Many event managers want to add Fundraising Pages to their event for their participants.
This can be advantageous if you are a school and you want to create one Fundraising Page (FRP) per class or a page per student so parents won't need to sign up their children.
Please note that this article discusses adding Fundraising Pages (FRPs) to a fundraising only event. Events that require registration and payment will have different instructions.
BEFORE YOU START - ENSURE YOUR DEFAULTS ARE SET UP
When you add pages the pages will pick up all the default attributes that you have entered. Go to your event. Click Manage. Select Settings/Fundraising page settings and make sure you have added
FRP desktop banner. Must be 1920px * 274px pixels Jpeg
FRP mobile banner. Must be 828px * 600px pixels Jpeg
FRP image. Every page will have this image
FRP text. Every page will have this text
FRP target. Every page will have this donation target
HOW TO ADD MULTIPLE PAGES
Go to Manage Fundraising and click the button "add multiple fundraising pages".
This area allows you to add multiple fundraising pages, or upload a csv file. (A csv file is a spreadsheet. It is a simple excel format. You must save your spreadsheet as .csv)
First, decide if your pages will be individual pages (one per student) or group pages (one per class). Group (class) pages allow students to join the page and have their name listed there once the page is created. Individual pages cannot be joined, but can be used if you want class pages without students' names listed.
From there, you have two options :
Link all pages to one email or link each page to a unique email address.
LINKING TO ONE EMAIL
To link all of the fundraising pages to one email address, select whether they will be Individual or Group pages, then select "Link all pages to one email" - this will open information fields for you to fill in.
First you need to enter the email address and name for all fundraising communications to be sent to.
We recommend creating a new generic email address like schooleventname@gmail.com and using the name of the organisation as the first and last name (e.g First name: School, Last name: P&C)
Once the top details section has been filled in, you can start creating the pages by entering the page title and clicking the plus symbol for every new page you wish to add.
The page title should be the name of the student, or if you are creating individual pages for classes (meaning the students will not be listed on the page) then the page title should be the name of the class, e.g Ms Smith 5B.
If you have too many pages to add using this method, you can upload a CSV spreadsheet by clicking the 'upload csv' button before the Page Title field.
Please hover over the info icon directly to the right of the 'upload csv' button and click on the orange text to download the CSV template, which contains the columns needed for a successful CSV upload.
(See column headings for individual or group pages at the bottom of this article.)
After you have uploaded the spreadsheet or entered all the page titles, click the 'Save' button at the bottom and the pages will be generated. You can locate and manage them from the 'Manage fundraising' screen at any time.
LINKING TO UNIQUE EMAILS
To create pages linked to unique email addresses select whether they will be Individual or Group pages, then select "Link each page to a unique email" - this will open information fields for you to fill in.
If you choose a unique email per page, the page owner will also receive a notification that the page has been created.
Fill in the information of the student (individual pages) or team captain (group pages) including their preferred page title. For individuals, this may be their name, and for groups this will likely be their class name. In most cases for group pages, the team captain would be the class's teacher.
Click the plus button next to the box of fields to add more pages, and fill in the fields in all subsequent pages using the participant or team captain's information.
If you have too many pages to add using this method, you can upload a CSV spreadsheet by clicking the 'upload csv' button before the Page Title field.
Please hover over the info icon directly to the right of the 'upload csv' button and click on the orange text to download the CSV template, which contains the columns needed for a successful CSV upload.
(See column headings for individual or group pages at the bottom of this article.)
After you have uploaded the spreadsheet or entered all the page titles, click the 'Save' button at the bottom and the pages will be generated. You can locate and manage them from the 'Manage fundraising' screen at any time.
CSV COLUMNS
- first name = Participant's first name
- last name = Participant's last name
- page title = Either participant's full name, or a title of their choice (either way, the full title needs to stay in the one field)
Group page CSV Columns:
- first name = Team captain's first name
- last name = Team captain's last name
- page title = Team name
- group name = Team name
- group type = family (just the word 'family' with nothing else)
PLEASE NOTE All fields are required and the header row should be all lower case.