[Support request] The Events Calendar and GeneratePress Premium Header

[Chris]

Hi Tom,

I’m having an issue where when using modern tribe’s The Events Calendar using ‘Default Page Template’ so that I can use sidebars, the GeneratePress Premium header is not displaying. It works fine if I switch to using ‘Default Events Template’ although with a small unwanted gap between the main site header and the full width image I’m using in the GeneratePress header.

Any ideas how to fix?

Thanks
Chris

[Leo]

Hi Chris,

Are you able to provide a link where it’s not working so we can take a look?

Thanks.

[Chris]

Here’s a demo version:

http://test.karlanorton.co.nz/wordpress/performance/lunchtime-concert/

[Leo]

So basically you have a page header not showing on that page?

I’m not familiar with the plugin but ‘Default Events Template’ doesn’t include sidebars I assume? I can probably fix that unwanted gap easily.

Let me know 🙂

[Chris]

Yep- you got it! No sidebars for that template…

As a curiosity, how do you fix the gap?

[Leo]

ahh I think see what’s happening. That’s a blog page and WordPress ignores all meta boxes on index pages.

Try adding it in Blog > Page Header Image/content.
https://docs.generatepress.com/article/blog-page-header/

Gaps can usually be fixed with few lines of CSS.

Let me know if this works 🙂

[Chris]

No Luck I’m afraid…

[Tom]

http://test.karlanorton.co.nz/wordpress/performance/lunchtime-concert/

Is that an actual page you can edit in the back-end?

If so, are all of your options saved inside the Page Header meta box still?

[Chris]

Hi Tom,

The plug-in creates a custom-post called tribe_events

In the back-end, it functions very similarly to a blog post.

Yes – for that example, the header meta info is still present. I have tried another example without it – same result.

Cheers
Chris

[Tom]

Any chance you can email me temporary admin login details and a link to the problem page?: https://generatepress.com/contact/

[Chris]

Sure – done!

[Tom]

Been playing with this.

It seems The Events Calendar doesn’t pull in post meta from the post you’re creating.

While testing I tried to dump the global $post variable into the page, and the ID came back as 0. There must be something blocking it inside of their plugin.

I’ll make a note of it for further testing, but currently it seems their default template isn’t compatible with any post meta (sidebars, footer widgets, disable elements etc..).

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