Does Events Calendar PRO Integrate with OptimizePress Themes?

[Chris]

Hey, I installed Events Calendar PRO and it’s pulling from my WordPress theme. Unfortunately the entire website is built using OptimizePress so that WordPress theme is irrelevant. Is there any way that Events Calendar PRO can pull from an OptimzePress theme/template?

[George]

Hey Chris,

When you say “pulling from my WordPress theme,” can you elaborate on what that means, exactly?

Thanks!
George

[Chris]

Hey George,

The Events Calendar is pulling from my Genesis WordPress theme. I guess all WordPress sites need to have a theme, even if you don’t use the theme itself. So… All of my pages are styled a certain way, using OptimizePress and bypassing the WordPress theme. But, since the Events Calendar pulls from the WordPress theme and not the OptimizePress pages I created, I was wondering if I could have the Events Calendar not pull from my WordPress theme, but from my OptimizePress theme instead. Does that make sense? Take a look at this link, you’ll see the default theme it’s pulling from: http://www.mindsharemastermind.com/event/test-event/

[George]

Hi Chris,

Thanks for elaborating a bit. I’m still not fully sure what you mean by “pulling from the theme”, but I think you mean that the events are using the theme’s CSS styles….

This is just the way things work with WordPress, for better or worse. Themes dictate the style of the site. Plugins add functionality. Our plugins are just plugins, so they have very little say in the matter of appearance.

The only things that can be done from within our plugins to alter the styles you are finding on your site would be to head to Events → Settings → Display in your site’s wp-admin. On this page, you’ll see an option called “Events template.”

Try out EVERY SINGLE template option there—if there’s a template provided by OptimizePress, then this option might have better styling and such.

Otherwise, unfortunately there is no role our plugin plays in the Genesis/OptimizePress styling conflict.

We build our plugins to WordPress coding standards. Unfortunately, BOTH OptimizePress and Genesis do not follow WordPress standards. This is fine! But it can often result in odd, idiosyncratic issues; to suss out solutions for these issues, I would recommend bringing further questions about those conundrums to the OptimizePress folks and/or the Genesis folks.

Thank you,
George

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