Adding a additional Fields to Event Submit Form

[Gunnar]

Hello,

I’m trying to add several Fields to the public event submit form. The event organizer shall get an image field and another select field. Also the price needs a second input field.
My first, pretty hackish, approach was creating Custom Fields and rearrange them in all forms/views. But a custom Image Field is not given and I don’t know (yet) how to get the Custom Field in templates. So the Custom Field mechanics don’t really satisfy my needs.

Is there a known practice in adding such fields to the categories mentioned?
If not: Can you give me a starting point for fixing this in code?

[Geoff B.]

Good evening Gunnar and welcome to the Events Calendar Support forum!

Thank you for reaching out to us.
I would love to help you with this topic.

My first, pretty hackish, approach was creating Custom Fields and rearrange them in all forms/views. But a custom Image Field is not given and I don’t know (yet) how to get the Custom Field in templates. So the Custom Field mechanics don’t really satisfy my needs.

You did not specify, but I believe that you tried using the pro additional fields option to accomplish your initial approach: https://theeventscalendar.com/knowledgebase/pro-additional-fields/

Since there is no “Upload image” field available there, I think you might be a prime candidate for using the following third-party plugin instead: https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-custom-fields/

As for rearranging the fields, the best and most update-proof approach would be to create a template customization.

You might want to read our Themer’s guide to get a sense of how that works.

Let me know if that helps.

Have a great day!

Geoff B.

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