The Scholar Events app comes with the ability to keep a
"signup", or RSVP, list of people attending any event posted on your
site. A form will be displayed below each posted event which will allow
anyone to RSVP for the event. The form contains basic contact
information including; name, email address, and phone. The signup list
core functionality also provides you with a set of list management
tools. You can access the signup list management tools
by logging into your account and viewing the page for a specific event.
When viewing the event page, you'll see a tab called "Signups".
Clicking on this tab will display a horizontal list of tools below.
These tools are:
- Sign up - displays the signup form that
attendees see when signing up for an event. You can utilize this form
to manually RSVP attendees for an event.
- List - displays a generalized list of all
attendees who have signed up for the event, as well as the time of the
RSVP.
- Administer - is the main control area for
your event's sign up list. "Signup summary" will show
overall statistics in regards to the number of attendees versus the
signup group limit. It also allows you to select whether an event is
open or closed to additional sign ups. "Signup
details" shows a detailed list of the attendees and allows you to
manage their actual attendance status. For example, you can select
specific people and mark them as having "attended", "did not attend" or
"cancel signup". This allows you to keep accurate historical records of
attendees per event.
- Settings - controls the signup configuration
for the event, such as the confirmation email, and the reminder email
settings and content. You can also specify a limit for the maximum
allowed attendees for a given event. By default, each new event has an
unlimited number of attendees.
- Signup broadcast - allows you to send an
email to the entire signup list. You have the ability to send a copy of
the email to yourself. Your message can also comprise of string
substitutions such as %user_name. Using string substitutions can make
your email communication more personalized and dynamic. A list of
available string substitutions is displayed in the description text
below the message body field.