{"id":1040607,"date":"2015-12-14T04:52:03","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T12:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/formating-event-description\/"},"modified":"2016-02-18T08:33:01","modified_gmt":"2016-02-18T16:33:01","slug":"formating-event-description","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/formating-event-description\/","title":{"rendered":"formating event description"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>please excuse me if these are obvious questions&#8230;<br \/>\nHow can I offer the person inputting a community event the same text formatting and paragraph style and link options that i have when inputting new events using wordpress as an admin?<br \/>\nessential these tools https:\/\/cloudup.com\/cc3bCD129Lo<br \/>\n(i&#8217;ve checked the wp custom user settings and it doesnt seem possible from  there and yes i understand you can add code for bold, italics etc &#8211; but most people entering events will not know how to enter that formatting code. 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