Title: Cannot Override Form
Last modified: February 27, 2019
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# Cannot Override Form
* Resolved [shaggett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shaggett/)
* (@shaggett)
* [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-override-form/)
* At first I was dealing with the datepicker issue, but then I realized I can just
override the when.php and when-with-recurring.php files and do it myself.
* However, my changes are not taking effect.
* WP Fastest Cache is set up to exclude anything (css, js, pages) that contains
events or events-manager, still no luck.
I also disabled the plugin, and still
no luck. Cleared cache/cookies and tested on our different wifi networks, and
still no luck.
* I have the path set up correctly (omitting the first “templates” folder) for
the child files. I even edited the plugin’s actual files and while it shows my
changes in the backend, it is not reflecting on the frontend and still shows
the original code.
* Is there something I’m missing here? Not sure why I can’t edit the submission
form.
* Thanks
* The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fcannot-override-form%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
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* [timrv](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timrv/)
* (@timrv)
* [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-override-form/#post-11256674)
* Hello,
* If you’re looking to modify the Front-end form, The template is located under:
events-manager\templates\forms\event-editor.php Here is a link on how to use
template files on your theme. [https://wp-events-plugin.com/documentation/using-template-files/](https://wp-events-plugin.com/documentation/using-template-files/)
* Thread Starter [shaggett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shaggett/)
* (@shaggett)
* [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-override-form/#post-11256774)
* Hi there,
* I was looking to modify specific sections in the form (ie: When, Where).
I have
copied event-editor.php and location-editor.php to my theme folder to see if
that would help resolve my issue, but it did not.
* The link you referenced about creating child template files is what I used to
create mine before I created a support post.
* So for example, the paths for the child when.php and when-with-recurring.php
files are:
wp-content/themes/BIDPeekskill/events-manager/forms/event/when.php
wp-content/themes/BIDPeekskill/events-manager/forms/event/when-with-recurring.
php
* the parent files for when.php and when-with-recurring.php still reside at:
wp-
content/plugins/events-manager/templates/forms/event/when.php wp-content/plugins/
events-manager/templates/forms/event/when-with-recurring.php
* Creating these child files did reflect on the frontend, though.
Editing the
parent files also does not reflect on the frontend.
* [Stonehenge Creations](https://wordpress.org/support/users/duisterdenhaag/)
* (@duisterdenhaag)
* [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-override-form/#post-11256841)
* You are using the wrong path!
* wp-content/themes/your-theme/plugins/events-manager/forms/event/when.php
* Thread Starter [shaggett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shaggett/)
* (@shaggett)
* [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-override-form/#post-11256891)
* Ah! Thanks. So now my when’s edits are showing on the frontend, however the where’s
are not. But that’s not quite as important right now.
* Datepicker still does not pop up for me, and it’s telling me it’s the wrong format
when I enter a date.
* mm/dd/yyyy was working originally when I manually entered the date, which was
why I have the note on the page, but now I get the error “Dates must have correct
formatting. Please use the date picker provided.”
* Any ideas?
* [Stonehenge Creations](https://wordpress.org/support/users/duisterdenhaag/)
* (@duisterdenhaag)
* [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-override-form/#post-11256912)
* I have just submitted an event to your site. My findings are in the Event content.
😉
* Your date picker says it needs dd-mm-jjjj, so a dash, not a slash. Is that the
problem?
- This reply was modified 7 years, 2 months ago by [Stonehenge Creations](https://wordpress.org/support/users/duisterdenhaag/).
* Thread Starter [shaggett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shaggett/)
* (@shaggett)
* [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-override-form/#post-11256926)
* Hmm, I don’t see it in our pending list. I’ll wait a little to see if it’s just
delayed in being received. Thanks for helping with this, though!
* [Stonehenge Creations](https://wordpress.org/support/users/duisterdenhaag/)
* (@duisterdenhaag)
* [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-override-form/#post-11256932)
* It should be saved to the WP database immediately. There should not be any delay.
* Thread Starter [shaggett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shaggett/)
* (@shaggett)
* [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-override-form/#post-11259685)
* Hmm, don’t see any pending submissions from you.
* Any way to change the format for the datepicker? The frontend shows it as “dd/
mm/yyyy” when I use `type="date"` (keeping the default `type="text"` does not
show the datepicker popup on the frontend like it’s supposed to)
* Our site visitors are used to date formats being “01/31/2019″ rather than 31/
01/2019” and making them need to manually type in hyphens would just be another
step they’ll be confused about.
- This reply was modified 7 years, 2 months ago by [shaggett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shaggett/).
* Plugin Support [angelo_nwl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelo_nwl/)
* (@angelo_nwl)
* [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-override-form/#post-11306402)
* sorry for the confusion however as for the date picker format you can try settings
under Events > Settings > Formatting > Date/Time > Date Picker Format
* Thread Starter [shaggett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shaggett/)
* (@shaggett)
* [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-override-form/#post-11308217)
* Hi, the format is set as dd/mm/yy, so the output should be 03/13/2019 if I were
to type out the date. When using `type="date"`, it would say that it is the wrong
date format, even though I selected the date in the dd/mm/yyyy format.
* I switched the code back to `type="text"`, but added a placeholder so visitors
were aware of the format when they type in the date manually:
`` and`
`
* The good news is, I found out why the datepicker wasn’t popping up!
* For future people reading this, if you are using [Bridge theme](https://themeforest.net/item/bridge-creative-multipurpose-wordpress-theme/7315054),
add this to your custom CSS and the datepicker will work:
* ```
div#ui-datepicker-div {
z-index: 9999 !important;
}
```
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* Last activity: [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-override-form/#post-11308217)
* Status: resolved