Custom Event Attributes

[Chris]

I’d like to add a clickable URL as a custom attribute. How can I do this?

[Jonah]

Hi Chris,

In order to do this you’ll need to echo that specific custom attribute into an HTML a tag in the place you want it to display like so: https://gist.github.com/2901504

You can place that in any of the template view files – list.php, single.php, etc. For more info on the template views and how to use them, take a look at our Themer’s guide: https://theeventscalendar.com/support/documentation/events-calendar-themers-guide/

Cheers,
Jonah

[Chris]

I sort of see what you’re saying. What I’m trying to do is create a custom attribute that has a dynamic URL. So, whatever is entered in the backend becomes a URL on the front end. EX: http://anywhere5k.com/event/sarah-garcia-anywhere5k/

[Jonah]

Hi Chris,

Right, so you’ll want to create some additional dt/dd tags in /wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/views/single.php with the label of the field you want to display and then the custom field code spitting out the URL wrapped in a tags to make it a link. Take a look at my comment here for an example: https://gist.github.com/2901504#comments

– Jonah

[Chris]

Thanks Jonah. Adding the add’l tags makes that field permanent. If the registration field is not used then the field is displayed linking to the existing event. If the field is used, then both fields are displayed.

Code: http://cl.ly/3w0w3w441h0A0x1Y1n0g
Live: http://cl.ly/0J333a2c3M3l0w1v3f3u

In the “Live” image I’d like to make that URL active. Perhaps if the text in the text field is a URL it is active, or perhaps it’d be easier to create an add’l field as a URL (http://cl.ly/0L2m051F2d2C2l0n451y)

[Jonah]

Hey Chris,

Yep, so what you’ll need to do is remove the stock code for displaying custom event fields and then conditionally display all the fields you want to display in whatever order you want them. You can run a conditional check for your registration field before it’s displayed like so:

if(tribe_get_custom_field('Registration')) {
//display the dt/dd tags and custom field
}

Make sure to wrap the above in appropriate PHP code too 😉

– Jonah

[Chris]

Thanks Jonah. That worked splendidly. Since I’ve removed the stock code, how will I display the other field types? Using the stock code but referencing the field specifically?

[Chris]

And one more for good measure. If the field is blank, how do I keep it from being displayed? I’ve tried copying from what you wrote for the other fields, but keep getting errors.

[Chris]

OK, I figured out my second question. Just moved the closing tag to after the list items.

http://cl.ly/0n0n2q0U1B2B1y2k2W1p

Still unsure about how to handle the other field types since I removed the stock code.

Chris

[Jonah]

Hey Chris,

For the other fields you’re going to need to reference each one specifically. Let me know if you have any other questions.

Thanks,
Jonah

[Chris]

Thanks Jonah. I figured as much.

BTW, are you all planning to incorporate URL or other types of add’l fields in the future?

[Jonah]

Hi Chris,

I doubt it, URL is not really a common field on it’s own for a custom field and a text field is all that’s needed. Feel free to cast your vote for that though in this thread: https://theeventscalendar.com/support/forums/topic/events-calendar-pro-feature-requests/

Cheers,
Jonah

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