Auto format posts in event list?

[Adam]

Is it possible to make the event list appear exactly as it is shown on this showcased example, http://events.8asians.com/events/ , with the images a fixed size and the ‘more tag’ being applied so as to truncate the post, making each post a uniform size on the list, right out of the box? Further, is it possible to do so automatically? Better still, will it do so automatically after auto-importing events using the Facebook add-on? My underlying question is can any of the above be done without coding or having to manually format each post by selecting ‘thumbnail’ for the image and inserting the ‘more tag’ (I recognize that the sample has been customized, but my question is only about the event list itself, not the appearance or function of the sidebar, menu, etc)?

Your guidance in how to achieve these goals with minimal or zero coding is greatly appreciated!

Thank you.

[Daniel]

I’ll second that… a uniformed post size with an automatic ‘more tag’ would be killer.

[Leah]

Hi Daniel and Adam,

I don’t believe there is a way to do that without some coding. But I agree that it would be a cool feature, especially the more tag to make posts of uniform size. I’m going to add that to our list of featured requests so hopefully it’ll be available in an upcoming release.

If you’d like to look into the code, your first step should be our Themer’s Guide to learn about template overrides:
https://theeventscalendar.com/support/documentation/events-calendar-themers-guide/

If you’ve got some specific questions about that, give us a shout and we’ll do our best to help.

Cheers,
Leah

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