Event Default Page/Homepage, Blog Conflict and Fliter Bar

[Tasha]

Hi,

I was using the event default page as my homepage. However, it was causing conflict with the blog page since both the homepage and the blog page rendered the calendar view. I decided to use the shortcode option instead to render the calendar view for the homepage. This resolved the homepage and blog conflict. Nonetheless, I am now unable to view the filter bar. How can I display the filter bar on the homepage using the shortcode [tribe_events] method?

Thanks

[Courtney]

Hello Tasha

Unfortunately, the filter bar only works on the default events page. You can modify the slug to something other than /events (Events » General » Events URL slug). However, filter bar will be tied to whatever you specify there.

I think you’d still do well to set up a home page separately from a blog page. Follow these steps to specify the default events page as your home page: https://theeventscalendar.com/knowledgebase/how-to-make-your-calendar-your-sites-home-page/#reading-settings.

http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-create-a-separate-page-for-blog-posts-in-wordpress/ can walk you through creating a separate blog page.

Does this resolve the issue for you Tasha?

Thanks
Courtney 🙂

[Tasha]

Hi,

I have already tried your suggestions. The event homepage url is spowwow.com/whats-happening and the blog page is spowwow.com/blog. I have tried changing the Events URL slug also from events to whats-happening (with and without the shortcode) but that does not work either. How can I get the filter bar to work without the Homepage and Blog conflict?

Regards,

[Courtney]

Hi Tasha

Can you try using a redirect plugin to achieve this? https://wordpress.org/plugins/redirection/ worked for me. I set the local dev site link to redirect to /events and was able to see Filter bar displaying that way.

Let me know if this works for you.

Thanks
Courtney 🙂

[Support Droid]

Hey there! This thread has been pretty quiet for the last three weeks, so we’re going to go ahead and close it to avoid confusion with other topics. If you’re still looking for help with this, please do open a new thread, reference this one and we’d be more than happy to continue the conversation over there.

Thanks so much!
The Events Calendar Support Team

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