Entrant Users Sign-up Form and Process

Any Entrant User’s first interaction with their dedicated Entrants Interface begins with the sign-up process, which can be initiated from the log-in page.

Clicking the Registration button below the log-in form takes entrants to the registration form. It is worth mentioning that both the text inside of the Registration button, and the title for each field of the Registration Form, are editable from the CMS editor, accessible by Admins.

Registration Form Stages

The Registration Form begins with an About You section, and by default the first field the user is asked to respond to is the Organisation Type they belong to, presented as a drop-down menu where they can choose from a predetermined list. Admins can request the list of Organisation Types visible in the list to be customised as needed. Once the user selects their matching Organisation Type, the rest of the form appears on screen, and they can proceed to filling it as needed. There are a number of required fields where the user inputs their personal data and set their password.

Once the About You section is complete, the user is able to proceed to the next stage of the Registration Form by clicking on Next at the bottom-right of the page. If they wish to stop the process, they can do so by clicking on Cancel at the bottom-left of the screen. The Cancel button is only visible in this first form page, and users will have to click on Previous to return to it, if they intend to cancel the registration process from a more advanced stage. Another simple way to stop the registration process is to simply exit the browser tab.

The next stage is the About your organisation section, where similarly to the previous stage, the user is presented with a series of required and non-mandatory fields to fill, where they can enter their organisation’s name and address details, and once again click on Next once ready to do so.

The third and final stage allows the user to add their Billing details, that the system will use to populate their invoices, should the Award or project they apply for require any payments. Fields in this section might ask some of the same information that the user has already provided in the previous stages.

Form Submission and Validation System

During registration, certain information that requires specific formatting, such as email address and phone number fields, are automatically validated by the system to ensure the details provided are in a valid format.

Once the form is complete the user can click on Submit at the bottom-right of the screen, and by doing so they will be prompted into their account interface. If any of the required fields in the form are found to be blank or with an incorrect formatting, the system will prevent the submission and will return the user to the form, highlighting with visible error tags which specific fields need to be reviewed. At the top of the page, the user will also be able to see a message stating how many issues have been found in the form.

Different Ways to Configure the Registration Form

Depending on the selected Organisation Type, and on how the Registration Form has been configured, the stages presented to the user may vary. When the user selects Individual from the Organisation Type drop-down list, the About your organisation stage is skipped, and address details are collected as part of the About You section instead. In addition, Admins can choose whether they wish to add the Billing Information stage or not when discussing configuration.