Author: Zeb Reyaz

How to create a drop-down menu in top navigation bar?

Here’s how you can create a drop-down by adding a child menu to a parent menu item:

Go to Website builder > Navigation

Create the top level menu item, if not already created, using “Add New External Link” button on top. See screenshot.

Then, click on the icon (see screenshot) besides the menu item which you want to display in the drop-down and select the parent menu item.

Click on Save. 

Do it for all other menu items which you want to display in the drop-down.

Can I change design layout of how the public profile looks?

Yes, you have two ways to change the layout of the public profile. The first option is to go to Contacts > Settings. 

Scroll down to the middle of the page and switch between layout one and two. 

Layout one displays user’s information in tabs.

Layout two displays user’s information in a vertical layout with different headings.

Another method is to use the CSS Manager to add your own CSS code to change the layout of the public profile. Go to Website builder > CSS Manager to add your CSS code.

How to set up a custom domain for a Dryfta-powered event website?

To set up your custom domain so as to hide Dryfta from your event website URL, you need to do the following:

1. Create a CNAME record in your DNS for your custom domain and point the URL to youreventname.dryfta.com. “Yourevetnname” is the name with which your account is created. See below example of a CNAME record.

youreventname.yourwebsite.com. 14400 IN CNAME youreventname.dryfta.com.

2. Go to Settings > General Settings and under Custom domain, enter your custom domain you plan to use. 

That’s all. If you have created the record correctly, your custom domain will go live within the next 24 hours.

Important Notes:

  1. Your custom domain needs to have the same first level name as the first level name in the Dryfta domain. For example, if your Dryfta domain is symposium2018.dryfta.com, then your custom domain should be symposium2018.yourdomain.com. 
  2. It takes up to 24 hours to complete the custom domain setup. Until then, accessing your custom domain would display a browser warning about an invalid security certificate. 

Create scholarship application form using Form builder

There’re two ways to do it:

Method 1

1. Create a general submission form for scholarship application

2. In form settings, set the redirect for this form to the ticket purchase form, so user is redirected to purchase form on submitting the scholarship application, and completes the ticket purchase.

3. Create a new role called “Scholarship”
4. Edit the Scholarship ticket type and select the “Scholarship” role for this ticket type so this role is assigned to the user as soon as she makes the purchase.
Workflow: User goes to scholarship application form > Submits the form > Redirected to ticket purchase > Completes the purchase > Scholarship role is assigned to the user.

Method 2

1. Create a new role called “Scholarship”
2. Create a registration form for this new role and create custom questions under it
3. Edit the Scholarship ticket type and select the “Scholarship” role for this ticket type so this role is assigned to the user as soon as she makes the purchase.
4. User would then go to “Update profile” where she would find all the fields related to the “Scholarship” role, enter the information for these fields and update the profile.

Workflow: User goes to ticket purchase form > Completes the purchase > Goes to Update profile page by clicking on the Update profile button > Updates the information related to Scholarship role.

How to create a custom registration form?

If you want to create a custom registration form to display to all users, do the following: 

 

Click on Add New to add role (Select “contact” usertype when creating the role)
Then go to Form Builder
To create the new form, enter a name for the form, select “Registration Form” under Form Type, select the newly created role from under “Select Role” dropdown and click on Save.
Once the form is created, you can start adding fields in the form
Since you have already added the fields in the Speaker form, you do not have to recreate these fields. Simply go to the speaker form, edit each of these fields, and under “Copy this field” section, select the newly created form to copy this field. Click save.
Publishing the form on the website
The form is automatically published on the website. You can choose to hide the link to the form from under Website builder > Navigation.