Re: a knowledgebase topic about month view and mobile breakpoints

[John]

I need some explanation regarding the following knowledgebase issue.

https://theeventscalendar.com/knowledgebase/month-view-displays-in-mobile-view/

I am having the problem outlined in the topic, but I am looking for a little guidance on WHERE I can affect the solution described.

The term “our theme’s functions.php file” is a little vague to me.

An explanation and/or file path would be helpful (I think)

[Cliff]

Hi, John.

Welcome to WordPress customizing.

Best practice for adding custom code (like to implement a PHP snippet to modify The Events Calendar) is to create a functionality plugin, unless it’s something specific to your theme, in which case best practice is to make sure you’re using a child theme, then add the customization to your child theme’s functions.php file.

An example location of where your theme’s functions.php file would be — either in SFTP or cPanel File Manager — should look something like this:

/wp-content/themes/twentysixteen/functions.php

Notice the “twentysixteen” theme name there… Your active theme’s directory name will be different, unless you’re using the Twenty Sixteen theme.

And you’ll need to follow the instructions in the link above to create your own child theme, such as:

/wp-content/themes/twentysixteen-child/functions.php

That’s the functions.php file you’d want to edit (if you’re going that route instead of using a functionality plugin, as linked above). You do not want to edit the parent theme’s functions.php file, or else your custom code will be overwritten when that theme receives an update.

I hope this information helps!

[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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