[Cindy]

Hi Geoff,

I fixed the date settings. Not sure how that got changed since I’ve been doing this for about 2 years. Thank-you for pointing that out.

Back to the location: YES. I AM importing EACH section separately. I make a separate sheet of the master one.

I.E. From Master Event one I copy /paste the venue info. Make a new sheet. Then create a CSV file to upload. Repeat process with Organizers. Then I make a 3rd file of the Master Events one.

Then I go into the import tool and upload Venue file…a file that only has venue info. Then I do the same for the Organizers. Finally, I import the Master Event one.

Did you try this from my example file? I didn’t see anything entered.

Can you please get back to me today? I’ve been trying to get this resolved since 12/16. I have 600 events to pull in.

Thanks,
Cindy

[Cindy]

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[Cindy]

Also, I don’t need the venue name, address, etc.. All I’m looking at importing is the City and State. And I don’t care about Google maps. The goal it to let people see the basic info and then click on Discover More, which takes them to the actual event site. They can get all the details there.

Happy Holidays!

[Cindy]

No Geoff – I’m not doing it at the same time. I do Venues, Organizers and
then events. Did you test the process with my data?

[Cindy]

Hi Geoff,

Thank-you for the links. I have read them and had all the correct labels. The City importing is still an issue.

Here is a link to my Google sheet with a few test entries: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zNo6SFs6_cUTbHcy6FYi_yNja98z13Slrdo94Mv9B78/edit?usp=sharing

Here is a link to a Google doc so you can see what how it is mapped and how it comes over https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bWfex_db_vMaOUwZ30tv9vHcEYQ2Hd6B3QkI-AK4PTA/edit?usp=sharing

And this is the link to see it in the frontend: http://footstepsofwisdom.com/events/?action=tribe_list&tribe_paged=1&tribe_event_display=list

See Test 1 and Test 2

So where am I’m going wrong with this mapping?

Thanks,

Cindy

[Cindy]

Hi Geoff –

Thanks for the note on the update. I have taken care of that. 🙂

The problem with using the theme guide is that it seems to get overridden at times by Avada. I looked but when I could not see a solution I reached out to them.

Working with them we figured out the issue is how the data flows into TEC from the CSV file. I’m adding the city/state under Venue when I import but it is not flowing into the correct section. This is not something they can help me with so they sent me back to TEC. I’m getting ready to import several hundred events and it would be very painful to have to re-do everything manually so I’m hoping you can figure out a solution for me.

Here is a link to a Google doc so you can see the notes and screen shots: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EUhWL12mQthxOVFl168_E9V3FGyjIq0R86m4_G8H-CY/edit?usp=sharing

Kind regards,

Cindy

[Cindy]

I don’t think I put the link to the Event page so here it is: http://footstepsofwisdom.com/events/?action=tribe_list&tribe_paged=1&tribe_event_display=list

Thanks!

[Cindy]

Hi Josh – Tried all of the above and nada helped. Sigh…..

Other ideas?

Thanks- Cindy

[Cindy]

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[Cindy]

Hey Josh,

The first snippet you suggested broke Relevancy but it did not remove my old stuff. Then I added add_action( ‘pre_get_posts’, ‘edcny_pre_get_posts’, 100 ) . This kept Relevancy from breaking but did not help with the filtering of old events.

I have deactivated Relevancy and you can still see old events.

Please see this link. Go to page 2.
http://footstepsofwisdom.com/page/2/?s=Caroline+myss&lang=en

This is everything I have in the Snippet:

add_action( ‘pre_get_posts’, ‘edcny_pre_get_posts’, 100

add_filter(‘tribe_events_pre_get_posts’, ‘filter_tribe_all_occurences’, 100);

function filter_tribe_all_occurences ($wp_query) {

if ( !is_admin() ) {

$new_meta = array();
$today = new DateTime();

// Join with existing meta_query
if(is_array($wp_query->meta_query))
$new_meta = $wp_query->meta_query;

// Add new meta_query, select events ending from now forward
$new_meta[] = array(
‘key’ => ‘_EventEndDate’,
‘type’ => ‘DATETIME’,
‘compare’ => ‘>=’,
‘value’ => $today->format(‘Y-m-d H:i:s’)
);

$wp_query->set( ‘meta_query’, $new_meta );
}

return $wp_query;
}

Thank-you for explaining what you meant. I will have the person that helps me get that copied and sent to you.

Thanks,

Cindy

[Cindy]

Hey Josh,

Thank-you for the above suggestion, but it didn’t work. 🙁

I just saw this in an earlier email, but I don’t know what you mean. I’m not very savvy with this stuff. Can you explain more on the line below? :
If not, would you mind creating a snippet with your full functions file and sending a link over to that for verification?

Thanks!

Cindy

[Cindy]

Hey Josh,

Thank-you so much for your reply.

I just tried the snippet you sent. It breaks Relevansi Search plugin that I need since Avada does not have a good search option.

Is there anything else you can suggest for now?

Also, can request the development team to add the ability to hide old events from plugin settings?

Thanks,

Cindy

[Cindy]

Hi Josh,

I copied the code into the code-snippet plugin and past events are still showing. This is what I used:

add_action( ‘pre_get_posts’, ‘edcny_pre_get_posts’ );
function edcny_pre_get_posts($query) {
if (!is_admin() && $query->is_main_query()) {
if ($query->is_search) {

$meta_query = $query->get(‘meta_query’);
$meta_query[] = array(
‘key’ => ‘_EventStartDate’,
‘value’ => date(‘Y-m-d’).’ 00:00:00′,
‘compare’ => ‘>=’,
‘type’ => ‘DATETIME’
);
$query->set(‘meta_query’, $meta_query);
}
}
return $query;
}

For example:

http://footstepsofwisdom.com/?s=Caroline+myss&lang=en

The bottom two results are past events. I am trying to hide these. I think it odd that Event Calendar does not have an option show or not show past events.

Thanks again,
Cindy

[Cindy]

Hi Cliff,

I just added a new event and all seems to be functioning PERFECTLY! Now…if you are not too tired of me… 🙂
I sent this e-mail to Avada because I think this has more to do with them, but not sure. Can you see if this is TEC and if so, provide me with answers? Thanks Cliff!

Here is the page link: http://footstepsofwisdom.com/events/?action=tribe_list&tribe_paged=1&tribe_event_display=list

What I sent:

Since I updated the newest version of Avada, I’m now having color issues with fields and text with the Event Calendar. Some things seem to have been changed and other fields are just new. I have looked under Appearance / Theme Potions/Events .

Here are my issues:
1. The color to the left of the box that says “Events From” with “Date” listed below and to the right of View as List box on the right, is not the same color even though I used the same color as my background of #f9e8cf. When I entered it at Avada/Theme Options / Events Calendar/ General Events, I get a message pops up and says: Sanitized value and saved as #f9e8cf instead of #f9e8cf . This just makes it look off. It used to be one color before update. This looks goofy and unprofessional.

2. How do I change the text colors in the fields that say Date and Search? It used to be black before update. Now the text is so light it makes it hard for anyone to read.

3. The “Find Events” button is an ugly color now. I don’t remember what it was before, but I would like it to be the green I use in my theme.

4. I would like the ” View as List” box to be the green I use in my theme.

5. I would like the “Date” and “Location” boxes next to the Event name box to be the green in my theme. These are the new fields that were added when Avada hooked up with TEC. I would like the text size and boldness to match what is in the Event name box to the Left. Otherwise it does not look symmetrical

Please note I’m not tech savvy, so detailed instructions are very helpful and appreciated! Once again I have already tried to make these changes under: I have looked under Appearance / Theme Potions/Events .

[Cindy]

GM! I just had a dev from Avada, Michael respond back to me. My calendar now looks perfect! I will need to test adding new info and have my IT/hubby read his email since I’m not tech savvy, but I think I MAYBE all good to go. He asked for a contact on TEC side so I gave him yours. He wants to work with y’all to make sure all is well. 🙂
_________________________________________________________________________________
Here is what he shared with me:

Please provide the name of the Events Calendar team member who previously responded to you.
Also if you have a ticket with them, please provide that information.
I am not aware of any information being passed on from them regarding this, so would like to confirm what they are seeing.
We work with Events Calendar, so if there is a problem then it needs fixed.

For simplicity lets stick with one event as an example – http://footstepsofwisdom.com/event/brian-l-weiss-m-d-many-lives-many-masters/

There are many things going on here, so I will go through each.

1. Right now, this event does not contain paragraphs. Either in the post edit screen, single event front end, or in the list view.
Instead of paragraph tags, there are div tags – which I strongly recommend against (1 missing tag and the layout would break)

Instead of div tags, it should be paragraph tags (which are added automatically by WordPress if you use Visual editor)
As an example, I removed all the div tags and switched to Visual editor and then saved,

The paragraphs then show up on the single event screen, but not in the archive.

2. The theme has been installed/updated incorrectly. Right now there is a theme folder within theme folder.
I have separated the two folders, so this is now correct.

3. The Avada/tribe-events/single-event.php appears to be edited.

The default for the events calendar, is the following, therefore I added that:
<?php echo tribe_events_get_the_excerpt( null, wp_kses_allowed_html( ‘post’ ) ); ?>

Which will also be used in our next update.

4. For the archive, there are no paragraphs being shown still, however that isn’t coming from the theme.

This is coming from the Events Calendar plugin.
They use the following function which strips out all tags, which is why the paragraphs will not be kept
The same happens on the Twenty Sixteen theme.
$excerpt = wp_trim_words( $excerpt, $excerpt_length, $excerpt_more

I have commented this out for now, so if you check the paragraphs should be shown.
I suggest contacting Events Calendar regarding that.

If there are still problems, please let me know.
_________________________________________________

I’ll write back once I have time to test everything and make 100% sure all is good.

Thanks Cliff!

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