Parents ask the same questions before every competition: which age group is my child in, which items can they enter, when is it, what are the rules? The new Registration Page answers all of that on one public web page for your event — competitions, age groups, schedule, rules and judging criteria, venue, news and questions — with the Register button right there. It works on a phone as well as on a laptop, and nobody needs to log in to read it.
Already covered elsewhere on this site
This page is about the Registration Page itself. Related ground has its own pages:
- Setting up the registration form and its fields — see online competition registration.
- Publishing results online — see how to publish competition results online.
- Placings or grades — see placings vs grades.
What visitors see
The page has one address, built from your event’s name, and a row of tabs:
- Overview — the event header with dates, venue and a countdown, today’s (or the next) sessions, the latest results podium, competition categories, news, venue, documents to download, an About section with a video, “Register in 3 easy steps”, important dates, prizes, a photo strip and common questions.
- Competitions — every competition as a card with its age groups, time limit and number of participants. Visitors can search, filter by category, sort, and pick an age group from the tabs at the top (all age groups are shown first). A table lists every age group with the birth dates it covers.
- Each competition’s own page — its description, a table of age groups with birth dates, time limit, fee and a Register button, its schedule, its results, the judging criteria with marks, and its rules.
- Schedule — day by day, with the stage, age group and time of each competition, a calendar, and filters by category, age group and stage.
- Results — the results you publish online, appearing as soon as you publish them.
- Rules & Criteria — general rules, eligibility, rules for each competition, the judging criteria table and documents to download.
- News & Updates, Venue (with a map), Gallery and FAQ.
On a phone and on the web
Most parents open the link from a WhatsApp message, so the page is built for the phone first. The tabs become a grid of large buttons, cards stack one under another, tables turn into easy-to-read lists, and nothing slides off the side of the screen. On a laptop the same page spreads out: the tabs sit in one row, the competition cards sit three across and the registration card stays beside the content.
Registering from the page
The Register button opens the first step: the parent picks the age group (each card shows the birth years it covers) and sees the competitions open to that group. After that come the same steps as your event’s public registration form — the account, the participant’s details and the competitions — with the fields you set up for your event. The age group is still set from the date of birth entered in the form.
How a coordinator sets it up
- Write each competition’s rules. Open Competition Rules (in the setup menu, after ID Card Config). For each competition, add a short description, the rules (one per line), what is allowed and not allowed, notes, tags, a picture, a video link and a rules document. You can add a separate version for one age group, or hide a competition from the public page.
- Open Registration Page (under Public Registration). Fill in the header, the last date to register, the contact details and anything else you want to show — venue, news, photos, questions, rule sections, documents.
- Choose what shows. Every tab and every part of the Overview is on to start with. Switch off what your event does not need and change the order. Parts with nothing in them stay hidden on their own.
- Click Publish, then Copy Link and share it.
- After you change competitions, age groups or the schedule, click Update Event Data so the page shows the new details.
Competitions, age groups with birth dates, fees, time limits, judging criteria and the schedule come straight from your event — you do not type them twice. Every change you make on the Registration Page saves straight away.
What it does not do
- It does not open or close registration by itself. The Register button works only while your event’s registration form is switched on, and closes after the last date you enter.
- It does not show results until you publish them online.
- It does not list participants’ names, except in results you choose to publish.
- Changes to competitions or the schedule do not appear on their own — click Update Event Data (or Publish Again).
- Prizes, certificates and fees differ per event, so the page shows only what you enter for them.
Questions organisers ask
Do parents need an account to read the page?
No. Anyone with the link can read every tab. An account is needed only to register.
What is the page’s address?
It is built from your event’s name, so the name must be different from your other active events. The Registration Page screen shows the address and a Copy Link button.
Can I take the page offline?
Yes. Take Offline removes the address. Your content stays, so you can publish it again later.
Running your event on eTalenter? See how registration works, open a live demo and log in as a demo coordinator to see how competitions and age groups are set up (no sign-up, read-only), WhatsApp us, or email support@etalenter.com for help with the software.
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