[Plugin: Events Manager] How to customise Events List page?

So I figured it out myself. Don’t know if this is the correct/best way to do it but it works for me. NOTE: EVENTS MANAGER PLUGIN PEOPLE… it would be great if you could add this ‘how to’ to your documentation to help out other noobs who might be struggling like me – or if it IS there already, make it more obvious because I couldn’t find it. (But other than this issue I must say I am VERY HAPPY with your events plugin! Thank you.)

I copied the events-list.php from the plugin directory to my theme:
wp-content/themes/twentyten/plugins/events-manager/templates/events-list.php

and then I changed this line:
echo EM_Events::output( $args );

to:

echo EM_Events::output(array('format'=>
'<a href="#_EVENTURL" border=0>$mycustomphpstuffiwantedherethatdoesntshowifiuseformats</a>
<B>#_EVENTLINK</B><br/>#_EVENTDATES #_EVENTTIMES<BR/><i>#_LOCATIONNAME, #_LOCATIONADDRESS, #_LOCATIONTOWN </i><br/><a href="#_EVENTURL">Details & map</a><HR>',
 'limit'=>20, 'pagination'=>1));

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we’ll be making more tutorials in the near future, once we get through some of the major feature upgrades over the coming months.

Thank you so much for your code Debsch! This saved me a lot of time and headaches.

One question though, it works like a charm, the only thing I can’t get to work is the #_EVENTIMAGE or #_EVENTIMAGE{x,y} placeholders. I’ve tried both without luck.

These show without a problem on the single event posts, but not elsewhere such as the homepage. Any idea how to get them working?

Just to update my message = I discovered that images uploaded through the Events Manager default “Submit an Event” page showed. If added through the WP-admin using the upload media link, it does not show.

Now to find out why #_EVENTEXCERPT shows ALL of the #_EVENTNOTES instead of just 40 or so words… ??

Thank again Debsch!

sohum pls don’t double post.

@sohum, are you using the Read More link in the WP WYSIWYG to create the break for the excerpt?

Hi Chris, I wasn’t.

The site will allow for readers to submit events and the WYSIWYG is disabled for this reason.

I also didn’t want to rely on reader to include the break at the appropriate point. Could foresee readers wanting their event to standout, for example, and them not adding a break which would affect the site layout.

My solution was to add a limited height to the div displaying the events, and then use css to control the overflow. Nasty hack…

Thank you! This helped me out a lot.

MichelleLeslie

what help u?

Great code, Debsch, thanks a lot!!

THANK YOU WORDPRESS and thank you ME!
12 months later and I had completely forgotten how/where to edit the events list page. So thanks for the reminder!
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