How to create a custom theme in Event Wizard

Your website looks great and your event materials look great, so how do you make your registration form look great?  It’s actually quite easy to match the look and feel of your event materials or corporate branding with your registration form; it’s all done through themes within your Event Wizard account.

Creating a theme

The first thing to understand about themes is they are very powerful.  Yes, you must work somewhat within the framework of Event Wizard, but as many of our users have discovered, this doesn’t really mean anything.  Take one of our standard system themes as an example:

To start creating your theme, click on the My Themes icon () located in the main menu of your account.  From here you can either copy a theme that you already like and would just like to make simple changes to, or create a new theme from scratch.  For this purpose we’ll create a new theme from scratch.

1. Click – Create a New Theme
2. Enter a title for your theme and click OK

This is where the power of themes really shines.  Use each of the menus on this page to match colour codes, images, fonts etc. to your existing website or other materials.  At anytime click the green Preview Theme button at the bottom of the menu to see what your theme currently looks like.

It is important to note that your global fonts are controlled here so there is no need to update each form field individually, rather choose it here and you’re done.  As well, if you need to upload any images to your theme for the background, you must first upload the image to your My Files () area of your account so it can be accessed.  This also goes for any header or footer images you add to the form separately.

After you have completed your theme click Save Theme and you’re all set to add it to your event.

Adding a theme

There are two ways to add your custom theme to an event.  The first is to add your theme when you’re first creating your event.  After choosing your forms template and clicking next, choose your custom theme from the dropdown menu and click Create Event.

The second way to add your theme is to do so in your events task list.  Simply click the Event Theme icon () and follow the steps above.

Themes can be edited at anytime whether you’re in test mode or live mode.  They are also account specific, meaning the same theme can be added to as many events as you like.  This is especially useful if you have strict brand standards to adhere to.

This feature is standard across all Event Wizard accounts, so make sure you take full advantage of it.  Of course, if you have any questions about your theme let us know, we’re happy to help.

New Event Wizard Templates

It's no secret that in the coming months we will be releasing our most significant Event Wizard update since the software was first introduced in 2001.  Each week we have an internal meeting to review the progress of the software, and every week I get more and more excited to show our users and everyone else what has been created.

Well, much like an 8 year old boy shaking packages under the Christmas tree, I can't wait any longer to show off some of what's coming.  So I decided to choose one aspect of the software that is the most commonly used...registration form templates.

It seems that no matter who is using Event Wizard most users want to start creating their forms from templates, so we've updated the entire library with many modern and attractive themes.

Here is a small sample of some of the event registration form templates that can be found in the new Event Wizard.  All of which have been built using the new software.

(click the thumbnail for a full-size sample)

    

     

You may have noticed in the above examples, the different navigation tab styling.  Mike Schumann, our Design Guru, has built a very powerful yet easy to use interface that allows almost any tab design.  Whether you want rounded tabs, bubbles for tabs, tabs at the top, tabs on the sides - you get the idea, and like Event Wizard now, the navigation tabs are just one of the many design elements you can customize.

Do you have any form templates that you would like to see in the registration form gallery?  Let us know by leaving a comment below, we just may include your idea in the new release of Event Wizard.