The Event Description

Introduction

The Event Description is the home page of the event on the storefront.  It might be called "Event Home" on your storefront, or "Quick Facts" (it can be renamed to whatever makes sense to you and your customers, and if you'd like your menu option renamed, email support@tellingstone.com for assistance).  In the screen shot below, is called Quick Facts:

When an event is initially created, a predefined default template (established in Store Configuration\Look and Feel) appears.  Your default template was most likely created by someone at Telling Stone.  In addition to the default template you use most frequently, you can add other templates that you can then choose from during the event setup process.  You will most likely want or need help from Telling Stone to create other templates from which you can choose. 

Within each event description template, some of the content is pulled from fields filled in for the event.  Other content will be typed over from placeholders created in the event description template. 

The editor in which the description resides is an HTML Editor.  As with all content that is displayed in a browser, in the end it is all HTML.  The editor is a user-friendly way to generate HTML source behind the scenes.  

Editing the Event Description's Content

To edit the event's description area, open the event and select "Description (Store 2.0)" down the left-hand navigation menu:

The editor behaves similarly to a word processor but has some unique nuances because while it is displaying user-friendly content to you, it is building HTML code behind the scenes that can be displayed by a web browser.

Changing the Event Template

You can change the default template to any other template by clicking the "Choose Template" drop down at the top of the editor:

Using templates can be a huge timesaver compared to trying to get the editor to do what you want it to do.  If you find yourself making the same edits across events, reach out and let us provide you with additional templates!

Copying an Event Description from One Event To Another

You may want to copy a description from one event to another.  Since the Description is simply HTML text that is displayed to the user on the storefront, it may be copied by common Windows "Ctrl" commands and following these steps:

1. Open the event that has the description you want to copy.
2. Click "Description" down the left-hand navigation menu for the event.
3. Click on the “Source” button in the Event Description tool bar.  This will expose the raw HTML. 
4. Click Ctrl-A to select all the text.
5. Click Ctrl-C to copy it to your clip board memory.
6. Now navigate to the event into which you want to copy the description and open up its event description
7. Click the “Source” button again. 
8. Click Ctrl-A to select all the text
9. Now Ctrl-V to paste what is in your memory into the event description, over the original event description.
10. Save.