diff --git a/events/forms.py b/events/forms.py
index 6697b35..fd3b418 100644
--- a/events/forms.py
+++ b/events/forms.py
@@ -74,6 +74,33 @@ class DateWidget(forms.DateInput):
         super(DateWidget, self).__init__(attrs=attrs)
 
 
+class SimpleTimeWidget(forms.Select):
+    """A single dropdown time widget
+    """
+    def __init__(self, attrs=None):
+        self.time_class = 'timepicker'
+        if not attrs:
+            attrs = {}
+        if 'time_class' in attrs:
+            self.time_class = attrs.pop('time_class')
+        if 'class' not in attrs:
+            attrs['class'] = 'time'
+
+        choices = []
+        for m in ('AM', 'PM'):
+            for hour in range(0, 12):
+                if hour == 0:
+                    hour = 12
+                for minute in range(00, 60, 30):
+                    choices.append(('%02d:%02d %s' % (hour, minute, m), ('%02d:%02d %s' % (hour, minute, m))))
+
+        super(SimpleTimeWidget, self).__init__(attrs, choices)
+
+    def value_from_datadict(self, data, files, name):
+        value = super(SimpleTimeWidget, self).value_from_datadict(data, files, name)
+        t = strptime(value, "%I:%M %p")
+        return strftime("%H:%M:%S", t)
+
 class TimeWidget(forms.MultiWidget):
     """A more-friendly time widget.
     """
@@ -134,7 +161,7 @@ class DateTimeWidget(forms.SplitDateTimeWidget):
         super(DateTimeWidget, self).__init__(attrs, date_format, time_format)
         self.widgets = (
             DateWidget(attrs=attrs),
-            TimeWidget(attrs=attrs),
+            SimpleTimeWidget(attrs=attrs),
         )
 
     def decompress(self, value):
diff --git a/events/migrations/0045_change_field_help_text.py b/events/migrations/0045_change_field_help_text.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bca926d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/events/migrations/0045_change_field_help_text.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+# Generated by Django 2.0 on 2018-09-07 14:28
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('events', '0044_add_event_settings'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='commonevent',
+            name='announce_url',
+            field=models.URLField(blank=True, null=True, verbose_name='Announcement URL'),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='commonevent',
+            name='end_time',
+            field=models.DateTimeField(db_index=True, verbose_name='End Time'),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='commonevent',
+            name='start_time',
+            field=models.DateTimeField(db_index=True, verbose_name='Start Time'),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='commonevent',
+            name='summary',
+            field=models.TextField(blank=True, help_text='Markdown formatting supported', null=True),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='commonevent',
+            name='web_url',
+            field=models.URLField(blank=True, null=True, verbose_name='Website URL'),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='event',
+            name='announce_url',
+            field=models.URLField(blank=True, null=True, verbose_name='Announcement URL'),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='event',
+            name='end_time',
+            field=models.DateTimeField(db_index=True, verbose_name='End Time'),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='event',
+            name='start_time',
+            field=models.DateTimeField(db_index=True, verbose_name='Start Time'),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='event',
+            name='summary',
+            field=models.TextField(blank=True, help_text='Markdown formatting supported', null=True),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='event',
+            name='web_url',
+            field=models.URLField(blank=True, null=True, verbose_name='Website URL'),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='eventcomment',
+            name='body',
+            field=models.TextField(help_text='Markdown formatting supported'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/events/models/events.py b/events/models/events.py
index 234ffa0..0d5d218 100644
--- a/events/models/events.py
+++ b/events/models/events.py
@@ -72,15 +72,15 @@ class Event(models.Model):
     series = models.ForeignKey('EventSeries',related_name='instances',  null=True, blank=True, on_delete=models.SET_NULL)
     status = models.SmallIntegerField(choices=STATUSES, default=CONFIRMED, db_index=True)
 
-    start_time = models.DateTimeField(help_text=_('Date and time that the event starts'), verbose_name=_('Start Time'), db_index=True)
-    end_time = models.DateTimeField(help_text=_('Date and time that the event ends'), verbose_name=_('End Time'), db_index=True)
+    start_time = models.DateTimeField(verbose_name=_('Start Time'), db_index=True)
+    end_time = models.DateTimeField(verbose_name=_('End Time'), db_index=True)
 
-    summary = models.TextField(help_text=_('Summary of the Event'), blank=True, null=True)
+    summary = models.TextField(help_text=_('Markdown formatting supported'), blank=True, null=True)
 
     place = models.ForeignKey(Place, blank=True, null=True, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
 
-    web_url = models.URLField(verbose_name=_('Website'), help_text=_('URL for the event'), max_length=200, blank=True, null=True)
-    announce_url = models.URLField(verbose_name=_('Announcement'), help_text=_('URL for the announcement'), max_length=200, blank=True, null=True)
+    web_url = models.URLField(verbose_name=_('Website URL'), max_length=200, blank=True, null=True)
+    announce_url = models.URLField(verbose_name=_('Announcement URL'), max_length=200, blank=True, null=True)
 
     created_by = models.ForeignKey(UserProfile, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
     created_time = models.DateTimeField(help_text=_('the date and time when the event was created'), default=timezone.now, db_index=True)
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ class EventComment(MPTTModel):
     ]
     author = models.ForeignKey(UserProfile, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
     event = models.ForeignKey(Event, related_name='comments', on_delete=models.CASCADE)
-    body = models.TextField()
+    body = models.TextField(help_text=_('Markdown formatting supported'))
     created_time = models.DateTimeField(default=timezone.now, db_index=True)
     status = models.SmallIntegerField(choices=STATUSES, default=APPROVED, db_index=True)
     parent = TreeForeignKey('self', null=True, blank=True, related_name='children', db_index=True, on_delete=models.SET_NULL)
@@ -314,9 +314,9 @@ class CommonEvent(models.Model):
     organization = models.ForeignKey(Organization, null=True, blank=True, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
     parent = models.ForeignKey('CommonEvent', related_name='sub_events', null=True, blank=True, on_delete=models.SET_NULL)
 
-    start_time = models.DateTimeField(help_text=_('Date and time that the event starts'), verbose_name=_('Start Time'), db_index=True)
-    end_time = models.DateTimeField(help_text=_('Date and time that the event ends'), verbose_name=_('End Time'), db_index=True)
-    summary = models.TextField(help_text=_('Summary of the Event'), blank=True, null=True)
+    start_time = models.DateTimeField(verbose_name=_('Start Time'), db_index=True)
+    end_time = models.DateTimeField(verbose_name=_('End Time'), db_index=True)
+    summary = models.TextField(help_text=_('Markdown formatting supported'), blank=True, null=True)
 
     continent = models.ForeignKey(Continent, null=True, blank=True, on_delete=models.SET_NULL)
     country = models.ForeignKey(Country, null=True, blank=True, on_delete=models.SET_NULL)
@@ -324,8 +324,8 @@ class CommonEvent(models.Model):
     city = models.ForeignKey(City, null=True, blank=True, on_delete=models.SET_NULL)
     place = models.ForeignKey(Place, blank=True, null=True, on_delete=models.SET_NULL)
 
-    web_url = models.URLField(verbose_name=_('Website'), help_text=_('URL for the event'), max_length=200, blank=True, null=True)
-    announce_url = models.URLField(verbose_name=_('Announcement'), help_text=_('URL for the announcement'), max_length=200, blank=True, null=True)
+    web_url = models.URLField(verbose_name=_('Website URL'), max_length=200, blank=True, null=True)
+    announce_url = models.URLField(verbose_name=_('Announcement URL'), max_length=200, blank=True, null=True)
 
     created_by = models.ForeignKey(UserProfile, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
     created_time = models.DateTimeField(help_text=_('the date and time when the event was created'), default=timezone.now, db_index=True)
diff --git a/get_together/templates/get_together/events/edit_event.html b/get_together/templates/get_together/events/edit_event.html
index 8f53cd5..96d4cdc 100644
--- a/get_together/templates/get_together/events/edit_event.html
+++ b/get_together/templates/get_together/events/edit_event.html
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
 
     $("#id_end_time_0").datepicker();
 
+    $("#id_start_time_1").selectmenu({width: 150});
+    $("#id_end_time_1").selectmenu({width: 150});
+
 });
 
 </script>
diff --git a/get_together/templates/get_together/new_event/create_event.html b/get_together/templates/get_together/new_event/create_event.html
index 3489906..27ccfe2 100644
--- a/get_together/templates/get_together/new_event/create_event.html
+++ b/get_together/templates/get_together/new_event/create_event.html
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
 
     $("#id_end_time_0").datepicker();
 
+    $("#id_start_time_1").selectmenu({width: 150});
+    $("#id_end_time_1").selectmenu({width: 150});
 });
 
 </script>
diff --git a/get_together/templates/get_together/orgs/create_common_event.html b/get_together/templates/get_together/orgs/create_common_event.html
index 376beaa..b583db1 100644
--- a/get_together/templates/get_together/orgs/create_common_event.html
+++ b/get_together/templates/get_together/orgs/create_common_event.html
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
 
     $("#id_category").selectmenu();
     $("#id_tz").selectmenu();
+
+    $("#id_start_time_1").selectmenu({width: 150});
+    $("#id_end_time_1").selectmenu({width: 150});
 });
 
 </script>