How the Public Event Page Works
Every event has a public page anyone can open with a link. This is the page your visitors use to see the details and sign up. Knowing how it behaves helps you answer questions when someone gets stuck.
Where the page lives
The same sign-up card powers both kinds of events:
- Church events open at your church's web address followed by the event name, like
yourchurch/easter-service. - Personal events open at a
churchday.com/e/...link.
Both show the cover image, date and time, location, and a sign-up card on the side. The card looks and works the same wherever the event lives.
Signing in to sign up
Visitors can read the whole page without an account. The moment they tap Register (or one of the RSVP buttons), they are asked to sign in or create an account first. This is what ties a sign-up to a real person, so you can email them and see them on your attendee list. There is no way to register anonymously.
The one-tap path vs. the pop-up window
How fast sign-up feels depends on what your event asks for:
- If the event has no questions, no guest option, no payment, and no household members to bring, tapping Register signs the visitor up instantly. One tap and they are in.
- If the event needs any of those, a pop-up window opens to collect them. The same window handles registration questions, guests (plus-ones), household members, and payment for paid events, in order.
The success card
Once someone is registered, the card turns into a confirmation that reads "You're registered!" It includes:
- Your invite link in a tap-to-copy pill with an Invite friends button, so they can pass the event along.
- A link to edit registration when the event has questions or household members, or cancel registration when it does not.
If the event is full, the card reads "You're on the waitlist!" instead, with the option to leave the waiting list.
RSVP events
If you set your event up as an RSVP instead of a registration, the card shows three buttons: Going, Maybe, and Can't go. After a visitor answers, the card confirms with a matching message:
- You're going! 🎉
- You're a maybe 🤔
- Can't make it 😢
Each confirmation has a change your response link so they can switch anytime.
How households come along
When a visitor has family members in your church, their response sets a helpful default for the household. A Going or Maybe carries the whole family to that same answer, and each person can be adjusted individually from their own dropdown.
A decline is treated differently on purpose: answering Can't go for yourself does not file a "can't go" for your whole family. Only positive answers fan out, so no one gets marked absent without meaning to.
Repeating events sign up one date at a time
For a repeating event, the public page shows the next upcoming date. Signing up applies only to that date: registering for one Sunday does not register the visitor for every future Sunday.
Each date has its own page. When someone opens a link to a specific date from your church's events list, that date's page loads, and their sign-up counts for that one. The date shown at the top of the page also has an Add to calendar dropdown for saving it to Google Calendar or Apple Calendar / Outlook.