Event-List-Widget multiple Templates

[Taufue]

Hi,

I’m using the widget-event-list.php template in my theme to show a customized list of events in my footer. However, now I need to show another list with more details on another part of the website. So I’d like to use widget-event-list_detailed.php for example. Unfortunately there seems to be no way to define the template file in the widget options. Is there any easy way to realize that?

Thanks.

[Stephen Harris]

Hi Taufue,

There is a template option, but this is not a particularly flexible way of defining the events.

The template option is intended for placeholder tags, but it’s possible to abuse this by specifying a template file and using the following code:

function my_eo_widget_template_hack( $template ){
    global $eo_event_loop_args;

    if( !empty( $eo_event_loop_args['template'] ) ){
        $template = $eo_event_loop_args['template']; 
    }

    return $template;
}
add_filter( 'eventorganiser_event_list_loop', 'my_eo_widget_template_hack' );

Then just use the template widget option to specify a file name of the template (which should be in the root of your theme). Or leave blank for the default template.

This a hack on two fronts though :). First, as mentioned, the template option is not intended for an intented template name, but placeholder tags. Secondly, the use of the global $eo_event_loops_args. This probably isn’t going away (at all), and I strive to maintain backwards compatibility, but it was never intended for this ;).

That said, when this code is revisted I shall try to provide a better way of specifying a template file per widget. This was a scenario that I had thought might occur and it was only a matter of time before it did.

• This reply was modified 10 years ago by  Stephen Harris. Reason: Corrected typo in code

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