Topics on this page:

1. Adding Text and Graphics to Your Registration Site
2. Linking to an Uploaded File
3. Editor Hints and Tips

Adding Text and Graphics to Your Registration Site

The Messages function is where you add graphics and text to each page in your registration site.

The Messages tab displays a four-page list of customizable pages.

• Attendee-specific pages are on page 1 and 2;
• Company-specific pages are on page 2 and 3;
• Invitee-specific pages are on page 3; and,
• Public pages are on page 3 and 4.

Each customizable page has at least two sections, TOP and BOTTOM, to which you can add text and graphics; some pages have additional sections which correspond to other areas on your page. The Top message is positioned above the form; the Bottom is positioned below the form.

To add a message to one of your registration pages:

• Select the first page you want to customize (example, Attendee Login Page)
• Click on Choose from the drop-down, select whether you want to add information at the BOTTOM or TOP of the Attendee Login Page.
• MeetMax will open the HTML editor window (this is a WYSIWYG editor, meaning - 'what you see is what you get'.)
• Type in the information you want to appear on the Attendee Login Page
• Format the text using the editor controls in the editor menu bar.
• Select 'submit' to save your changes

To check the changes you made to your registration pages:

• Return to the 'Main' tab
• Select 'Click to Link' next to the Attendee Login Reference Link
• This will display the attendee login page, your changes should display.
• Leave this form up in its own browser window until you are through making changes
• If you need to make additional changes to this page, click on 'Messages' tab to return to customizing your pages
• If you are satisfied with your changes, continue onto the next page.

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Hints & Notes for using the Messages Tab:

The 'Filter' field at the top of the page allows you to generate a query list of pages according to the following:

1. With Custom Message: lists all pages where you have already created a customized message
2. Without Custom Message: list all pages without customized messages
3. With Custom or Default Messages: lists all pages which you have already created a customized message or a default message displays
4. Without Custom and Default Message: lists all pages without customized messages or default

To generate a query list using Filter:

• Click on the drop down box and select the Filter option (for example, select 'With Custom Message')
• In the blank field below you can enter a value to create a query list based on whether that value is found in the page Title. For example, if you selected Filter 'With Custom Message' and then type in 'Attendee', the system will display a list of all customized messages for Attendees.
• Click 'filter' to run your query

To find a specific page:

• Open the page you want to edit in a separate browser window.
• In the URL/web address at the top of the window, find the page name (it will be immediately followed by .html). For example, in the following URL, the page name is "conference_home":
  http://www.meetmax.com/sched/event_6871/~public/conference_home.html?event_id=6871
• In the Search field, enter the complete or partial page name then select 'filter'
• This will display any page matching your search.

Important Notes:  

1. The WYSIWYG editor is not compatible with MSWord or other Word Processors. DO NOT copy and paste from a Word document or other word processor. Copying from one of these will put formatting characters into the editor which are not compatible with HTML. To copy information from MSWord, you must cut and paste the information into Notepad or some kind of simple text editor, then copy and paste from the Notepad editor into WYSIWYG editor.
2. If putting a currency sign in the text, you need to put a backslash '\' in front of the currency sign.
3. When in the WYSIWYG, Do NOT use the 'larger' and 'smaller' font size as the resulting font size will vary depending upon the original. Instead, use the absolute font sizes like x-small, small, medium, etc.

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Linking to an Uploaded File

You may want to include on a page a link to an uploaded document, for example an agenda file. You must first start by uploading the document to the MeetMax server, using the Upload tab. Once a document has been uploaded you can then create a link to that file, from the Messages tab, so your attendees can download the file onto their computers.

To link to an uploaded file:

• After the document has successfully uploaded it will appear in the list of uploaded documents on the Upload tab.
• Copy the link location of that document. To do this position your mouse over the document link in the list, right mouse click and then select the menu item for copy link location or copy shortcut (the wording of the menu items will vary depending on the browser you use.)
• Next, go to the Messages page and find the page upon which you want to put the link to the document. Open for editing a section of the page.
• Within the document, type something like 'To download a .pdf, please click here.' Using your mouse, highlight the words 'click here'.
• In the Editor window toolbar, click on the icon of the globe with a chain link in front of it. This icon represents the Insert/Edit link function.
• In the Insert Link dialog box that opens up, you will see that it has three tabs across the top: URL, Target and Advanced. On the first of these three, paste your copied link into the field called URL.
• Click onto the second tab, Target, and from the target drop-down select new Window. (Your document will open into a new browser window when the link is clicked.)
• Select 'submit' in the editor window to update the page.

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