{"id":1131520,"date":"2016-06-24T08:57:13","date_gmt":"2016-06-24T15:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/how-to-use-multiple-templates-for-single-events\/"},"modified":"2016-06-24T08:57:13","modified_gmt":"2016-06-24T15:57:13","slug":"how-to-use-multiple-templates-for-single-events","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/how-to-use-multiple-templates-for-single-events\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use multiple templates for single events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have customized the single-event.php page and it works wonderfully for the majority of our events.  We do have a few times where there will not be an event, and we&#8217;d like to enter that on the calendar as well.  (There normally would be 5 hikes every Wednesday, and if we only post 4 folks will ask why.  If we can post a NO HIKE for the 5th hike that day, it will help eliminate confusion.)<\/p>\n<p>So the question is:   Is it possible to create a second single-event template, and use it when needed?  If so, how do I use it?  ie. there is no template dropdown box to select from. <\/p>\n<p>Thought as I&#8217;m writing this:   Is it possible to set up a hike category of NO HIKE, and then add code to the existing single-event.php such that it would first check the hike category and if it was NO HIKE, it would display &#8220;event body A&#8221;, otherwise, it would display &#8220;event body B&#8221;?     How would I check the hike category in this case? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-1131520","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to use multiple templates for single events -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/how-to-use-multiple-templates-for-single-events\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to use multiple templates for single events -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We have customized the single-event.php page and it works wonderfully for the majority of our events. 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