I need help with my Event Calendar

[Whitney Mitchell]

First off, I know NOTHING about CSS…so please bare with me.

1. On the single event page, the Details and Venue backgrounds are bright green. I have used the Customizer, and there is nowhere to change this, but you can change literally everything else. How do I change the bright green color?

2. Is there a way to change the word “Venue” ?

3. Again on single event page, under “Details” Is there a way to change the wording “Start” and “End” to say something different? I need it to say “Entries Open” and “Entries Close”

4. How do I get rid of the Google Calendar, and iCal buttons on the Single Event Page?

5. How do I get rid of the Social Sharing box? It is not enabled in my theme settings, so why is it showing up on my calendar?

Thanks!!!

[Geoff B.]

Good evening Patty and welcome to the Events Calendar support forum!

Thank you for reaching out to us.
We will be glad to assist you in making the changes you are looking for.

If some of the explanations are unclear to you, please let us know.

1. On the single event page, the Details and Venue backgrounds are bright green. I have used the Customizer, and there is nowhere to change this, but you can change literally everything else. How do I change the bright green color?

The built-in WordPress Customizer lets you make changes, but usually only at a very broad (not specific) level, as you found out.

The solution is indeed using some custom CSS. I am not sure which WordPress theme you are using (each one differs a bit).

If you are lucky, your theme will give you a place to input your Custom CSS (which would be the simplest solution). Otherwise, you will have to change your theme’s CSS file (which might result in a loss of changes when you update the theme).

The code to use should look like this (I used light grey, but you can change the colour code to your liking)

https://gist.github.com/GeoffEW/d0546af18b120eeaefb7

2. Is there a way to change the word “Venue” ?

Yes, you absolutely can. However, you should know that the way to do it is slightly technical, so please bear with us.

The easiest way to do it is documented in the following article from our knowledge base:

https://theeventscalendar.com/knowledgebase/relabeling-the-venue-organizer-sections-in-event-meta/

As you can see, this involves adding some code to your WordPress Theme’s functions.php file.

As discussed before, these changes will disappear when you update your Theme. This is why it is usually better to use a Child Theme.

The easiest way to do this is to do a quick search for a Child theme creator plugin. That way your changes will not be lost when you upgrade.

3. Again on single event page, under “Details” Is there a way to change the wording “Start” and “End” to say something different? I need it to say “Entries Open” and “Entries Close”

Yes, you can. It involves a similar approach to point #2.

Custom Wording in the Calendar

4. How do I get rid of the Google Calendar, and iCal buttons on the Single Event Page?

You’re in luck. It’s again a similar idea. Just more code to add to your Child Theme’s functions.php

As an alternative, you can also hide the buttons using CSS with the following code

https://gist.github.com/GeoffEW/6672e50cef5a03e6bfd1

5. How do I get rid of the Social Sharing box? It is not enabled in my theme settings, so why is it showing up on my calendar?

I am unsure why you have a Social Sharing box as this is not a built-in feature. Can you please provide us with a link of an example so that we can assist you ?

Let me know if that helps.

Have an awesome day!

Geoff B.

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