RedPodium lets you customize a page URL to pass hidden information into your reports. This article explains how to create and use these pre-fill URLs.

Pro Tip: We recommend using Tracking Links instead of the Pre-Fill URL feature because they are easier to set up and manage.

Note: Pre-fill URLs only populate fields for the first registrant in an order. If you use the Group Registration feature, the pre-filled information will not apply to the second registrant or any additional registrants.

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Set Up Your Pre-Fill URL

In RedPodium, you can set up a pre-fill URL that creates a special link that passes on data into your reporting.

From the Pages screen, click the pencil icon under the page that you want to edit
On your registration page, click the + icon
Select the Text Field option

Label the field Source
Turn Required to Off
Click Advanced Options, and toggle the Invisible field to Yes (with this option, the field will be hidden on the live page, so your registrants don't see it)
Click Done

Click the pencil button on the same text field
Click Advanced Options, and note the Reference Key on the field (this reference key will be needed later)
Click Done
Click Save Now in the upper-right corner of your page to save your changes. Click Publish to publish these changes to your live page
Click View Published Page to go to your live page

Locate your RedPodium page URL
Add ?registrants. to the end of the URL
Add the Reference Key you found earlier (in this example, the Reference Key is source)
Add an "=" followed by the value you would like to be added to the text field (in this example, we added VIP)
Save the URL

Trigger an Action With Your Pre-Fill URL

You can also trigger an action when a registrant uses a pre-fill URL.

From the Pages screen, click the pencil icon under the page that you want to edit
Click the Actions tab on your edit page
Click Create Your First Action if you are creating your first action, or click the + icon if you have already created an action

On the first box on the left-hand side, select the Source text field you created
Select Value is Exactly, and enter the value you added to your pre-fill URL
On the right-hand side, add the action that you would like to trigger
Click Save Action

FAQs

How many custom URLs can I create?

You can create as many custom URLs as needed.

Can I use symbols in a pre-fill URL?

We recommend avoiding symbols in pre-fill URLs because they may prevent the URL from working correctly. For example, avoid using an email address as the value because it contains symbols such as @ and the period in .com.

Can I edit the reference name?

The reference name for the field is set to be whatever the field is labeled the first time you hit Done. It cannot be changed after the initial save because it's used as an identifier for exports.

The reference name cannot be edited after the field is created. The reference name by default will be whatever label you gave the field at the time it was first saved.

If the field hasn't collected any data and you'd like to change its reference name, you can delete the field and create a new one. When setting up the new field, enter the desired reference name in the Label field and click Done. After saving, you can update the field’s label to something different. The original reference name will remain unchanged even if the label is edited later.

Note: If your field has already collected data but you want to change its reference name, do not delete the field. This will delete all data from previous registrants. Instead, we recommend hiding the existing field and creating a new one with the updated reference name. Click here to learn how to hide your fields in RedPodium.

Note: Creating a new field will result in two columns in your reports. One column will show data from people who registered before the change. The second column will display data from people who registered after the new field was added.

Create and Use Pre-Fill URLs