Facebook Link on Widget View

[jgiovanazzi]

Greetings,
I’m using a paid version of the facebook importer with the free version of the events calendar. I would like to have the event titles link back to the facebook event page, as opposed to the full view of the event on my site. I read that this could be done on an older thread, but the thread offered no further instructions. Here is what the reply read:

“you can hook into the tribe_get_event_link filter to change the URL to the Facebook event.” – See more at: https://theeventscalendar.com/support/forums/topic/2-qs-link-directly-to-fb-event-styling-sidebar-widget/#post-62502

Can you guys be more specific with this please? I’m fairly confident with editing php files, so if you could just point me on the right direction, I’m sure I can handle it.

Thanks!

[Julie Kuehl]

Hello jgiovanazzi,

Yes, I see the thread that you are referring to. What you want to do is crossing over into the realm of customization though. About the only help we can provide there is what’s up over at http://docs.tri.be. I think you’ll find the information you need to do what you want over there. Maybe start with http://docs.tri.be/Facebook-Events/class-Tribe_FB_Importer.html?

— Julie

[jgiovanazzi]

So this is not a featured that is already part of the plugin I paid for? I was told on the wordpress forums that the functionality I wanted would be a feature of this plugin. Now it seems like I have to pay you guys for customization in order to get the feature I want?

[Rob]

Hi there jgiovanazzi. Thanks for the follow-up here, and let me apologize on behalf of the team if we miscommunicated to you the features included with this plugin. Julie is correct in her assertion that what you’re requesting, while certainly doable, is outside the scope of support because it’s not really how the plugin is designed to behave. We’re happy to point users to where they can make such a change and what they should look for with issues such as this, but that’s about as deep as we’re able to go. While we’d love to be able to help everyone out with every customization they’d like to do – and in an ideal world where resources and time abounded, we would – the unfortunate reality here is that there is a limitation to how much support we can provide for a $20 plugin.

That said: I would be really interested in hearing where you got the impression that this was a built-in/supported feature; by misleading you on that end, we’ve failed you as a team. If you can point me to where I’d find any incorrect or poorly worded messaging, I can make a point of getting that changed so nobody else winds up in your situation down the road.

Regarding your point: “Now it seems like I have to pay you guys for customization in order to get the feature I want?” No, this is not the case at all. We actually do not provide customization work ourselves because we both have limited bandwidth and because that’s not a very ethical approach to take. We do have a list of freelancers and dev shops who we can vouch for, though, and would be happy to share those names with you if you’re interested.

Lastly, please know that we’d be happy to give you a refund here so you’re able to find a solution that better meets your needs. Please let us know by emailing pro (@) tri.be if you’d like to take that route.

Thanks again for the follow-up and my apologies once more for letting you down. Please let me know if you have any other questions, thoughts, complaints or comments.

[Kelly]

Hi, jgiovanazzi. Since it’s been quite a while since you posted here, I’m going to close this thread. Please feel free to start a new topic if you decide to pursue this in the future.

Thanks for being a TEC user!

[Support Droid]

This topic has not been active for quite some time and will now be closed.

If you still need assistance please simply open a new topic (linking to this one if necessary)
and one of the team will be only too happy to help.

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