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Host Setup for a Smooth Contestant Experience

Everything contestants see in the previous articles is shaped by choices you make in the admin. Five minutes of setup buys you a self-serve event day.

Before you open entries

  • Turn on self-registration for the classes and ballots where contestants may enter themselves — it's per-class (Class Assignments) and per-ballot (Voting Ballots), so you stay in control of restricted classes.
  • Decide what each class requires. Required steps become the contestant's checklist; optional ones are labeled Optional. Keep required steps to what you truly need.
  • Add your event branding — logo and mobile background. The contestant screens sit on top of your image, and a branded screen reads as "official" at check-in.
  • Print the event QR code large. It's the single doorway to sign-in, registration, entries, and voting.

Test it yourself — as a contestant

  1. Add yourself as a contestant to one class.
  2. Sign out of admin, scan your own QR code, and sign in as a Contestant.
  3. Enter the class, watch the checklist, tap Update Entry.
  4. Fix anything that surprised you before your contestants meet it.