Category single page from static page

did you mean something like this https://pastebin.com/MSe9SvBq ?

no, this requires me to edit the php. as i’m using Visual Composer to create the pages, i’m not being able to reproduce the same layout as required by the client.

i see that the header and the footer of the page is managed by the plugin, it uses the category-single.php just for the main content. i was wondering if i could use another page layout and just put this loop inside it, using CONTENTS placeholder

I’m afraid that this is not possible at the moment except for using wordpress custom taxonomy templating. however, you can check Events > Settings > Formatting > Event Categories

i ended up using a php template that get the same page as the category archive.

i’m posting the code here, in case someone needs it:

get the page id set for the category page
$page_for_category = get_option('dbem_categories_page');

get this page content

$category_page = get_post($page_for_category);
$page_base = $category_page->post_content;

the default code for the category single loop

global $EM_Category;
$page_content = $EM_Category->output_single();

replaces CONTENTS (what the plugin uses to replace content) with the category single loop

if(preg_match('/CONTENTS/', $page_base) ){
	$final_content = str_replace('CONTENTS', $page_content, $page_base);
	echo $final_content;
}

and that’s it!

hey fksr,
thanks for sharing your solution. Unfortunately I dont get it. Could you please tell me what single steps to do?
Like creating a new php-file for the new single page. then adding what code where.

Thanks!
MBR

Events Manager allows you to create templates inside your theme that are used instead of their default templates. all these files must be placed inside your theme, on the folder plugins/events-manager.

for example, if you want to create a template for the single category display, create a file named category-single.php on this folder. to list categories, create a categories-list.php. more information on this here: https://wp-events-plugin.com/documentation/using-template-files/

i used the code above on category-single.php.