Categories are missing from grid and list view

[Roxanne]

I just installed today and added a number of events; using Event Calendar Pro. I do not see the Categories listed anywhere. I have seen installs where there is a color-coded choice on the grid view. They do work if I go there manually.
http://visitmauiblog.com/events/
http://visitmauiblog.com/events/category/maui-2/
http://visitmauiblog.com/events/category/lanai-2/

I am using Thesis 1.82. I am also using the Default Page Template as the Default Events Template ignores all of my site’s CSS and goes to full width. In any case, the Categories do not show with either template. Thanks for your help!

[Joyce Grace]

Hello Roxanne,
Thanks for your post! Depending on where you want the categories to show up, there are a few options.

You could try to put them in the sidebar by going (in your WordPress dashboard) to Appearance > Widgets and dragging the “Events List Advanced Widget” to your sidebar. Now, it won’t show a category list by default, but what you can do is select a category to appear, and change the title from “Upcoming events” to the appropriate category name. Then, for additional categories, just drag another “Events List Advanced Widget” to your sidebar, change the title, and repeat as many times as you like. You can also use Widget Logic (another plugin) to determine which pages the widgets show up on.

BUT – this is by far not the best solution. It still will not show a list of categories.

Another option is you could create a custom menu under Appearance > Menus and then go to Widgets area and drag the widget titled “Custom menu” to your sidebar to create it that way.

But, for a truly finesse approach, you’d probably have to do some coding modifications, unfortunately. On the “Events List Advanced Widget” there is a note there that says “If you wish to customize the widget display yourself, see the file views/events-list-load-widget-display.php inside the Events Premium plugin.”

You may also want to check out our Themer’s guide to customizing the Events Calendar: https://theeventscalendar.com/support/documentation/events-calendar-themers-guide/

However, your suggestion is a good one, and I will see if we can include that in a feature request for upcoming releases of the plugin.

I hope this helps, and I’m sorry it’s not the easiest solution!

[Joyce Grace]

Hello again Roxanne!
I just realized there is a tutorial on colouring your categories, to help differentiate them, if that helps: https://theeventscalendar.com/coloring-your-category-events/

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