customising [tribe_event_list] shortcode

[Ian]

I have a customised list-widget.php file to which I have added the line
<?php echo tribe_events_get_the_excerpt() ?>
in order to display extract text.

The full segment code is as follows

		<div class="<?php tribe_events_event_classes() ?>">	
			<?php club_tribe_events_list_the_date_headers() ?>	    
			<?php tribe_get_template_part( 'pro/widgets/modules/single-event', null, $instance ) ?>
			<?php echo tribe_events_get_the_excerpt() ?>
		</div>

Below you can see how this looks and how I want it to be changed..

Also – is there a way of making the excerpt return nothing if there is no text in the actual ‘excerpt’ field? At present it takes rather too long a chunk of text from the main text if there is nothing in the field.

• This topic was modified 11 years ago by Ian.
• This topic was modified 11 years ago by Ian.
• This topic was modified 11 years ago by Ian.
• This topic was modified 11 years ago by Brian.

[Ian]

I answered much of my own question almost immediately (just had to write it out it seems) by putting the code to call the excerpt into the /modules/single-event.php file!

Now looks like this:

Much better!

One part still to be answered: Can the excerpt call return nothing if there is no ‘actual’ excerpt?

• This reply was modified 11 years ago by Ian.
• This reply was modified 11 years ago by Ian.

[Brian]

Hi,

Thanks for using our plugins. I can help out.

Are you saying you would like nothing to display if you add no content to the excerpt field correct?

We do not have a function to do that, but this is how I have seen it done for posts:

<?php if( $post->post_excerpt ) { ?>
<?php echo $post->post_excerpt; ?>
<?php } ?>

That might work as is in the list widget too.

Let me know if you have any follow up questions.

Thanks

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