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Whether you are planning an in-person or online event, hosting a big meetup is a complex and time-consuming process. There are a million things to do and never enough time to do them.<\/p>\nWhether you are planning an in-person or online event, hosting a big meetup is a complex and time-consuming process. There are a million things to do and never enough time to do them.<\/p>\n
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It’s important to automate as much of the event planning process as possible. This includes registration. So using an event registration form is a key way to take some work off your plate by automating the way guests sign up.<\/p>\n
In this article, we discuss how to use the Gravity Forms Event Registration form template<\/a> to set up event registrations on your WordPress website. We run through how to import and customize the form template as well as integrate it with a payment Add-On so you can charge participants a fee for registering.<\/p>\n Ready to get started?…<\/p>\n Getting your event registration form \u2018right\u2019 will go a long way to ensuring your event runs smoothly. Streamlining the sign up process, collecting the information you need, and automating payments for the event are all points to consider.<\/p>\n Let’s discuss these in more detail…<\/p>\n Your event registration form provides a great opportunity to collect any specific information you might need from your attendees. This information may help you to understand more about your participants, better plan your event, or give feedback, which can help inform how you market events in the future.<\/p>\n Think carefully about what data will most help your business, and then plan your questions accordingly. For example, if you want to collect information to help you plan the event you might ask\u2026<\/p>\n The information collated from questions like these will help you to build an event experience that is personalized to your attendees.<\/p>\n By automating pre-event tasks and processes via your event registration from, you will save your business time and resources, as well as create a user-friendly experience for your attendees.<\/p>\n Using Gravity Forms, you can easily integrate your form with applications and external services that will enable you to automate a number of these tasks. These include\u2026<\/p>\n Of course, integrating your form with payment and marketing Add-Ons are optional requirements, but recommended for anyone looking to streamline their workflows and provide a professional sign up process for their event participants.<\/p>\n Now let\u2019s find out how to set up an event registration form on your site…<\/p>\n As with all the Gravity Forms templates, the event registration template is fully customizable, enabling you to tailor the form to your specific event. Easily add, delete, or edit form fields, alter field settings, and write relevant text, to ensure your form engages with your users.<\/p>\n To import this template to your site, simply click on the Get this Form Template <\/strong>button at the bottom of the page – the form will then download to your computer as a .JSON file.<\/p>\n Within the form editor you can delete, add, and re-order any fields you want by dragging-and-dropping them onto and around the editor canvas.<\/p>\n With Gravity Forms you have the option of using a multi-page layout – as is used in the event form template – and\/or conditional logic. These features both make the form appear more manageable as users aren\u2019t immediately faced with a barrage of questions, just a couple at a time.<\/p>\n As mentioned, if you want to accept payments via your event registration form then you will need to install a Gravity Forms payment Add-On. For this article, we have chosen to install Square<\/a>. Watch the video or read on to find out how to integrate this payment processor with your event registration form…<\/p>\nWhat Should You Consider When Creating an Event Registration Form?<\/h2>\n
What Information Do you Want to Collect?<\/h2>\n
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How Can You Further Automate Pre-Event Processes?<\/h2>\n
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Step 1: Import the Event Registration Form Template<\/h2>\n
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The template library<\/a> is packed full of free templates that can be easily imported to your site. One of these templates is the Event Registration form template<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Download](\"https:\/\/www.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Download-the-Form.png\")
Open your WordPress dashboard and select Forms > Import\/Export > Import Forms > Choose Files<\/strong>. Select the event-registration-form.JSON<\/strong> file from your computer and hit Import<\/strong>.<\/p>\n![\"Import](\"https:\/\/www.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Import-Form.png\")
The event registration form template will now be ready to customize within the form editor.<\/p>\nStep 2: Edit Your Form Fields<\/h2>\n
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Apart from collecting personal contact information from your attendees – like names and email addresses – you may also want to ask those more in-depth event-planning questions to help the event run smoothly. To do so, you will need to customize the form template so the form fields reflect your requirements.<\/p>\n![\"Form](\"https:\/\/www.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Form-Builder.png\")
Fields can also be edited within the Field Settings<\/strong> – easily change the name of a field and the options available.<\/p>\n![\"Edit](\"https:\/\/www.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Edit-Fields.png\")
Although you shouldn\u2019t be afraid to ask questions, forms with multiple questions can get long very quickly (and you don\u2019t want to deter your participants from signing up to your event because of a lengthy form!)<\/p>\n![\"Conditional](\"https:\/\/www.gravityforms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Conditional-Logic.png\")
For more information on using these features, check out these resources\u2026<\/p>\n\n
Step 3: Integrate a Payment Add-On<\/h2>\n
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