New search form in dev mode

that is inluded in the dev version;

To upgrade to the dev version see here – https://wp-events-plugin.com/documentation/upgrade-dev-version/

Upgraded to the dev version 5.4.4.2 a minute ago. At first when loading the event list page, the event list showed but search form didn’t. After Ctrl-R, both showed, but while they should be side by side (we have modified the search form to be vertical), the event list was now displayed under the search form, leaving a lot of empty space to the right of them.

Looking at the HTML I notice that the dev version doesn’t show the container div we have wrapped our grouped events list in in templates/events-list.php. How is it possible that the dev version is ignoring these rows in the template? They’re at the root level of the template, not inside any ifs or functions.

hi @daedalon

just to make sure, you have not modified other templates? and/or your modified templates are update with the dev version?

There are other modified templates, and they have been synced to 5.4.4, the latest stable.

1. The odd part is that the template file seems to be otherwise used apart from those two lines, echo '<div class="event-list-container">';and its closing part, not having any effect anymore. They’re placed so that they’re outside if( $events_count > 0 ){ ... }.

2. Another issue that I noticed with the dev version is that clicking the Search button submits the placeholder text from dbem_search_form_text_label, set in Events > Settings > Formatting > Search > Label.

have you tried the dev version without your modifications? not sure if this is something in your mods or in our default search form.

for example, there’s no mention of events-list-container in our plugin.

With modified templates only. https://wp-events-plugin.com/blog/2013/07/18/preview-of-events-manager-5-5/ stated “If you still prefer the old style, or you have made customizations to the search forms in the past, we still provide backward compatibility.” I wrote the feedback as I understood this to mean that 5.5 shouldn’t break existing customizations but rather is something that can be switched to. The current dev version breaks the custom template we use in a strange way:

Div.events-list-container is custom code. The opening and closing tag of that seem to be the only ignored lines in the custom events-list.php. Also the second item, the search form placeholder-ignoring JavaScript, is broken by the update.

If the breakage is an expected side effect, then nevermind the report, but if 5.5 should be backwards-compatible, hopefully this will help you spotting the last quirks.

To clarify, I am in new dev mode but the old search form is still showing. I really like the new look better- any code to add or redact? I haven’t made any template modifications.

@commandrea

have you tried to upgrade to the latest dev version? and see Events > Settings > Formatting > Search Form

Yes, I’m in dev mode, receiving msg: Dev Mode active: Just a friendly reminder that you are updating to development versions.

Search form settings are same as previous version.

**Using version 5.4.4

try to upgrade to EM dev version 5.4.4.2 – https://wp-events-plugin.com/documentation/upgrade-dev-version/

I have triple checked that I have those selections active in admin tools. Still says I’m in 5.4.4 and not 5.4.4.2

you probably also need to click the ‘recheck updates’ button

The cause for our issue was that EM now uses events-list-grouped.php and ignores events-list.php when using a grouped list. Wrote a separate topic about this: https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/feedback-on-5443-the-2-beta-of-55

OP’s issue wasn’t resolved.