Dynamic content expressions

The full Handlebars reference for Custom Code blocks on your Rendezvous event page — variables, helpers, conditionals, and loops that pull in live event data.

Want your event page to stay accurate on its own? Drop a dynamic expression in and Rendezvous fills in the live detail — your event name, the date, the venue — every time the page loads. Change the detail once in your dashboard and every expression updates with it. No find-and-replace, no stale "Saturday" after you move the date.

Expressions use Handlebars syntax: a value wrapped in double curly braces. You can use them in Custom Code blocks (in the page builder) and in template overrides. Each expression is resolved when the page renders, against your event's template data.

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Hello, welcome to {{eventName}}!

That is the whole idea. Now let's look at everything you can put between the braces.

Top-level variables

These are handy shortcuts to the values you'll reach for most. They live at the root of the data, so you can use them on their own.

Variable	Type	Example value
`{{eventName}}`	string	`Sarah & Tom's Wedding`
`{{eventSlug}}`	string	`sarah-toms-wedding`
`{{eventDate}}`	string	`Saturday, September 12, 2026`
`{{eventTime}}`	string	`4:00 PM EDT`
`{{venueName}}`	string	`The Grand Ballroom`
`{{venueAddress}}`	string	`123 Main St, New York, NY`
`{{countdownDays}}`	string	`140`
`{{countdownHours}}`	string	`06`
`{{countdownMinutes}}`	string	`32`

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Variable	Type	Example value
`{{event.name}}`	string	`Sarah & Tom's Wedding`
`{{event.slug}}`	string	`sarah-toms-wedding`
`{{event.date}}`	string	`2026-09-12T16:00:00Z` (ISO)
`{{event.endDate}}`	string	`2026-09-12T23:00:00Z` (ISO)
`{{event.description}}`	string	Your short event description
`{{event.tagline}}`	string	Same as your short description
`{{event.richText}}`	string	Your longer description
`{{event.category}}`	string	`wedding` (your event type; defaults to `Private`)

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
`dateStr`	`string`	—	The ISO date to format (for example, `{{event.date}}`).
`format`	`"long"` / `"short"` / `"relative"` / `"iso"`	`"long"`	How to show it. `long` = full date, `short` = abbreviated, `relative` = "in 3 days", `iso` = ISO 8601.

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
`text`	`string`	—	The text to trim.
`length`	`number`	`100`	The most characters to keep before trimming.

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
`count`	`number`	—	The number to check.
`singular`	`string`	—	The word to use when the count is exactly 1.
`plural`	`string`	—	The word to use for any other count.

Variable	What it tells you
`{{@index}}`	The position of the current item, counting from 0
`{{@first}}`	`true` on the first item
`{{@last}}`	`true` on the last item
`{{@key}}`	The property name (when you loop over an object instead of a list)

Dynamic content expressions

Top-level variables

The event object

Core fields

Ready-to-show dates

Host names

Helpers

formatDate

formatTime

uppercase

truncate

pluralize

Conditionals

Nesting conditionals

unless

Loops

Loop helpers

Example: list your hosts

Putting it all together

Variable	Type	Example value
`{{event.dateFormatted}}`	string	`Saturday, September 12, 2026`
`{{event.dateShort}}`	string	`Sep 12`
`{{event.timeFormatted}}`	string	`4:00 PM EDT`

Variable	Type	Example value
`{{event.hostNames.[0]}}`	string	`Sarah`
`{{event.hostNames.[1]}}`	string	`Tom`
`{{event.hostFirstName}}`	string	`Sarah`