TOPIC: Group registration: can we make fields optional but still have them show up for each member?

Our alumni association has a lot of families that register for our reunions, and it would be ideal for us if we can make the address, city, state, etc. optional on the group member registration form, but still have them show up in case someone decides to register a group of their friends.

We tried making them not required for group members, but then they aren't displayed at all for them.

We just don't want mom or dad to get grumbly when they have to type in their home address info for each member of their family, and yet we still want to be able to capture that info if the group is not a family.

Possible?

Thanks!
-J-

Setting a field as required or not required will not affect if the field displays or not, but only if it is required to submit the form. Each field within the event setup can be set to display on the member pages, final billing page, or both. Then separately, you can set if the field is required.

You are wanting the address field for BOTH the members and final page... but want it required in one place but not required in another. You can't do this. So...

I'd recommend setting the existing address fields for billing only and mark as required. Then create a new address field just for group members usage. Set it for members only and not required.

That works great, thanks for the suggestion, Nathan!