Registration Types

The Registration Type is set from a dropdown menu on the Registration > Registration tab of an Involvement. You must have the Edit role to change it. The main types for regular online registrations are

  • Join Involvement

  • User Selects Involvement

  • Compute Involvement By Birthday

The default is No Online Registration.

Basic Registration

Join Involvement

For this type, each Involvement has its own link (URL) and the registrant is enrolled in the Involvement. The registrant is not presented with a dropdown list of choices, nor are they placed in an Involvement based on age and/or gender.

Master Involvement Style Registrations

User Selects Involvement

For this type, the link (URL) is from a Master Involvement and not each individual Involvement. The registrant is presented with a list of Involvements from which to pick. The registrant is enrolled in the Involvement selected.

Compute Involvement By Birthday

For this type, the link (URL) is from a Master Involvement and not each individual Involvement. The registrant is enrolled in the correct Involvement based on their date of birth and, optionally, gender.

Note

If a person is in the database, but does not have a date of birth on their record, they will see a message that no Involvements are available based on their date of birth.

Manage Subscriptions

For this type, the link (URL) is from a Master Involvement and not each individual Involvement. The registrant sees a list of checkboxes, such as newsletters, and checks a box to subscribe. They can return to the page later and uncheck a box to unsubscribe. The registrant is enrolled in each Involvement they check, so one registration can enroll them in several Involvements.

Special Purpose

Scheduler

This is used to manage volunteer sign-ups. It does not allow questions. This type is listed only when the Scheduler is turned on for your database.

Choose Volunteer Times

This is used to let volunteers choose times on a calendar. It does not allow questions.

Ticketing

This is used to sell tickets for events.

Special Script

This runs a custom HTML/script file stored in Special Content. Enter the file name in the Special Script setting on the Registration > Registration tab.

RegisterLink Master

Not fully supported.

Record Family Attendance

This lets a family record attendance for an event, such as an Easter worship service, from a phone or other device.



Latest Update

10/21/2026

Added the Ticketing and Special Script types and the Edit role requirement, and removed the claim that the Fees, Questions, and Messages tabs are hidden until a type is selected. Removed One Page Form, which can no longer be created, and the note about the legacy Online Giving types, which are no longer listed.