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@katmoody Sorry to come back to this thread late. Thank you for your reply and help.

I tried running a files only backup and it did not work – it still goes on and on forever.

How do I exclude the /wp-content/uploads folder? I don’t see an option to do this.

Your help is much appreciated and I look forward to hearing from you,
Abigail

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!

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

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/

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!

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!

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.

Ok!!! It was the Social Media Auto Publish plugin. Thankfully, it was one of the first ones I deactivated!! So now the website is going good from the outside (when you’re not logged in). But I still get the error when I am logged in… but that’s not a huge deal because now other people can purchase CDs, look at the website, etc. THANK YOU!

Did the z-index. Thanks for pointing that out.

Alrighty there… Went and deleted the W3 in the WP dashboard… Went in my files (through my host) and I don’t see anything having to do with caching. So this step should be done. So next… Going through each one of the bazillion plugins I have… Just out of curiousity… Why do you think it has something to do with a plugin?
Thanks.

By the way… THANK YOU so much for your help and support!

So to first things first… to delete all the caching folders could I just go to my installed plugins list and DELETE W3 Total Cache (to remove all the files)?

…and @kmessinger, I do still see the error. It is not resolved yet. It’s weird because sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. I’ve found that the browser you use is also a factor.

Yes, our caching plugin is disabled. Maybe it’s a plugin conflict??? How would I determine if it is a plugin conflict?

Ok. Thanks. I actually now don’t need to go back to a previous version.