Retrieving custom data into EventList

This is the second part of the post Adding custom fields to EventList, where I explained how custom data fields can be added to EventList Joomla Component by Schlu. In this post I will cover how to take full advantage from those custom fields by making EventList RC1.0 for Joomla 1.5 retrieve the information submitted through them.

As I mentioned in the first part, EventList does not allow (yet) a user-friendly system for adding custom fields, therefore there’s no user-friendly system either to retrieve custom data into EventList. Some modifications to the core files of the component are required for this purpose. The good news is, that it is not as complicate as it might seem at first.

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