Tutorials
Below are various tutorials to help you get the most out of Events Manager using some of the more advanced features. If you would like a good starting point, we have created a special series of tutorials:
Creating an Events Manager Add-On : A Complete Walkthrough
Otherwise, here are all our tutorials broken down by category
Administrate
Trigger a Plugin Update or Activation
There have been some occasions in the past where for some reason or another when
Extend
Integrating with MultiSite Global Tables Mode
We’re continuing our series of tutorials for our custom add-on called “Styles” by taking a
Using Additional Custom Taxonomies
Events Manager automatically makes any taxonomy associated with events or locations searchable/filterable using our shortcodes
Modifying the Event Calendar HTML
The event calendar, as with most other part of Events Manager, can be modified using
Modifying Event Location Google Maps
“How do I modify the centering of the maps?” “How can I do x to
Overriding Event Page Content With Filters
When users access the events page, Events Manager decides what to show based on the
Creating Custom Permalinks in WordPress
This tutorial forms (the final) part of our series of tutorials for creating an custom add-on
Create Custom Event Information Pages
We’re continuing our series of tutorials for our creating our own custom add-on called “Styles”
Creating Conditional Placeholders for Events
In our previous tutorial in this series we created a custom placeholder for our “Styles”
Create a Custom Placeholder for Event Formatting
This tutorial forms part of our series of tutorials for creating an custom add-on for
Modifying Placeholder Default Information
Some default placeholders can be directly modified with template files. However, since some placeholders require
Adding Custom Event Search Form Fields
This tutorial forms part of our series of tutorials for creating an custom add-on for
Creating Custom Event Search Attributes
This tutorial forms part of our series of tutorials for creating an custom add-on for
Whilst Events Manager 4.0 introduced new event scopes such as events today, tomorrow, this month,
Saving Custom Event Information
This tutorial forms part of our series of tutorials for creating an custom add-on for
Add a Custom Metabox and Input Fields to Your Event Registration Pages
This tutorial forms part of our series of tutorials for creating an custom add-on for
Adding Information to Events on Load
This tutorial forms part of our series of tutorials for creating an custom add-on for Events
Create a Custom Events Admin Page
Learn how to create new admin pages on wordpress and use them to create an interface to add and store information to the database.
How To Safely Add PHP Code To WordPress
A common question is where to put small snippets of PHP that make small modifications to other plugins, such as Events Manager. There’s three recommended ways, each have their pros and cons.
Turning Your Events List Into Tables
By default, Events Manager uses unordered HTML lists to display event information, in this sort
Warning: This tutorial applies to Events Manager version 3 downwards and is marked for revision.
Creating an Events Manager Add-On : A Complete Walkthrough
Warning: This series of tutorials was designed to help developers and designers learn how to
Format
Using Theme Templates for Event and Location Pages
Since Events Manager 5.3.7, you can now choose to display your event and location pages
Modifying Event Location Google Maps
“How do I modify the centering of the maps?” “How can I do x to
Setting Up
Setting up W3 Total Cache for Events Manager
W3 Total Cache is currently one of the most popular caching plugins for WordPress. If
Caching thumbnails generated by TimThumb
UPDATE: As of Events Manager 5.5.4 we’ve stopped using TimThumb since the script is not
Wordpress
Create a Custom Events Admin Page
Learn how to create new admin pages on wordpress and use them to create an interface to add and store information to the database.
How To Safely Add PHP Code To WordPress
A common question is where to put small snippets of PHP that make small modifications to other plugins, such as Events Manager. There’s three recommended ways, each have their pros and cons.
Mass import users into WordPress
Many, many users I am working on a complex blog/e-commerce system together with my colleagues