Single Event – Frustrated with Fields!

[SARAH WITIUK]

Hi Super Puzzle Solvers! So I’m looking at a single event and the fields are in the order: Event, Start, End, Category, Organizer, Updated, Schedule (in left column) and Venue, Address (in right column).
My Questions:
#1: How do I even out the columns? Right now it’s 7 items (left column) to 2 (right column) vs. 5-4. I dislike this layout because it is inefficient, very long, takes up too much white space, and not very pretty!
#2: How do I remove the “Event” field itself? It’s superfluous, seeing as the title is right above.
#3: When I add the Google Map, it appears between this information and the event’s description. Can I put it in the box (underneath the Venue)?

[Barry]

Hi!

You can probably achieve most of what you want here, take a look at our Themer’s Guide and also this tutorial on template overrides first of all.

How do I even out the columns? Right now it’s 7 items (left column) to 2 (right column) vs. 5-4. I dislike this layout because it is inefficient, very long, takes up too much white space, and not very pretty!

So you can modify your custom events/single.php template and simply move components around or even remove them. Before we go any further it’s worth remembering that this list is dynamic: right now you have 2 items in your right column I’m guessing on most of your events, but not all.

I found one with 3 items in the right hand column (some have venue phone numbers, for example). Perhaps others don’t have any categories and might only have 6 items on the left hand column?

All I’m really pointing out here is you would need to decide on how to balance things to get the best fit in most cases as the number of items in each column basically varies dynamically.

How do I remove the “Event” field itself? It’s superfluous, seeing as the title is right above.

So familiarize yourself with the process for setting up theme templates and (using the links I provided above) and then create a custom events/single.php template. Look for these lines of code and simply remove them.

When I add the Google Map, it appears between this information and the event’s description. Can I put it in the box (underneath the Venue)?

This would also relate to your custom events/single.php template. You would add a snippet like this probably right below this block of code in your case, of course feel free to play around with the positioning.

If you do this it would also make sense to locate and remove this block of code from further down the same template and you will need to adjust the dimensions of the map to get a nice fit – login to your dashboard and navigate to Events > Settings > General to change them.

I hope that helps 🙂

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