Using "sidebar selection" with Events Calendar Pro

[ecomadmin]

Hello:
I would like to be able to select a different sidebar for each of ten event pages using the SIDEBAR SELECTION tool that I use when adding a standard new post. I create the sidebars using my Genesis Simple Sidebars plugin, each uniquely named and slugged, and I would like the Sidebar for Event #1 to appear on the right side of the events page for Event #1 (as a means of providing more information without requiring the user to scroll as much). I realize I can set Events Cal Pro to use a default theme setting, such as a right sidebar, but it always uses the default sidebar and the SIDEBAR SELECTION tool is not available when editing an event. Can you suggest a way to do this — ten event pages, ten different sidebars with info specific to THAT event.

Thank you.

[Geoff]

Hi there, Gary! Welcome back to the forums. 🙂

It sounds like the Genesis Simple Sidebars plugin targets functionality specifically for the Genesis framework. Honestly, I don’t have a copy of the plugin and am unfamiliar with it, but that’s what I gather from looking at the plugin page. You may want to check the plugin settings to see if it will allow you to extend that functionality to specific post types, since events are a registered post type.

Another idea is to set events to use a theme template instead of the default calendar templates. You can select templates by heading over to Events > Settings > Display.

Lastly, you could create your own template for the calendar views using our theme overrides. This will allow you to override any calendar template to create your own layout and include any additional functionality you need to extend the functionality of the Genesis Simple Sidebars plugin. If the other two options don’t work, then you should be able to customize the templates to suit your needs this way.

Does that make sense? Will that work for you? Please let me know.

Cheers!
Geoff

[ecomadmin]

Hi Geoff:
Thanks for the reply. If I am understanding you correctly, all the options you presented would be used to change the template for ALL events pages, not just each SPECIFIC EVENT. In other words, I can add sidebars by custom post type using a plugin, or can change the template for events, but unless I am missing something, wouldn’t that display the SAME SIDEBAR on EVERY SINGLE EVENT page?

What I am trying to do is different as noted in the ticket. Ideally, I would like to set up 10 different sidebars for 10 different events and apply the proper sidebar to its own event page.

This is exactly the same behavior that can occur when adding a new standard post, and then using the SIDEBAR SELECTION option of the post edit panel.

Would your suggestion to use theme overrides (or the others) permit me to have a separate sidebar for EACH SEPARATE EVENT PAGE, just as I can for a standard post?

Thanks!

Craig

[Geoff]

Hi there, Craig!

The first suggestion was to see if the Genesis Simple Sidebars has options to extend it’s functionality to custom post types. That would still give you what you’re looking for, if it is capable of taking that kind of setting.

The second suggestion of setting the calendar to a theme-specific template could also work if the Genesis plugin/framework is looking for that template to extend the sidebar functionality.

You’re right about the option of using a theme override. That would likely just create the same sidebar instance for all events.

It sounds like the Genesis Simple Sidebars plugin may not be compatible with the tribe_events post type. Our plugin extends the same wp_post functionality that is default in WordPress, so it appears that the plugin is looking for something Genesis-specific.

We try to make our plugins compatible with as many themes and plugins as possible, but unfortunately not everything can be supported. If none of the above suggestions do the trick, you may want to contact the plugin author to see if it’s possible to extend the sidebar functionality to the tribe_events post type. Is that a possibility?

Thanks!
Geoff

[ecomadmin]

Hi again:
I am fairly sure this plugin or another can be extended to work with the tribe_events post type, but wouldn’t that still place the same sidebar on EVERY EVENTS page, because each events page is a tribe_events post type? I need a way to choose a unique sidebar for a unique event, much like I can do so for each post.

I will inquire of the plugin author, but please clarify if my understanding is correct that working with the tribe_events post type would place the same sidebar on each event page since all are tribe_events.

Thanks

[Geoff]

Thanks, Craig. Looking at the sidebar plugin information, it looks like it able to work on a per post basis. If that is the case, then you would be able to select a sidebar per event post entry. Admittedly, I’m unfamiliar with that particular plugin, but if it supposed to work on a per post (or per category, tag, archive, etc.) basis, then that should extend to the event post type as well.

Cheers!
Geoff

[Geoff]

Hey there! It’s been a while so I’m going to go ahead and close this thread. If we can help with anything else, though, please don’t hesitate to create new a new thread and we’ll help you out.

Cheers!
Geoff

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