Add Events About (about) Field to Events List Layout

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Hello,

Does anyone know if it is possible to add code to force the events LIST layout to show the events “about” field in the dropdown? Example events LIST layout here: https://mthwaltman.wixsite.com/allsaints-rd2e

Out of the box all that can be shown for each event is the event title, date/time, location and snippet (“description”) fields.

I am looking to have all the event info show in the dropdown/accordion when the user clicks on the event in the list style format rather than having the user click on the button taking them to the event details page for more info.

Thanks,
Sarah

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Hi!
Seems like you already done it, right?

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Hello, thanks for you reply.
No, I only have the short description/teaser showing up on the list layout. The longer about Rich Text field is what I am looking to add to the list accordion/dropdown. ( https://support.wix.com/en/article/corvid-wix-events-events-collection-fields#about-about )

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@sarah89780 I still don’t understand about which RichText you talking about.
What I see is full description

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@illiao - Hmm that’s strange…how did you get to my “copy-of-home” page with the workaround I’m testing using the FAQ feature - per your screenshot ( https://mthwaltman.wixsite.com/allsaints-rd2e/copy-of-home )

What is on the current (staged) home page ( https://mthwaltman.wixsite.com/allsaints-rd2e )
is the Events app that looks like this:

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I follow links on your site and don’t even remember how I get to your test home page :man_shrugging:

Long Description (About) that you have can be shown on your Details Page, but not on “events LIST layout”.

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So, your workaround with “FAQ feature” is not bad! But the main problem is you need to update data in two places and it’s bad

You also can use Repeater for it.
As mentioned in this article you can use wixData.query to get data about your Events and display it in repeater.

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@illiao - Thanks. I did wonder if using a repeater with a show/hide function would be another option. It sounds like the client doesn’t even care about using the events detail page anytime soon, which is why I thought of the FAQ workaround. They don’t have a current need to let people sign up or anything. So, the FAQ workaround should work, it’s just not as slick as the events list layout is design-wise, so TBD.

Thanks for you insight! -Sarah