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Hello Brook!
I have an update for you on this end. We didn’t solve the problem, but we found a satisfactory workaround.All of our events are categorized, and whatever templates are involved with the category landing pages, they seem to jive all right with Thesis. So, we decided to create a master category (Upcoming Events), and made sure that all of our events were in that category (as well as their own subcategories). Instead of linking our navigation bar directly to the events landing page at /events, we’re linking to the landing page of this master category instead. You can see the results here:
http://rochesterbirding.com/events/category/events-trips/
It isn’t a solution to the actual problem–we just found another way to skin the cat, so to speak 🙂 It works for us enough to close the ticket. I hope this helps other people who might run into the same issue.
Thanks again for all your help—we appreciate it!
Hello Brook!
My apologies for the long response time on my end–the holiday intervened!
I’ve given your suggestions a try, and while I can’t report success at getting the landing page to show the correct dates, I have a hunch that the results of the testing might yield a clue or two. Curiously, when I try the Default template and Month view, I see nothing at all on the landing page. Not sure why that would be.
One thought occurs to me: we have categorized our events. I’m wondering if this presents yet another variable that might be causing a problem? Have you tried categorizing yours? See the screenshot here for the categorizing (it’s in the lower right corner):
Note: I’m getting the same results whether I’m using the Thesis parent theme or the child theme (I’ve tried both).
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In our database, we have these events scheduled in December, in the following categories:
Category: Field Trip:
Conesus Lake Area Field Trip
December 6Category: Field Trip:
Beginner Trip: Nations Road
December 7Category: Monthly Meetings/Speakers
December: Jeff & Tess Freedman – A Comparison of Birds/East Africa and Central New York
December 11———————————————————
Results of testing templates and default views:
Events Template: Default, Default Page Template
Default View: Month
Result on events landing page: No events show at all – see http://snag.gy/6zoK0.jpg
Result on detail pages: Event page shows correct dateEvents Template: Default Events Template
Default View: Month
Result on events landing page: No events show at all
Result on detail pages: Event page shows post date, not event date—-
Events Template: Default, Default Page Template
Default View: List
Result on events landing page: Events show post date, not event date
Result on detail pages: Event page shows correct dateEvents Template: Default Events Template
Default View: List
Result on events landing page: Events mentioned above show up. They show the post date, not event date – see http://snag.gy/mGDhv.jpg
Result on detail pages: Event page shows post date, not event date———————————————————-
Hope that helps shed some light. Many thanks for all of your help!
No worries, Brook! We’re equally interested in getting to the bottom of this. Chances are good that we won’t be the only ones with this issue, so it behooves all involved to figure out a solution.
I’ve gone into our staging site and have turned off all plugins, except for The Events Calendar, The Events Calendar Pro, and The Events Calendar/Facebook Events. I switched to the Thesis parent theme (which is unmodified) and still see the same problem. The events landing page still uses the dates of the posts, not the events. (Event detail pages are fine). You can see the results here…
http://rba.staging.wpengine.com/events/
I did try switching to Twenty Thirteen as recommended in the documentation and things did display correctly there (but that’s not a surprise, since the problem seems to be related to Thesis).
Just wondering. When you go to Admin -> Events -> Settings -> Display in your installation, what options are available in the dropdown? We see only “Default,” “Default Page Template,” and “Default Events Template.” Currently “Default” is being used, but we’ve tried all of the above without effect on the main landing page (only the event detail pages respond to the event template being changed). Also, when you’re viewing your main events landing page, what Thesis template is being used? (You can tell by the bottom left tab that appears on the screen when you’re logged in). Ours says “Home” and there doesn’t appear to be any option to change it.
Any other ideas? This is a squirrely problem for sure. We appreciate your help, Brook!
Thank You, Brook! Let us know if we can provide further info or insights from our end. Did you work with a fresh installation of the software and theme? I’m wondering if your version selected the Thesis “Home” template by default, like it did with ours.
