Events Calendar Pro WordPress PlugIn in the Gonzo Theme

[moore24class]

I loaded the Events Calendar WordPress PlugIn in the Gonzo Theme and have a few questions that I was not able to find in the FAQ’s. I then purchased the Pro version and loaded it and have the same questions on how to best address the following:

One side note is that I am only able to use the Default Page Template under Events template in Basic Settings or the black footer section of the Gonzo theme (for this events page only) shifts to the right about .25”. I am ok with this view, but wanted to let you know. I did follow the test protocol.

Question One : In the theme main navigation menu, there is a color block highlighting the menu item selected. This color block does not appear when the events calendar pro page is selected. can we get it back? If so, what do I need to do?

example of color block in main nav: http://whub44.webhostinghub.com/~moore25/?p=445

Question Two: the theme also supports a background image behind the pages. This image is now tiling instead of the single image set up using jQuery Full Screen. I can no longer find the Post Category to edit the background image?

Question Three: In Month View, the days of the week (Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday) are moving to two lines of copy breaking the look of the Month view. Can the Month View days of the week be abbreviated to three caricature like in the smaller window view?

Question Four: I was able to get the Countdown to event widget to work fine in the sidebar menu, but not in the Footer section. Any idea why it would not work as a Footer item?

[Brian]

Hi,

Thanks for purchasing Pro. I can help you out with these compatibility issues.

Before I answer the question we try our best to make our plugins as compatible as possible with themes and plugins and sometimes issues do arise. we try out best to help fix the issues, but it is beyond the support we can provide to troubleshoot every single compatibility issue.

Having said that i have answers to all your questions below:

Question One : In the theme main navigation menu, there is a color block highlighting the menu item selected. This color block does not appear when the events calendar pro page is selected. can we get it back? If so, what do I need to do?

This looks like a css/theme issue not detecting the active page.

This coding might help out:

.events-archive nav#omc-main-navigation ul li#menu-item-14 a {
background-color: #000;
}

Add that css to your theme’s stylesheet or through a plugin such as Simple Custom CSS.

Question Two: the theme also supports a background image behind the pages. This image is now tiling instead of the single image set up using jQuery Full Screen. I can no longer find the Post Category to edit the background image?

Not sure what you mean by this, The Event Views are an archive page in WordPress so it is auto generated and not an actual page nor does it have a post category as it is a custom post type with its own custom taxonomy (Event Categories) Not sure how the jQuery Full Screen works, but you could use conditionals to target the page in php:

https://gist.github.com/jo-snips/2415009

Question Three: In Month View, the days of the week (Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday) are moving to two lines of copy breaking the look of the Month view. Can the Month View days of the week be abbreviated to three caricature like in the smaller window view?

Yes, we have a tutorial for that:

https://theeventscalendar.com/change-days-of-the-week-to-abbreviations-in-month-view/

Question Four: I was able to get the Countdown to event widget to work fine in the sidebar menu, but not in the Footer section. Any idea why it would not work as a Footer item?

Not sure, what was wrong with it in the footer?

Let me know if you have some more information about the footer and if you have any other follow up questions.

Thanks

[moore24class]

Hello Brian, Thanks for the help!
On Question Two: the theme also supports a background image behind the pages. This image is now tiling instead of the single image set up using jQuery Full Screen. I can no longer find the Post Category to edit the background image?

Not sure what you mean by this, The Event Views are an archive page in WordPress so it is auto generated and not an actual page nor does it have a post category as it is a custom post type with its own custom taxonomy (Event Categories) Not sure how the jQuery Full Screen works, but you could use conditionals to target the page in php:

The theme supports the use of a background image. This image displays correctly on all pages including individual event pages. However, on the “view all” or the first page you come to after selecting events from the navigation this background image displays in a tiled format, not full screen. Is there a simple work around to correct this page? I can provide login info if you like?

[Brian]

Glad it gets you closer.

I am unable to login to a site and help on a matter like this. We usually only do that if there is a series bug or issue.

I do have some more information to help out.

It looks like this script is not on the Event View Page:

<script>jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery.backstretch("http://whub44.webhostinghub.com/~moore25/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Corbis-42-541608141.jpg"); });</script>

That is why the background is not tiled.

Not sure how your theme adds that, but you could manually target the Event Views Page and add that using a hook. It looks like the backstretch script is there so just adding the coding would work.

Here is a list of conditionals that would help.

https://gist.github.com/jo-snips/2415009

Let me know if you have any follow up questions.

Thanks

[Brian]

Since I haven’t heard back from you here, I’m going to go ahead and close out this thread. Feel free to start a new thread if you have further issues. Thanks! 🙂

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