Merge Tags and How to Use Them

Before we dive into this post let me explain what merge tags are.

Merge tags allow you to customize your Registration Confirmation Email, Payment Confirmation Email and Thank You Page within Event Wizard by allowing you to add tags that automatically include certain information.

The most common usage of merge tags is to automatically address something with a person's name, like an email.  For example, if you set up your email to read, Dear [##FIRST_NAME##], then each recipient will have their first name in place of the tag.  Pretty neat, right!

Now that you know what they are, let’s explain how to use them.  As mentioned you have the ability to set up merge tags in the following places in Event Wizard:

• Registration Confirmation Email
• Payment Confirmation Email
• Thank You Page

We'll use the Thank You Page for this example.  When you are in the Thank You Page editor look out for this icon:

When you click it, a list of merge tags will appear. Simply click on the one you want and it will be added to the page at the position of your cursor.

In this instance, I will add ‘First Name’.

After you have added the tag you can write the additional content to complete your message.  Make sure you save it when you’re done.  Now, each time someone completes a registration I can thank them personally on my Thank You Page.

By default we have added the typical merge tags to all of the registration confirmation emails that go out.  However, if you do not want these tags or want to change them up in any way, feel free to go into the above mentioned pages and do so.

In case you require the default html, or accidentally delete it, here it is:

<h2 style="border-bottom: solid 1px #000; padding-bottom: 5px;">[##FIRST_NAME##] [##LAST_NAME##]</h2>
Reference Number: [##REGISTRATION_REFERENCE_NUMBER##]<br/>
<h2 style="border-bottom: solid 1px #000; padding-bottom: 5px;">Registration Information</h2>
[##REGISTRATION_INFORMATION##]<br/>
<h2 style="border-bottom: solid 1px #000; padding-bottom: 5px;">Event Fees</h2>
[##EVENT_FEES##]

Thanks for reading [##FIRST_NAME##] ;)  Let us know if you need any help!