Event Registration DIY Forms

To encourage event registrants to participate in your JustGiving events, you can select to allow event registrants to fundraise for your events on the Choose Your Settings screen of the Event Registration DIY form.

  1. From Management, select DIY Forms under Online Presence. The My Online Forms page appears.

  2. Create a new Event Registration form or edit an existing form:

    • To create a new Event Registration DIY form, select Create a New Page. Select the Event Registration page and choose the style you wish to apply. Select Next. The Choose Your Settings Screen appears.

    • To edit an existing form, select Edit next to the Event Registration DIY form you wish to edit. The Online Forms Editor page appears. Select Settings to access the Choose Your Settings screen.

    Tip: For an overview of DIY forms, including how to set up your payment processor, confirmation email template, and other form elements, refer to the Getting Started with Do-It-Yourself Forms guide.

  3. Under Event Signup Settings, select to allow registrants to fundraise with JustGiving.

  4. Select the active event you want to link to the page or choose the No specific JustGiving event option if you do not want to select a specific event.

    Note: You can only select an event if it is listed as an active Fundraiser on the Fundraisers page under Management.

Once your users have successfully completed the Event Registration page, they will receive an email that includes the link to begin fundraising. Users can also access this link from the success page that appears when they complete the Event Registration DIY form.

If you select to use the default confirmation email from eTapestry, the Start Fundraising link appears automatically in the confirmation email once you select to allow users to fundraise for your events.

If you select to use a custom confirmation email template, you must insert the eCommerce Details widget into your custom communication. This widget is used for custom eCommerce confirmation emails. It shows the primary details from an eCommerce submission, including the name, address, email, phone, and transaction information.

  1. From Communciations, click Manage Communications. The Communication Categories page appears.

  2. Select the category where your confirmation email template is stored, then select the template.

  3. In the editor, select the block of the letter section you wish to edit. The Edit Contents window appears.

  4. Select where you want to insert the eCommerce Details widget.

  5. On the HTML toolbar, select the Insert Letter Widget icon. The Letter Widgets window appears.

  6. Next to eCommerce Details, click Select.

  7. When you are done inserting the link, select Update on the Edit Contents window.

  8. Select Finish in the Save and drop down menu and click Next.

After the user clicks Start Fundraising from the confirmation emai lor from the success page, they will be directed to create an account or sign in as an existing user to fundraise for your specified event.

If you did not select a specific event when you created the Event Registration DIY form, then the user is directed to your organization's fundraising page.