{"id":38200,"date":"2026-04-15T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/help\/non-knowledgebase\/uncategorized\/how-do-i-make-settings-for-registering-for-my-group\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T11:20:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T10:20:27","password":"","slug":"how-do-i-make-settings-for-registering-for-my-group","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/einstellungen-gruppen\/how-do-i-make-settings-for-registering-for-my-group\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make settings for registering for my Group?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For each of your groups, you can define individual settings for registering to your group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. call up group<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Groups module, search for your group and call it up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. open settings for registration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the menu on the left-hand side, select <em><strong>Settings<\/strong><\/em> (1) <em><strong>Registration<\/strong><\/em> (2).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-Settings-Registration-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.01.30@2x.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"457\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-Settings-Registration-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.01.30@2x-457x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38457\" style=\"width:255px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-Settings-Registration-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.01.30@2x-457x1024.png 457w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-Settings-Registration-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.01.30@2x-134x300.png 134w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-Settings-Registration-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.01.30@2x-229x512.png 229w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-Settings-Registration-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.01.30@2x.png 494w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. status of the registration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Here you can specify when the registration <em><strong>opened<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>closed<\/strong><\/em> (1) whether the <strong><em>goal<\/em> <\/strong>(2) of the registration is an immediate release or whether a leader must confirm the participation and which <em><strong>role<\/strong><\/em> (3) the person should receive after successful registration. You can also enter a <em><strong>heading for the Registration<\/strong><\/em> (4) to the registration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-box ct-box-blue has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-002f1c27 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:8px;border-left-color:#22c55e;border-left-width:0.5rem;background-color:#dcfce7;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0.5rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0rem;margin-left:0.5rem\"><strong>Tip<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0.5rem;margin-left:0.5rem\">When registration is open, you have the option to send a registration notification to app users. App users will then receive a push notification informing them that registration for your group is open. The notification can only be sent once.<br><br><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"282\" class=\"wp-image-38482\" style=\"width: 250px\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-send-sign-up-registration-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-17.07.13@2x.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-send-sign-up-registration-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-17.07.13@2x.png 530w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-send-sign-up-registration-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-17.07.13@2x-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-send-sign-up-registration-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-17.07.13@2x-360x192.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><br><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-ststus-registration-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.35.48@2x.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1532\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-ststus-registration-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.35.48@2x.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38460\" style=\"width:988px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-ststus-registration-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.35.48@2x.png 1532w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-ststus-registration-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.35.48@2x-300x95.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-ststus-registration-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.35.48@2x-1024x324.png 1024w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-ststus-registration-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.35.48@2x-768x243.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-ststus-registration-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.35.48@2x-360x114.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1532px) 100vw, 1532px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4 registration of new persons<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For people who register for your group and have not yet been created in ChurchTools, ChurchTools needs to know what to do with the data entered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">create a new person or not<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You can either <strong>activate<\/strong> that a <em>new user<\/em> should be <em>created<\/em> automatically for these people and specify which campus, person status and area should be used for this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-box ct-box-blue has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-74648fa9a9506de5179716347194bc98 is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-002f1c27 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:8px;border-left-color:#e7c000;border-left-width:0.5rem;color:#3f3400;background-color:#ffe5644d;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0.5rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0rem;margin-left:0.5rem\"><strong>Important<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0.5rem;margin-left:0.5rem\">For this option, at least one group leader must have the authorisation to create new persons. Without this authorisation, the process remains the same as when the setting is deactivated.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<p>Or you can <strong>deactivate<\/strong> this option. In this case, the leaders of your Group will receive emails with the necessary information for registering these people and <strong>no<\/strong> new users will be created. This must then be done manually.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-Registration-of-new-person-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.38.13@2x.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-Registration-of-new-person-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.38.13@2x-1024x368.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-Registration-of-new-person-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.38.13@2x-1024x368.png 1024w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-Registration-of-new-person-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.38.13@2x-300x108.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-Registration-of-new-person-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.38.13@2x-768x276.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-Registration-of-new-person-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.38.13@2x-360x129.png 360w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-Registration-of-new-person-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.38.13@2x.png 1524w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. registration of additional persons<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to allow people who register for your group to also register other people, activate this function and then specify below which other people may also be registered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-registration-of-additional-people-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.39.56@2x.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"406\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-registration-of-additional-people-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.39.56@2x-1024x406.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-registration-of-additional-people-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.39.56@2x-1024x406.png 1024w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-registration-of-additional-people-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.39.56@2x-300x119.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-registration-of-additional-people-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.39.56@2x-768x305.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-registration-of-additional-people-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.39.56@2x-360x143.png 360w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-registration-of-additional-people-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.39.56@2x.png 1522w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">6. waiting list<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If the places for your group are limited and full, this function will automatically add other people who register for your group to a waiting list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Optionally, you can activate that a corresponding number of requests are automatically confirmed when places become available in the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-box ct-box-blue has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-002f1c27 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:8px;border-left-color:#3e70ce;border-left-width:0.5rem;background-color:#f3f5f7;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0.5rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0rem;margin-left:0.5rem\"><strong>Note<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0.5rem;margin-left:0.5rem\">In this case, jointly registered persons will only be moved up the list if a corresponding number of places have become available.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also limit the number of waiting list places if you wish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-Registration-Waiting-List-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.42.02@2x.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"278\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-Registration-Waiting-List-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.42.02@2x-1024x278.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-Registration-Waiting-List-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.42.02@2x-1024x278.png 1024w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-Registration-Waiting-List-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.42.02@2x-300x81.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-Registration-Waiting-List-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.42.02@2x-768x208.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-Registration-Waiting-List-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.42.02@2x-360x98.png 360w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-Registration-Waiting-List-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.42.02@2x.png 1518w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">7. registration form<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Here you add <em>information<\/em> that should be requested in the registration form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>First name, surname and e-mail are always requested as mandatory fields (1).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can then select and add further person and group member fields from a list (2).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can mark each piece of information as an <em>additional<\/em> mandatory field using the three dots at the end of the line or remove the information from the form. If it is a selection field, you can also call up further settings for the information here (3). <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-Registration-form-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.52.26@2x.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-Registration-form-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.52.26@2x-1024x407.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-Registration-form-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.52.26@2x-1024x407.png 1024w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-Registration-form-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.52.26@2x-300x119.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-Registration-form-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.52.26@2x-768x305.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-Registration-form-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.52.26@2x-1536x610.png 1536w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-Registration-form-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.52.26@2x-360x143.png 360w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-Registration-form-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.52.26@2x.png 1712w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-box ct-box-blue has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-002f1c27 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:8px;border-left-color:#22c55e;border-left-width:0.5rem;background-color:#dcfce7;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0.5rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0rem;margin-left:0.5rem\"><strong>Tip<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0.5rem;margin-left:0.5rem\">After setting up the registration, you can open the form without submitting it to check the settings. To do this, open the share dialogue for your group, then open your group&#8217;s <em>public group page<\/em> in an incognito window of your browser and test the registration there.<br><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"606\" class=\"wp-image-38475\" style=\"width: 700px\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-Registration-via-Link-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.55.47@2x-scaled.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-Registration-via-Link-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.55.47@2x-scaled.png 2560w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-Registration-via-Link-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.55.47@2x-300x71.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-Registration-via-Link-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.55.47@2x-1024x243.png 1024w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-Registration-via-Link-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.55.47@2x-768x182.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-Registration-via-Link-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.55.47@2x-1536x364.png 1536w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-Registration-via-Link-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.55.47@2x-2048x485.png 2048w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-Registration-via-Link-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-16.55.47@2x-360x85.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><br><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"594\" height=\"1456\" class=\"wp-image-38479\" style=\"width: 150px\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group-open-public-group-page-CleanShot-2025-08-19-at-17.02.28@2x.png\" alt=\"\" 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