Event Registration

In the main CMS side navigation, find the Events group, and then click on the Events sub-nav item.

To find out about creating or editing Events, you can find out more by going to Add or Edit an Event: Settings and Add or Edit an Event: Editor.

Adding Registration

You can connect registration options to your event. The “Registration Method” drop-down menu provides you with three options:

• No registration – By default, events will not have registration.
• Tilma registration – Choose this to use Tilma's registration tool, which connects to forms created in the Forms tool (see Editing or Adding a Form for more). You can also customize the text for the register button.
• Third-party registration – Choose this to connect the register button to link to a third-party registration tool. You can also customize the text for the register button.

How to use Tilma registration

After selecting “Tilma registration,” new buttons and form fields will appear:

Assign a Registration Form 

Click this button to choose from a registration form already created in the Forms tool. See creating form section below... 

Create New Form 

Clicking this button will open up the Forms tool in a new browser tab to create a brand new form specifically for registration. See creating form section below... 

Registration Close button

Click on this button to activate the date picker to choose a day and time when registration will no longer be accepted. This will disable the “Register” button.

Custom Register Button Text

By default, the button text will say “Register” but you can customize this text by typing or pasting in your preferred wording here.

How to Use Third-party Registration

The Third-party Registration option allows you to connect the register button to link to an external tool of your choosing. This might be a link from other apps like Eventbrite, or some other form such as Google Forms or similar. After selecting “Third-party registration,” new buttons and form fields will appear:

Custom Registration URL 

Paste in the URL of the third-party registration where registrants will be sent after clicking the registration button in your Tilma event.

Registration Close button

Click on this button to activate the date picker to choose a day and time when registration will no longer be accepted. This will disable the “Register” button.

Custom Register Button Text

By default, the button text will say “Register” but you can customize this text by typing or pasting in your preferred wording here.

Creating a Tilma Registration Form

Creating a new Tilma registration form is done exactly the same way as creating a form in the Forms tool for any other reason or use.

You can review how to create and manage forms by going to Editing or Adding a Form.

Connect Form to an Event

In the Registration section of the Event, ensure that “Tilma registration” is selected for the Registration Method. Then click the “Assign a Registration Form” button which will open up the list of available forms to choose from.

Necessary registration fields

After selecting the form that will be used for registration, you should ensure it contains all of the necessary form fields to connect the registration to the People records in your organization.

Events can be opened up to all members of the public, not just those with People records. However, to connect event registrations to People records, ensure that these three fields are present in your registration form and set as required fields:

• “Event” Custom Part 
• Name
• “Email” Single Line Text 
• Add the “Event” custom part

This field – a special type called a “Custom Part” – is essential for categorizing the form as used for event registration. 

1. Click on the “Custom Part” item in the form components panel to insert the section and open up the settings. 
2. Name the field as “Event,” then click on the “Choose a custom part type” drop-down and choose “Event”.
3. Set the field as a required field, and then click “Save” to  the section.
4. If it’s below other fields, make sure to drag-n-drop the section to the top of the form.

Add the Name field

1. Click on the Name item in the form components panel to insert the section and open up the settings. 
2. Add a field name -- which should be “Name” or similar. Add or edit any of the other settings as you deem appropriate.
3. Set the field as a required field, and then click “Save.”
4. Drag-n-drop the section to where you want it placed.

Add the Email field

1. Click on the Single Line Text item in the form components panel to insert the section and open up the settings. 
2. Type or paste in “Email” as the field name.
3. Set the Field Type as “Email” -- this is a crucial item.
4. Set the field as a required field, and then click “Save.”
5. Drag-n-drop the section to where you want it placed.

Of course, you can add other fields to your form, but the three fields above are crucial to making sure your form will properly connect form submissions as event registrants.

How Registration Works

By creating and assigning a form to your event, a “Register” button on the right side.

Clicking on either the page tab or the right-side button will direct the visitor to the Register page tab which contains the assigned registration form.

Learn more about how registration works for parent-child events.