Customize the Tell-A-Friend Message

The event details page contains a Tell-A-Friend link that registrants can send to friends to tell them about the event and encourage them to sign up. Either use the default settings or customize them.

Note that you cannot remove or customize the text of the embedded opt-out link. See Tell-A-Friend opt-out.

If not customized, the default Tell-A-Friend image and content is used. To exit this page without making customizations, select Cancel.

To customize the Tell-A-Friend message

  1. From Related Actions, click Customize Tell-A-Friend.

  2. Enter the customized Message Subject to display to the recipients as the subject of this email message (For example, Come to this Event with Me).

  3. For Message Subject Editing, to:

    • Force message senders to keep the subject as you entered it, select No, the sender cannot modify the message subject line.

    • Or, allow senders to modify the subject, leave the Allow the user to edit the message subject option selected.

  4. For Message Body Content, enter the email body text for message recipients to read when they open the Tell-A-Friend message sent to them. (The body text displays above the event link that the system automatically inserts into the message.)

  5. For Message Body Editing, to:

    • Force the message senders to use the text that you entered, leave the No, the sender cannot modify the body content option selected.

    • Or, allow message senders to insert additional information to the text that you entered by selecting The sender cannot modify the body content but can add more content to this message .

    • Or, allow message senders to add or delete information from the text by selecting Yes, the sender can modify the body content.

  6. For Tell-A-Friend Link Style for the link that senders will click to open the Tell-A-Friend message:

    • Leave Tell-A-Friend Image selected on the drop-down list to use the default image.

    • Or, click the Text radio button. (Note that using a text link may affect your page wrapper).

  7. For Link Text, enter the text to use as the link or to use as the ALT text in the image tag.

  8. Select Finish button. This page closes and the Configure Additional Information page displays again.

    Note: To remove any changes you have made and revert to the default Tell-A-Friend message form, click Reset in step 7.