Event Calendar Page Not Showing Calendar

[Olivia]

Hello,

The default “EVENTS” page is not showing the calendar, as seen here: http://www.visitpoulsbo.com/events/

I’m afraid to revert to the twenty fourteen theme, will that remove all my custom theme settings?

Thanks!

[Brook]

Howdy Olivia,

Thank you for sharing a link! I am sorry this is giving you trouble.

I have seen stuff like this happen when a theme is applying its template to all archive pages, and overriding the The Events Calendar template. Basically it is running The Events Calendar’s content through the excerpt function, which strips it of all HTML and styling and leaves you with that text blob.

Would you be interested in sharing a copy of your theme with us? I can make no promises. Usually I would have to tell you to consult the theme author to see if they can create a fix for their theme. But, I would like to do my best to create a fix for you if possible. So if you can share a copy of your theme, I will investigate the issue locally and try to come up with a solution. If you do wish to share your theme, put it in a zip file and email it to support @ this website.

Cheers!

– Brook

[Olivia]

Thank You, I emailed our theme in hopes you can assist.

[Randy Light]

Having the same problem with a new site. No Calendar, just blob. I am using theme “the spot” by Theme of the crop. Your Calendar has no issues with my other site “Plate Up” by Theme of the Crop. Tried just about everything. No real hurry if you have more pressing issues. Thanks, Randy

[Olivia]

Hello Events Calendar?

[Brook]

Sorry Olivia. I did not get that file straight away. But our email folks just sent it over last night after I had logged off. I will start researching this now.

My hope is that I can find a universal solution here Randy. I will get back to you as well with what I find.

• Brook

[Brook]

Howdy Olivia,

Thanks for your patience. I did find a solution for your theme. The setting “Events template” in WP-Admin > Events > Settings > Display can be changed to a different template to fix this. I tested out a few templates. Default Events Template, and the Blank – Container series all worked. However the Default Page Template, and the Layout series all use excerpts instead of outputting the full content of the page.

If you need to use one of these styles, you will need to modify to use the_content() instead of the_excerpt(), which will require a decent measure of theming knowledge to accomplish. This would be the only two solutions, use a Template that works or modify your theme’s template to work. There is no other work around.

Does that help you Randy? I would think that the Default Events Template should work on any theme, including yours. If you need further assistance would you mind opening a new topic? We would love to help, but preferably in a different topic so it doesn’t distract from Olivia’s issue.

Does that all make sense? Cheers!

– Brook

 

[Olivia]

This will work for me, thanks very much for your help!

[Brook]

Excellent! I am happy the fix was just a setting change. Thanks again for sharing your theme and your patience while I investigated it specifically. Happy calendaring!

• Brook

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