Help, dairy free advice?

[BlueEyedHipsta]

I want to make a dairy free cheesecake, I have a recipe but the base uses dates as the binding agent and I'm not a fan of dates. I was wondering if I did an almond and coconut base and instead of butter as the binding agent use olive oil spread and bake it, then set it, do you think it would bind together?

[whattothink]

Olive oil will only make it runny (does olive oil become hard when you put it in a pan to cook something). Most dairy free recipes need to be followed exactly (trust me from experience) as they are using ingredients to get a desired result, because many substitutes do not behave the same way.
If you are only talking about the base, then I would look for a recipe and not necessarily make one up. You could always Google other recipes and use the base and the filling you want to mix and match.