Link in event excerpt not clickable in list format

you can try something like <a href="#_EVENTURL"> #_EVENTEXCERPT </a>

Thank you for your response.
I tried something similar to what you suggested <a href="#_EVENTURL">#_EVENTEXCERPT{5,...}</a> and it made the whole event excerpt link to the actual event page. I would like it to link to the external link in the description (in this case, it was a facebook page). See this screenshot: https://thefullquiver.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/screenshot7.jpg
Is there a way to accomplish this?

Thank you for your time.

How did you add the link to the Facebook page?

I added the links to the Facebook pages in the event descriptions. See these links:
https://thefullquiver.com/events/collinsville-bible-baptist
https://thefullquiver.com/events/spring-creek-baptist-church
…Look underneath the address for the event.

Thank you for your help!

Ok, I see what’s happening now. By default, the #_EVENTEXCERPT placeholder removes HTML code when used with a number, which is why your link isn’t appearing.

If you use the placeholder without a number the link should be clickable.

Thank you for your help. I tried what you suggested and I got this:
https://thefullquiver.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/screenshot8.jpg
There are extra gaps that I don’t want and that didn’t show up when I used #_EVENTEXCERPT{5,...}. I also really like the limit on words that show when using that code snippet I just mentioned. So there’s no way to get the HTML code of the hyperlink with a number? Please advise.

Thank you so much!

The gaps are appearing because the HTML code is being used, so the line breaks in your event description are being included in the excerpt.

If you want to choose which HTML code is used in excerpts you’d need to create your own custom excerpts placeholder.

Ok. Thank you. Regarding “custom excerpts placeholder” should I follow along the lines of something like this? >> https://www.mightyminnow.com/2013/08/custom-excerpt-placeholder-for-events-manager/

I haven’t tried that code, but something like that should work.

• This reply was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by caimin_nwl.

Ok, great! What code would you use to do what I’m envisioning? Thank you for all your help @caimin_nwl!

I’d probably use that same code ??

I used the same code listed on this website except changing it to not strip the HTML

/** Create custom #_CUSTOMEXCERPT placeholder for Events Manager */
function my_em_styles_placeholders( $replace, $EM_Event, $result ) {
	global $wp_query, $wp_rewrite;
 
	// Whether or not to strip HTML, if not be careful with the $length as you can cut off in the middle of tags
	$strip_HTML = false;
 
	// Max length of the excerpt (characters)
	$length = 120;
 
	// String to append to excerpt, if it is longer than the max length
	$after = "…";
 
	switch( $result ) {
		case '#_CUSTOMEXCERPT': // name of the placeholder
			// Get standard excerpt output
			$replace = $EM_Event->output( "#_EVENTEXCERPT" );
 
			// Strip all HTML
			if ( $strip_HTML ) {
				$replace = strip_tags( $replace );
			}
 
			// Only modify the excerpt if it exceeds the maximum allowed length
			if ( strlen( $replace ) > $length ) {
				$replace = substr( $replace, 0, $length );
				$replace .= $after;
			}
 
			// Balance tags just in case
			$replace = force_balance_tags( $replace );
 
			break; // end the case
	}
 
	return $replace ; //output the placeholder
}
add_filter( 'em_event_output_placeholder','my_em_styles_placeholders', 1, 3 );

I applied #_CUSTOMEXCERPT to my events list view. Now I have big gaps AND the links still aren’t clickable – see here. What am I doing wrong? Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thank you!