How can I link an external URL?

[Anonymous]

Sorry but I am really struggling with this for something so simple!

Using the default location balloon format, how can I create a link to an external website.

We are a running club and rely on users being able to book their own races.

I have been through the settings so many times and tried different variables (last one being #_DESCRIPTION) and cannot figure out a way to create an external URL for multiple events.

Example here: http://www.suttonrunners.org/events?event_id=13

Thanks in advance

[Franky]

Hi, a link to an external url just needs to be put in the format like html code, e.g.:

<a href=http://www.e-dynamics.be>My site</a>

[Anonymous]

Hi,

Thanks for the quick response.

Yes, I am aware on how to create links but this will be different for each event. I can’t place a single URL into the Events Settings page as this will change for each and every event. I guess what I’m asking, where in the ‘add new event’ can I place this data or variable? Or am I just being stupid 🙂

Hope this makes sense.

Great plugin by the way! It has brought so much benefit to our club members.

Thanks

[Franky]

Aha, I see what you mean. I suggest to use custom attributes then. E.g. in the balloon format (in the settings page) you put

<a href="#_ATT{EXTERNAL_LINK}">My link text</a>

and then, when editing/creating an event, you’ll see the custom attribute “EXTERNAL_LINK” which you can then give a value per event (but I believe you need the trunk version to be able to recognize attributes in balloons, just test it first).

For custom attributes: http://www.e-dynamics.be/wordpress/#custom-attrs

[Anonymous]

ok, great!

I will give it a go and report back.

One last question, you refer to ‘trunk version’, can you explain please?

Are you referring to the base plugin ‘events manager’ and not the extended version.

[Franky]

No, I’m referring to the not-yet-released version. But try with basic 3.2.15 first, otherwise: http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/events-manager-extended.zip

[Anonymous]

Great stuff, as mentioned it’s less complicated than it actually is.

Custom attribute (link) doesn’t appear to work with 3.2.15, will give trunk version a go.

Thanks for all your help!

[Franky]

Don’t forget: you need to change the setting concerning the balloon format first in order to be able to use it in an event afterwards. Also: make sure you have activated the use of custom attributes in the settings page.

[Anonymous]

Changed the settings for balloon format as described earlier in post. Activated custom attributes in settings. Upgraded to trunk version, but link still not working.

[Franky]

Do you see the custom attribute when creating the event (at the bottom of the event window)?

[Anonymous]

Hi,

Yes, the custom attribute is shown at the bottom when adding new event and I enter a value, for example (with no quotes)

http://www.google.co.uk

But still no response when clicking link.

[Franky]

I stand corrected: attributes don’t work in the balloon format, nor in the location pages. This is because we enter attribute data for an event, not a location. And since more than one event can be linked to the same location, I can’t go get the event info for a location …

I’ll add a feature request for attributes for location info.

[Anonymous]

Ok, no problem. Appreciate your time and effort.

We can live without this feature for now.

[Author]

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