Designing a name badge for check-in

Designing a name badge for check-in

In order to have the namebadges printed, organizers will first need to design the namebadge for attendees. Please refer to the video and article guides below for more information. 

Video Guide

  1. Please refer to this video guide on how to customize a namebadge.

Article Guide

How To Design A Namebadge

Customizing the items indicated in the name badge sticker is easy. To customize the name badge design, simply follow these simple steps.

Steps

Step 1: Go to In-person Check-in then to Name Badge tab.



Step 2: Organizers can select the Printer Type, Badge Size and edit the Width of the namebadge if needed.



Step 3: Add fields onto the badge. Organizers can do so by clicking on the Attendee Info, Add Image, Add Text Field or Add Shape dropdown menu. Once clicked, select the field that would like to be input and it will appear on the namebadge template. 

Note: Attendee tags can also be added under the Attendee Info dropdown menu.



Step 4: Once all the required fields are on the namebadge, organizers can now edit the fields that are on the namebadge. To do so, simply click on the field to edit the text. To change the position of the fields, simply drag and drop them. 



Remarks
  1. The badge editor gives the freedom to organizer to select their font size auto adjust preference: 
    1. Auto resized according to the character length - No characters will be trimmed, all characters will be included
    2. Fixed font size, trim extra characters - Do note that this will trim any characters that fall outside of the character count
      1. The number of lines that can be filled will be stated on the editor. The number of characters will vary based on the size of the text block. 

  2. The fields will be multi line by default.

Step 5: Once all changes are done, click Save. You can also preview the namebadge by clicking on the Preview button. 



Remarks
  1. The font size will be auto-adjusted to fit in the custom field area. 
  2. The maximum upload size of images are 2MB.

Zebra Badge Guide

Please refer to this article for a guide on Zebra badges.

Brother Label Badge Type

Please refer to this article to view the supported Brother badge types.

Use Cases

Guide To Assign A Table Number To Attendees

 This article will walk through a common use case - assigning table numbers to event attendees.

Create a Registration Form

Click on Create New Form to create a new registration form or click on the edit icon to edit an existing form.



Click Manage Field and create new custom field by clicking Add New Field.





Create Table number as a new dropdown field for the event attendee

A dropdown field can be used to display the tables available for the event.



Assign the "Table number" to the attendee by editing their profile.


 
Choose "Table number" on the badge design

Under In-person Check-in > Name Badge > Attendee Info, select the custom feld "Table number" and edit the placement of the field on the namebadge template. Click Save once the design is done. Click Preview to preview the namebadge design.





Under In-person Check-in > Custom Line, drag and drop the "Table number" custom field that has been created onto either line 1 or line 2. This will help display the table number on the Check-in App when checking-in an attendee. 



Print "Table number" on the badge

The table number assigned to the attendee will be printed on the badge once the custom field is included on the template. The namebadge design below is a sample. The final design will be based on your settings on the portal.

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Show "Table number" when scanning e-ticket

When scanning the e-ticket for the attendee, the Table no: 2 will be also shown.

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Show "Table number" on the Check-in App attendee list

Indicate the "Table number" field to show on the attendee list



On the Check-in App, the table number will be shown underneath the attendee name.

 
Enable the "Table number" shown on the Event WebApp

To enable the "Table number" field on the attendee profile setting



On the Event WebApp, the "Table number" field will be shown after clicking to the attendee details.


 

Kiosk mode

The attendees are able to view which table they are allocated to via Kiosk mode as well. The table number will appear as long as the organizer has set it under Custom Line on the portal.

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