the above using custom queries
Hope this makes sense
Thanks
Chris
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Chris Reynolds
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November 27, 2012 at 3:13 pm
1) I would like a search widget with dropdowns for category and also venue as a means of filtering events
These are two different things. A search widget, by default, is not the same thing as a dropdown menu. In the past people have built dropdown menus to display a list of events by category. We also have a shortcode that can be used to search your active events and will autocomplete if the query is found in an event. But I don’t see how it would be possible to combine both things. Do you have an example site that does this that you can link to?
2) I need the option of adding custom fields but as WYSIWIG so I can enter results for sporting events in table format (this is normally achieved with plugins such as more fields or advanced custom fields).
Adding custom fields to an event? Yes, using Event Meta.
Via a WYSIWYG? That would need to be custom developed.
3) I want to show events by category but only those with the results meta field filled in (normally achieved by adding the meta_query parameter to WP_Query)
Probably possible, but you’d need to edit the template files to filter by the event meta value.
If the events are stored as posts then I should be able to achieve the above using custom queries
They aren’t. You can use the Custom Post Types feature and create an Espresso Event post with each event you create, and then create some custom templates for the post type. In that case all the event data is passed over as post_meta, in which case you could do some of what you’re looking for, but it’s important to remember that you can’t add events from the post type — you still need to use the Event Espresso menu to create the event and then the event is converted into a post (either a blog post or an espresso_event post if you have custom post types turned on).
Does that answer your questions?
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