How to Create Your Virtual Event Lobby

The Lobby is the entry way into your virtual event. Create and customize the look and feel that will set the stage for what your attendees experience throughout the duration of your event.

An event lobby is a great way to direct your attendees to the different pages of your event. Additionally you can set up welcome videos and other materials for welcoming your virtual attendees. 

The Lobby 

Within the Event Admin dashboard you'll want to create a new module, and set the type to Lobby. Once created you'll see it within the list of modules. Click on the thumbnail to be taken to the designer page for the Lobby. 

The Lobby Designer

Select View Landing Page at the top right hand corner of the page. From here, you'll land on the attendee view of your to-be-customized Lobby. In the left-hand editor that appears, you can customize and design the header, title banner and buttons, and insert links to different areas of the event space. 

The Header

The Header section is where you will be able to customize the Lobby's header. Here, you can customize: 

• Header Logo Image - the logo image that will be at the top in the header 
• Logo URL  - this will redirect attendees/presenters to another internal/external site 
• Global Navigation Links - With this on, the links in the header will come from your event navigation settings, instead of being manually inserted
• Main Navigation Style - With this on, the style of the header section will come from the main series of the event, instead of being customized individually here.

The Title Banner

The Title Banner is the side banner where attendees can see an overview of the different components of your event within your lobby. You can customize the: 

• Logo Image - the image that will appear at the top of the Title Banner
• Title - the title of your Title Banner
• Text Above the Video - the title of the video/image/media that is displayed in the center of the Lobby
• Sub Title - the sub title 
• Button 1 Text - the text of the navigational buttons (i.e., Main Stage, Stage & Sessions) You will have several button options
• Button 1 Link  - the links for the buttons (i.e., link to the Main Stage) You will have several button link options
• Open in new tab - you can enable on/off clicking a navigation link and having it redirect within the same screen or redirecting and opening in a new tab
• Main Display Type - the media that will display in the center of the Lobby. You can choose from:
  • Live sessions - Display the webcast stream of the currently live event sessions
  • Image
  • Video - Display the video that is within the Embed Video section below
  • Timer
  • None
• Video Image - a display image for your video
• Embed Video - a text box to enter in the embed code for the video
• Timer Title - customize the timer title and color 
• Timer Color - customize the timer title and color  
• Countdown date - set the date and time for the countdown to count down to 
• Banner image - customize the color and image for the background banner image