Hyperlinks Not Working in List View

[Aris]

The hyperlinks in our event description field don’t function in the list view. They work well in the single-event detail screen (after a user has clicked the ‘Find Out More>” link), however, so it’s not a matter of how they are coded. We are using the DIVI theme, FYI.

[Geoff B.]

Good evening Aris and welcome back!

Thank you for reaching out to us.

We will gladly assist you in troubleshooting what is causing the issue you are describing.

Unfortunately, at this point I am unable to recreate the issue in question. Every hyperlink I click on seems to be working properly ?

Could you please give me a specific example:

1. What hyperlink
2. What event
3. What happens when you click on the hyperlink
4. What would you expect to happen when you click on that hyperlink

I am looking forward to hearing back from you.

Have a wonderful day,

Geoff B.

[Aris]

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[Geoff B.]

Good evening Aris,

Thank you for providing more info on this topic.

I went to the page you suggested and clicked on the hyperlink “Find out more”. That led me to the Events detail page where I was able to see the “more” hyperlink that leads me to a whole new page altogether.

If I understand this correctly, what you want to do is that the “Find out more” text hyperlinks exactly to the same page than the “more” hyperlinks to. Can you confirm ?

Have a great evening,

Geoff B.

[Aris]

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[Geoff B.]

Good evening Aris,

Thank you for clarifying what the issue is. It is now crystal clear.

I believe reading my colleague Barry’s post on that topic will provide you with the proper way to accomplish this or at least get you started on the right track.

As you can see, the issue is that in the list view the excerpt is being displayed (which by default doesn’t include hyperlinks).

The good news is that some people have also succeeded in displaying hyperlinks while using the_excerpt(). Check out the following post on the WordPress.org forum on that topic.

Let me know if that answers your question.

Have a great night!

Geoff B.

[Aris]

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[Geoff B.]

Good evening Aris,

This is totally my bad. You are right, the code has changed since Barry’s reply.
The function called is now tribe_events_get_the_excerpt() you can read all about it here.

Based on the fact that the function is defined in src/functions/template-tags/general.php (Line: 1260), if you navigate to that file and scroll down to line 1330, you will find the code that is removing the HTML from the excerpt.

We typically do not recommend hacking the plugin directly (because you will lose your changes with updates). This is why the best approach is to customize function calls in your WordPress theme.

Although we do not support full customizations, we still like to get our clients started on the right track.
With that in mind, please read our Themer’s guide to give you a sense of how to modify functions to your liking.

Let me know if that helps.

Have a great evening,

Geoff B.

 

 

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