Creating a child theme

[theimageworks]

Hi,
I’d like to make changes to the single-event.php file in a way that wont be lost when the plugin is updated.

I’ve tried placing the file in themes/my_theme/the-events-calendar/views/single-event.php but the changes are ignored.

I’ve even tried:
themes/my_theme/events-calendar-pro/views/pro/single-event.php
themes/my_theme/events-calendar-pro/views/single-event.php
themes/my_theme/events-calendar-pro/single-event.php

Please can you help with this.

Thanks in advance

[Barry]

Hi theimageworks,

That’s a great idea and it looks like you’re almost there. Full steps for setting up template overrides can be found in our Themer’s Guide so that is worth reading, but the key point is that they should be contained in a directory called tribe-events (rather than events-calendar-pro as you have done).

So, to override the single event template from within your child theme, try:

themes/my_theme/tribe-events/single-event.php

Does that help?

[theimageworks]

That’s spot on, thanks for your help.

I had searched on Google etc but never game across that page. Sorry! :/

[Barry]

No problem at all, happy to help 🙂

Just for future reference we do have a list of Useful Resources over in the sidebar that includes our Themer’s Guide and some other commonly requested stuff, so that is always worth a quick scan (as is the Support dropdown menu at the top of the page). At any rate, I’m glad it’s all working and will go ahead and close this thread.

Last but not least we’re always keen to hear how we’re doing and how well The Events Calendar is serving your needs – so, if you have a moment to spare, it would be awesome to hear from you over on our plugin review page. Thanks again!

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