Title: Basic Sermon Information display
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# Basic Sermon Information display

 *  [lostonthesea](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lostonthesea/)
 * (@lostonthesea)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-sermon-information-display/)
 * Bear with this very novice question.
 * I can’t understand how to get basic sermon information displaying in my posts.
   Sermon title, scripture, preacher fields in Sermon Manager all seem to get added
   into the EXCERPT for the post.
 * But I don’t want to display the entire sermon excerpt on a page, just the basic
   details. Clicking on the title could open a page with a lengthier summary.
 * I am using Elementor. I have various post widgets I can choose from.

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 *  [Nikola](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nikolam/)
 * (@nikolam)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-sermon-information-display/#post-10193469)
 * Hi,
 * Elementor support is not yet there (it will be in Pro version), but you can modify
   the excerpt output by adding the following PHP code into your theme’s functions.
   php
 *     ```
       add_filter( 'wpfc_sermon_excerpt_v2', function(){
   
       } );
       ```
   
 * In the second line add everything from [this function](https://github.com/WP-for-Church/Sermon-Manager/blob/9f23e4d9e9d5f2908a2d0d8fd811e1648b768154/includes/sm-template-functions.php#L575),
   from line 575 to 705, but **don’t** copy line 699.
 * _…or…_
 * if you just want to hide the excerpt content (sermon description) you can add
   the following CSS to Appearance -> Edit/Custom CSS (or Appearance -> Customizer-
   > Additional CSS (or Appearance -> Editor (style.css file, add at the end)):
 *     ```
       .wpfc-sermon-description {
         display: none;
       }
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [lostonthesea](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lostonthesea/)
 * (@lostonthesea)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-sermon-information-display/#post-10193820)
 * Nikola
 * Thanks for your quick response. Will the Pro version be coming soon? With Elementor
   widget?
 * I’ve tried your advice.
 * I edited the functions.php and wound up with a parsing error. Does all this code
   go at the very end? I am new to this.
 * The CSS seems the preferable way for me. I’ve tried changing it 1) in the style.
   css file, 2) in the theme appearances customizer, and even 3) in the individual
   widget. I even tried adding !important
 * Nothing changed. The excerpt still appears.
 * Is there something else you would suggest?
    I am confused as to how to just call
   this SermonManager post info through Elementor interface. (What widget?)
 * Sorry for the many questions. I really appreciate your help on this. I am stuck!
 *  [Nikola](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nikolam/)
 * (@nikolam)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-sermon-information-display/#post-10196200)
 * Hi,
 * Pro version will come soon – in a matter of days.
    And yes, it will contain a
   native Elementor widget. 🙂
 * It’s very weird that CSS does not work. Are you using the latest version of Sermon
   Manager?
    Also, could you please send us the URL of your sermons page?
 * I’m starting to suspect that your theme is displaying the “basic” version of 
   excerpt that has no clickable links – are your sermons looking like in this [demo](https://demo.wpforchurch.com/sermon-manager/sermons/)?(
   by the way – this is the first time that we see that a theme is using the “basic”
   version of excerpt)
 * Don’t worry about asking questions – our goal is to resolve the issue. 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [lostonthesea](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lostonthesea/)
 * (@lostonthesea)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-sermon-information-display/#post-10196957)
 * Nikola,
 * I have 3 or 4 different Elementor post widgets I could use, but none of them 
   allow me to specify which sermon details to display or not display. I can only
   get the excerpt — that includes all sermon details. I can choose to hide the 
   excerpt in the widget controls, but then I get no sermon details.
 * Here’s the link. You can see my experiments with two different widgets.
    [http://denengracechapel.org/gardencity/media/](http://denengracechapel.org/gardencity/media/)
 * Again, I want to display just the details (sermon title, date, preacher, Scripture
   passage). Then click to open in a post with all the message summary, too.
 * Anything else I can try?
 * I am really looking forward to the Elementor widget. Will it allow me to do what
   I want above?
    Any possibility of my beta testing this widget? I’d like to get
   this sermon page working, and not set up and style it all twice.
 *  [Nikola](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nikolam/)
 * (@nikolam)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-sermon-information-display/#post-10197421)
 * Hi,
 * Yes, that’s expected. Sermon Manager has no Elementor support yet.
 * > I am really looking forward to the Elementor widget. Will it allow me to do
   > what I want above?
 * Yes, it will have those options in-built.
 * > Anything else I can try? […] Any possibility of my beta testing this widget?
 * You could contact me via email – [nikola@wpforchurch.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-sermon-information-display/nikola@wpforchurch.com?output_format=md)
   🙂

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