Pre-sale questions regarding pro features

[Moe Farahat]

Hey,

I am using avada theme and I want to create an events website.
Testing out with the free version and it seems that I can not find the layouts that I am looking for.

– Can I create different pages that show events within a certain category and have the filter bar so people can filter through these events (other inputted fields, dates and price)

– Can I customize the way the events pages look using the fusion builder provided in the avada theme, so I would have different templates for each category? (multiple columns layout, etc.)

– Testing out the add event element in the builder only adds the events images, can I make it add a snippet of the text provided in the event description?

Thanks,
Moe

[George]

Hey Moe,

Thanks for reaching out and for your interest in our products.

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– Can I create different pages that show events within a certain category and have the filter bar so people can filter through these events (other inputted fields, dates and price)

SORT OF — You can show events in only certain categories on different pages like you describe. You can do this by using Events Calendar Pro’s [tribe_events] shortcode feature, which you can read about here: https://theeventscalendar.com/knowledgebase/embedding-calendar-views-tribe_events-shortcode/

This short code does not have support for the Filter Bar though. 🙁 At this time you can only have the Filter Bar filters on the main events page of your site, nowhere else; there is no current workaround for this limitation.

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– Can I customize the way the events pages look using the fusion builder provided in the avada theme, so I would have different templates for each category? (multiple columns layout, etc.)

We do not make the Fusion Builder or Avada theme and so your best course of action to learn about this specifically is to contact the support teams of those products.

In regards to our products, there is not a different template per category.

Extensive custom coding may be required to pull off the sort of thing you’re describing, where each category has its own layouts. We cannot help with or provide any support for custom coding or custom designs—please read here to learn more: https://theeventscalendar.com/knowledgebase/what-support-is-provided-for-license-holders/

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– Testing out the add event element in the builder only adds the events images, can I make it add a snippet of the text provided in the event description?

Can you please clarify what you mean by “The builder”?

We do not make anything called “the builder” and so when it comes to adding a snippet of text or other things in this “builder”, it may not be something possible with our plugins and may only be possible by contacting the creators of the builder for more insight into making it do more things.

Thanks,
George

[Moe Farahat]

Hi George,

Thank you for your thorough response!

I was really hoping that I can add a filters bar for users when I add the calendar through the short code on my pages.

My main intention was to have some content written on my pages before the list of events. So a couple of follow up questions:
– Can I add content and customize the category pages of the events, so they would be just the events listed?
– Can I change the links of the category pages to be /{categoryname} instead of /category/{categoryname}
– Is there a feature to have featured events, that would appear on top regardless of their date?

Thanks again,
Moe

[George]

Hey Moe,

– Is there a feature to have featured events, that would appear on top regardless of their date?

Featured events are indeed a feature of our plugins. You can learn about those here: https://theeventscalendar.com/knowledgebase/featured-events

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– Can I change the links of the category pages to be /{categoryname} instead of /category/{categoryname}

You cannot do this with our plugins “out of the box”. It would unfortunately only be possible by way of some extensive custom coding. 🙁

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– Can I add content and customize the category pages of the events, so they would be just the events listed?

If you’re asking if you can add content like text and images above and below the [tribe_events] shortcode, then yes, you can do that.

Next, when you say, “so they would be just the events listed”, I am not 100% sure what this means — are you asking if events in the [tribe_events] shortcode would display in the same format as the List View on the main /events/ page? If so, then yes; you’d just make the shortcode look like this: [tribe_events category=”example” view=”list”]

I hope this information helps!
George

[Support Droid]

Hey there! This thread has been pretty quiet for the last three weeks, so we’re going to go ahead and close it to avoid confusion with other topics. If you’re still looking for help with this, please do open a new thread, reference this one and we’d be more than happy to continue the conversation over there.

Thanks so much!
The Events Calendar Support Team

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