An About Page using an Accordion

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People,

I have been looking at Markdown but it is too basic, so I looked at various other HTML options but I wondered if any Jekyll devs have a better solution . .

I want to produce a nicer-looking, collapsible accordion that can produce an About Page that looks somthing like this:

A Nicer MD Accordion

where the headings in grey have their text and subheadings underneath collapsed - maybe the sub-headings need to be in a smaller point size too . .

Anyone done something like this?

Thanks,
Phil.

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You might want to consider using a bootstrap component rather than doing this yourself.

Here’s a conversion where I show you how to set up bootstrap:

Here’s a a vertical accordion that I believe contains the features you need:

If you are looking for a pure HTML/CSS/Javascript option, I have not implemented that so hopefully others here have some advice as well.

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Thanks! I will check that out!

  • Hmm . . I just had a quick look at the demo and it only has one level in the accordion - ideally I need multiple (unlimited) levels with the indentation I showed in my graphic . . I will keep looking to see if it can do more than one . .
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You can embed the accordion inside an accordion. Here is some admittedly quickie code and a screenshot.

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  <title>Nested Accordion Example</title>
  <link href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.5.2/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body>

<div class="container mt-5">
  <!-- First level Accordion -->
  <div class="accordion" id="accordionExample1">
    <div class="card">
      <div class="card-header" id="headingOne">
        <h2 class="mb-0">
          <button class="btn btn-link" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#collapseOne" aria-expanded="true" aria-controls="collapseOne">
            Parent Accordion Item #1
          </button>
        </h2>
      </div>

      <div id="collapseOne" class="collapse show" aria-labelledby="headingOne" data-parent="#accordionExample1">
        <div class="card-body">
          <!-- Nested Accordion (Second Level) -->
          <div class="accordion" id="accordionExample2">
            <div class="card">
              <div class="card-header" id="headingTwo">
                <h2 class="mb-0">
                  <button class="btn btn-link" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#collapseTwo" aria-expanded="true" aria-controls="collapseTwo">
                    Nested Accordion Item #1
                  </button>
                </h2>
              </div>

              <div id="collapseTwo" class="collapse show" aria-labelledby="headingTwo" data-parent="#accordionExample2">
                <div class="card-body">
                  This is the first nested accordion content.
                </div>
              </div>
            </div>

            <div class="card">
              <div class="card-header" id="headingThree">
                <h2 class="mb-0">
                  <button class="btn btn-link collapsed" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#collapseThree" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="collapseThree">
                    Nested Accordion Item #2
                  </button>
                </h2>
              </div>
              <div id="collapseThree" class="collapse" aria-labelledby="headingThree" data-parent="#accordionExample2">
                <div class="card-body">
                  This is the second nested accordion content.
                </div>
              </div>
            </div>
          </div>
          <!-- End of Nested Accordion -->
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>

    <div class="card">
      <div class="card-header" id="headingFour">
        <h2 class="mb-0">
          <button class="btn btn-link collapsed" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#collapseFour" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="collapseFour">
            Parent Accordion Item #2
          </button>
        </h2>
      </div>
      <div id="collapseFour" class="collapse" aria-labelledby="headingFour" data-parent="#accordionExample1">
        <div class="card-body">
          Parent accordion content for item #2.
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.5.1.slim.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@popperjs/core@2.5.3/dist/umd/popper.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.5.2/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>

</body>
</html>
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Ah . . of course . . I will look more closely when I get home . .

Thanks!

@BillRaymond ,

Update:

OK, that all went nicely! - thanks again!

Another Q: I thought adding HTML to a MD page like the Jekyll About Page was OK? When I put “### This is a heading” as the first line in the body of your code:

<body>

### Was this ever going to be a thing?

ie with a blank line before and after, it is not processed but just printed out with the hashes like a para - I am missing something I suppose?

Update #2:

Ah . . It looks like I need to get rid of the head and body tags . .

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