If-Then based on Event Category Function?

[Steph]

Hello,

I am on the web team for informedmedicaldecisions.org. We are adding an area to the site that uses different template parts for a specific category of events. We have also purchased Events Calendar Pro, as well as the Eventbrite Add-on.

The problem:
Running a nice function if/then statement based on an event’s inclusion in a category.

We do have the following working properly and tested:
. events calendar settings theme: Default Events Theme
. events folder in our theme with customized files named:
.. ecp-page-template.php
.. ecp-single-template.php
. special template parts do work in these ecp files when the if/then statement is not involved.
Here is a link to the messy solution I created: http://pastebin.com/w1ry6HUm

It seems to me that there must be a better way than writing my own function, but I have had no luck finding an appropriate function in your documentation.

Obviously, coding is not my main occupation.

Any help is welcome. This solution seems like it will not stand up to updates.

Thanks, Rosemary

[Steph]

And…. I just found a place where this messy fix is not working:
>http://informedmedicaldecisions.org/events/category/sdm-month-events/month/

Should have the same header, footer, sidebar as http://informedmedicaldecisions.org/sdm-month-events-page/

and this http://informedmedicaldecisions.org/event/shared-decision-making-in-the-real-world-stories-from-the-frontline/

[Steph]

Ok, solved that one then by having my klugy function (show above) called in ecp-single-template.php and the tribe_meta_event_category_name function called in ecp-page-template.php.
Would still love to know if there is a better solution than my own function…

[Barry]

Possibly by using the tribe_event_in_category() function, which accepts a category slug and optionally the event ID (otherwise it just assumes you are interested in the current event).

if (tribe_event_in_category('my-category-slug')) { /* Do something */ }

[Steph]

Thanks! This is the kind of think I’ve been looking for!

[Barry]

Great!

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