[Piccia]

@kelligirl – sorry, I am a bit lost here so if either you or @Cliff could help that would be great.

I am confused as to what I should call the two file templates that I should upload to my child theme (I am already using a child theme).

Also, why 2?

I thought I should base one of the two templates on the template-layout-content-sidebar.php file. But I am not sure – This is what is in that file:
?php x_get_view( x_get_stack(), ‘template’, ‘layout-content-sidebar’ ); ?>

When you say

“To get sidebars working, in the file that goes in the childtheme/framework/views/stack/ folder, I replaced
<?php get_sidebar(); ?> with

<aside class=”x-sidebar right” role=”complementary”>
<?php dynamic_sidebar(‘sidebar-main’); ?>
</aside>’

Which file is that? How should I call it?

And which one is the other file that should go in there?

I am sorry to be a a pain but I am not a developer so I’m afraid that I am rather lost. If anyone understands more clearly what I should be doing and could give me the steps, I would be extremely grateful.

• This reply was modified 10 years, 2 months ago by Piccia.

[Piccia]

Hi Cliff,

Sorry for the delay with this – have been tied up with another project and only now can I work on this again.

yes I can get a post with the sidebar like that. However, when I do that, the main events page, the one that should have the main events calendar, breaks. So: post with sidebar – broken events page. Post without sidebar – no problem with Events page.

I am going to try Kelly’s workaround and let you know what happens.

Thank you!

[Piccia]

Hi Geoff,

thank you very much for taking the time to reply to me in such detail – it is very much appreciated.

I have to rush off now so I don’t have the time to reply accordingly but I just want to thank you for now. Will give it time this evening when i’m back.

Kelly, I will definitely try that and I thank you very much for the tip!

All best to both

Piccia

• This reply was modified 10 years, 2 months ago by Piccia.

[Piccia]

Not only that, in the absolute certainty that you would of course find a solution to such a simple problem, I spent days setting up dozens of events. SO now even if I were to demand a refund from you and try and find a plugin that will work with X, I would still face having lost all of my work. And my client is very unhappy. Thanks a bunch, guys.

[Piccia]

Well, as you said it doesn’t help one little bit.

I spent hours tweaking the CSS to make it work with my site, but basically you are saying that this very expensive plugin will not do what my client wants it to do, and what we had a right to expect it would do right out of the box.

On top of this, the fact that you delayed your final answer by so long meant that I invested quite a bit more time on the CSS, which I definitely would not had done had I know earlier that you had no intention of making the plugin work for me.

I am extremely disappointed as you have basically sold me a plugin that cannot do something as simple as having a sidebar.

At least please don’t tell me that you appreciate me as that’s blatantly not true.

I’ll make sure everyone in the X community knows that you haven o interest in working with them.

[Piccia]

Hi there, can I just remind you that this is not sorted? The plugin was expensive, I persuadd the client to buy it and now they are not happy that it’s not working as it should.

Many thanks

Piccia

[Piccia]

There’s this thread

Which confirms my point regarding the templates one can use but doesn’t help me get my sidebar in the single event post. Blank pages don’t allow for sidebar so the sidebar disappears even if I have assigned it to the post with Custom Sidebars.

This is also an interesting thread

To be honest there are literally dozens, all on some issue of Events Calendar Pro that doesn’t work with X theme. I haven’t come across anyone mentioning the sidebar issue specifically yet.

Unfortunately the standard response is the one in this thread, whihc is similar to yours. So users, in the middle between theme and plugin developers, are left empty-handed.

You might find it interesting to see what this thread says.

I’ll check out EventsON – however, I paid $89 for this plugin, which is not cheap, so I really want to get this to work as it should.

Can you help? surely it would be in everybody’s interest if you can make it work with X?

Many thanks

Piccia

• This reply was modified 10 years, 2 months ago by Piccia.

[Piccia]

Ok, from a first quick look at the Theme.co support forums for X, there are definitely issues between Events Calendar Pro and X. I’ll wade through them and see.

It’s a shame though because X is an awesome theme and Events Calendar Pro is an awesome plugin. Wish they could play nicer to one another!

[Piccia]

Thank you Cliff.

Yes it does seem to be a theme conflict: I have deactivated all plugins bar Events Calendar and the events page is still broken as described.

I will also ask in X theme forums and FB groups. I remember seeing posts by people using Events Calendar so someone may have a workaround.

What else can I do? I really would like for this to work.

Many thanks

Piccia

[Piccia]

Nope – sadly, it hasn’t worked.

The global settings for the default content layout are content left, sidebar right.
I have created the sidebar that I want with Custom Sidebars and I have added it to the Event. I have updated. But it still shows without the sidebar.

At this point, the Events> Settings> Events template is set to Default Events template.
If I change it to Default page template (which has the sidebar) then it does indeed show the sidebar that I want.

HOWEVER, yet again that breaks the main event page.

So I am back to square one: Custom Sidebars does not help me to have a sidebar on the single event, without breaking the main page, because it’s impossible to make the sidebar appear while using any other Events template than the Default Events page.

Choosing any other page template in Events> Settings> Events template inevitably breask the main event page.

So why is the drop-down even there? Not sure why I am given the chance to choose different page templates for the events posts, given that inevitably a different choice fro mthe default template will break the main calendar page.

Can you please let me know how to sort this out? Never thought having a sidebar on single events would prove so problematic.

If I need to code, fine but I will need guidance.

I do appreciate all your help.

Many thanks!

Piccia

[Piccia]

BTW, I don’t use Jetpack – I am trying to use alternatives. However, the article is useful anyway so thanks.

[Piccia]

Ok I will try that, I know Custom Sidebars and it’s a good tool. However, what I don’t understand is why have the option to choose different layouts for the Events template, if they don’t actually work. The Events page is broken whenever I choose a template in the Event Settings that’s different from the Default Events template. It does seem like a bug.

However, if Custom Sidebars sorts it out then it’s all good! Will let you know how it goes.

[Piccia]

Just to clarify: The only way to NOT make the main events page break is to choose Default Events Template in the Events Settings> Display.

Which makes seem all the other wonderful choices rather redundant!

[Piccia]

Oopses! ignore that. Yes indeed a newby question – sorted. Thanks!

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