[Plugin: Events Manager] HOW TO: Display Multiple Category Images Per Event

I ask a lot of questions here so I thought I’d provide a how-to for a change.
I’ve seen a lot of posts asking how to display multiple category images when you have more than one per event.

NOTE: THIS WILL REQUIRE EDITING THE PLUGIN FILES
But its pure copy / paste.

STEP ONE: Edit Plugin File

go to the file:
plugins / events-manager / classes / em-event.php
approx line 1385
http://pastebin.com/XNDdVqWp

In between the case #_CATEGORIES / #_EVENTCATEGORIES
and the case #_EVENTTAGS
PASTE the above pastebin code (I’ve commented start and end of what you need – its only 6 lines)

STEP TWO: Create Folder Structure

go to your template folder.
If you have not done so, create the following folder structure in the root of your particular theme:
{yourthemeroot} / plugins / events-manager / placeholders
(where each slash represents a sub-folder)

STEP THREE: Copy Existing Placeholder File

Now copy the existing categories.php placeholder.
Located at: wp-content / plugins / events-manager / templates / placeholders / categories.php
Copy this file.
Paste it into your newly created folder structure above (the placeholder folder you created in YOUR THEME’s root.

STEP FOUR: Rename Existing Placeholder File to match “case” created in step 1
(IMPORTANT: make sure this is in your theme root plugin events manager placeholder folder NOT IN THE ACTUAL PLUGIN’s FOLDER )
Rename your file FROM:
categories.php
TO:
categories_images.php

STEP FIVE: Edit NEW Placeholder File
Change this line of code FROM:
<li><?php echo $EM_Category->output("#_CATEGORYLINK"); ?></li>
TO THIS:
<li><?php echo $EM_Category->output("#_CATEGORYIMAGE"); ?></li>

WHILE YOURE IN THERE: update the class name (for styling reasons)
… just add a -images so it looks like this:
<ul class="event-categories-images">
(see how all we did was add -images this will allow you to apply specific styles to just this piece.

OKAY YOU’VE DONE IT – Now all thats left to do is – make it happen!!!

As you created the “case” in step one:

Call your newly created multiple categories images like so:

#_EVENTCATEGORIESIMAGES

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/events-manager/