jbx

Thanks for that!

This is the code I actually used, in case anyone else is looking for it. It checks if the year is the same before omitting it, and then checks if the month is the same before omitting it. If the day is also the same it does nothing because EM already works perfectly in that case.

add_filter('em_event_output_placeholder','my_em_placeholder_mod',1,3);
function my_em_placeholder_mod($replace, $EM_Event, $result)
{
	if ( $result == '#_EVENTDATES' )
	{
		$day_start = date_i18n('d', $EM_Event->start);
		$day_end = date_i18n('d', $EM_Event->end);

		if ($day_start != $day_end)
		{
			$date_format_start = 'd';

			$year_start = date_i18n('Y', $EM_Event->start);
			$year_end = date_i18n('Y', $EM_Event->end);

			if ($year_start != $year_end)
			{
				$date_format_start .= ' M Y';
			}
			else
			{
				$month_start = date_i18n('M', $EM_Event->start);
				$month_end = date_i18n('M', $EM_Event->end);

				if ($month_start != $month_end)
				{
					$date_format_start .= ' M';
				}
			}

			$replace = date_i18n($date_format_start, $EM_Event->start). ' - ' . date_i18n('d M Y', $EM_Event->end);
		}
	}
	return $replace;
}

The reason was that the_content() was not being called in these special custom content types.

Its working fine now that I added the_content() and fixed the content types to play well with the the_content() function.

Instead of polluting my functions.php (which is already becoming quite big) can I put it somewhere else under my theme’s folder in a separate file named em-events.php?

OK I’ve got closer to what the issue is, however no idea how to solve it.
I’ve enabled the default twentyeleven theme and the list of events appeared.

When I enable my own theme the list of events just displays the word ‘CONTENT’. So evidently I have something missing in my theme that twentyeleven is doing. I’ve had a quick look through the files and no idea what it could be. I’ve copied over page.php but it didn’t make a difference so it must be something in the other files.

What could be the reason for the CONTENTS not being parsed and replaced by the list of events in my theme?

I don’t have a sample link unfortunately because its still not online.

The settings -> pages -> event list/archives is just the default settings.
Its pointing to the Events page.

I went to the Events page and there is the message on top saying:
“This page corresponds to Events Manager events page. Its content will be overriden by Events Manager, although if you include the word CONTENTS (exactly in capitals) and surround it with other text, only CONTENTS will be overwritten. If you want to change the way your events look, go to the settings page.”

However, the CONTENTS text is not really being replaced for some reason when I go to the Events page. I didn’t touch the page or anything, its exactly the default settings you get after installing the plugin.

Re 1: Yes its CONTENTS, however I want the list of events not the word CONTENTS. How do I get that?

Re 2: Thanks, I’ll try to create a template using the approach you suggested.