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Custom Entry Forms

Every full event has its own entry form: the questions a participant answers when they register. A new event's form is empty. Until you add fields here, registration only asks for the athlete's details, the price tier and any add-ons.

Build the form under Manage Event > Custom Entry Form, or from the Custom Entry Form tile in Event Setup on the Event Dashboard. It is only available when the event's Registrations feature is on.

If no event is selected, pick one from the blue Select Event section at the top of the page.

The page has three panels. The Builder Navigation bar at the top stays in view and jumps to Preview, Copy or Builder, and has a Save button.

System Fields​

Target Score's standard fields are not on the form until you switch them on. Under System Fields, tick the ones your results and prize-giving need:

  • Country and Gender are always available.
  • Division, Age Category, Classification and Categories come from your club's settings. A field whose list is still empty shows Not set up with a Configure link to the club page where it is defined, and can be ticked once the list has at least one entry.

A system field is added to the end of the form at full width. In the builder it appears as a blue card marked SYSTEM. You can move or remove it but not edit it, because Target Score fills it from your club's data.

Adding your own fields​

Custom Entry Form Options

Below the system fields, six buttons add a field of your own:

  1. Text Input: a single-line box for free text.
  2. Checkbox: a yes/no tick box, for example "I have read the range rules". The label can be up to 500 characters.
  3. Radio Selection: a list of choices where only one can be picked. Under Add Options enter each choice (letters, numbers and $ . - ( ) only). At least one option is required and they must be unique.
  4. Heading: a title to divide the form into sections, in a Large, Medium or Small size.
  5. Text: a block of formatted text (bold, italics, links) for disclaimers or instructions, up to 5,000 characters. Start links with https:// or they will not work. Editing the block later may reset its formatting, so keep a copy of long text elsewhere.
  6. Date: a date picker. Tick Collect time as well to ask for a time too, and Set today's date as default to prefill it at registration.

Add Custom Form Option

Each button opens a small dialog with the field's settings:

  • Label: the text shown to participants (required).
  • Mandatory Field: the participant cannot register without answering.
  • Field size: Full Width, Half (1/2), Third (1/3) or Quarter (1/4) of the row, so short fields can sit side by side. Headings and text blocks are always full width.

The field's internal key is generated from the label; there is nothing to type. Click Add and the field is appended to the end of the form.

Arranging, editing and removing fields​

The builder list at the bottom of the page shows the form as participants will see it, with controls above each field:

  • Move: drag the handle to reorder fields and drop each one where you want it.
  • Edit (pencil): reopens the dialog with the field's current settings. Click Save to apply.
  • Remove (cross): asks you to confirm (Confirm Removal) and takes the field off the form.

Form Preview​

The Form Preview panel at the top of the page renders the current form exactly as a participant will see it, including fields you have not saved yet. It is open when you arrive and collapses on its own after your first edit so the builder stays in view; use Expand preview and Collapse preview to toggle it. A badge shows how many changes are unsaved.

View output opens the event's real registration page in preview mode, so you can check the form with the rest of the page around it. Only club owners and managers can open this preview, and it cannot submit an entry. If you have unsaved changes you are asked to Save and continue or Continue without saving.

Copy from other events​

Copy Entry Form

If your club uses the same form for every event, choose the source event under Copy from other events and click Copy (Replace when this event already has a form). Target Score asks you to confirm because copying replaces the whole form you are building. The copied fields land in the builder; click Save to keep them.

Saving​

Click Save in the navigation bar or Save Form at the bottom. The whole form is saved at once and you see Form Saved. Until then, changes live only on this page: the badge counts them, and View output and the Configure links warn you before leaving. Leaving the page any other way discards unsaved changes, so save before you go.

Fees are not part of the form​

The form collects information, not money. What a participant pays comes from the event's pricing tiers, set on the Create/Edit Event page, and from optional extras under Manage Event > Add-Ons (the Add-Ons tile on the Event Dashboard). Priced checkboxes from older forms still display but can no longer be added; use an add-on instead.

Got a question? Reach out to us at support@targetscore.com.