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Anyway to automatically "turn off" a form after a certain time?

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I work with webinar campagins; currently, I email our house list and have a "Register here" link that directs people to fill out a form to register for webinars.

Problem: Since the registeration link is in the email, people are able to access the link (and fill out the form) even after the webinar is over. Right now, I have people registering after the webinar is over, even though the registration page clearly states when the webinar started.

Question: Is there a way to automatically "turn off" a form after a certain time so I can prevent these people from registering or redirect them? Right now, I go in after the webinar is over and just delete the form manually.

Any help would be appreciated, even if it's a "this cannot be done."

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Kenny_ElkingtonAccepted solution

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Hey Mengchao,

You can do this with a little piece of Javascript. It will hide the form if today's date is after your designated closed date, and display alternative content:

MktoForms2.whenReady( function(form) {

var today = new Date(); //set the current date

var registrationClose = new Date("1970/01/01"); //change to your desired date

if (today > registrationClose) {

$(".mktoForm").wrap( "<div class='formHolder'></div>" );

$(".mktoForm").hide();

$(".formHolder").append('<div><p>Sorry! Registration for this event is now closed.</p></div>'); //change to your desired content here, set appropriate classes/IDs for styling

};

});

</script>

Iryna_Zhuravel4

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This is awesome! I wonderif something like this can be done to cap the number of registrations for an event?

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Anonymous

Kenny,

This worked like a charm, thanks so much for the insight!

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Kenny_Elkington

Level 10

Yes you can do a more specific comparison, you would just do this instead:

MktoForms2.whenReady( function(form) {

var today = new Date(); //set the current date

var registrationClose = new Date("01 January 1970 00:00:00 GMT"); //change to your desired date

if (today.getTime() > registrationClose.getTime()) {

$(".mktoForm").wrap( "<div class='formHolder'></div>" );

$(".mktoForm").hide();

$(".formHolder").append('<div><p>Sorry! Registration for this event is now closed.</p></div>'); //change to your desired content here, set appropriate classes/IDs for styling

};

});

</script>

getTime gets the exact time instead of just the date and it will perform that comparison instead.

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Nicholas_Manojl

Level 8

This is pretty cool.

I wonder..could the registrationClose reference a {{date.token}}?

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SanfordWhiteman

Level 10

Sure. That's the way it's done in other posts on this topic. Just remember that '2015-11-10' == November 10 at 00:00:00 GMT == November 9 at 7:00pm Eastern.

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Anonymous

Thanks for all of your replies--I've never used discussions before, but I'm convinced I'll be using it more frequently now!

@Kenny - is it possible for code to be based on the hour (for specificity) instead of the close date?

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Anonymous

Another suggestion which is somewhat manual is to create a re-direct rule on the landing page that includes the registration form. What's nice about this, is if you have a new webinar you want to promote, you can redirect there.

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Kenny_Elkington

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I Should note that Sydney's comment is not a viable solution. The Date of Activity filter in the Fills out Form trigger only works for past date ranges in conjunction with the Minimum Number of Times constraint. Forward-looking operators will not function that way.

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Kenny_ElkingtonAccepted solution

Level 10

Hey Mengchao,

You can do this with a little piece of Javascript. It will hide the form if today's date is after your designated closed date, and display alternative content:

MktoForms2.whenReady( function(form) {

var today = new Date(); //set the current date

var registrationClose = new Date("1970/01/01"); //change to your desired date

if (today > registrationClose) {

$(".mktoForm").wrap( "<div class='formHolder'></div>" );

$(".mktoForm").hide();

$(".formHolder").append('<div><p>Sorry! Registration for this event is now closed.</p></div>'); //change to your desired content here, set appropriate classes/IDs for styling

};

});

</script>

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Oliviatran

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Hi Kenny,

Thanks for your advice. May I ask where to put the script you shared? In the form itself or the landing page hosting the form? Can you give more detailed instruction on this?

Many thanks

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Jo_Pitts1

Community Manager

@oliviatran ,

on the page hosting the form.

Cheers

Jo

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Anonymous

Hi,

It doesn't seem like you can turn off the form but you can create an alternative campaign.

Smartlist:
Batch filter 1:
Fill out Form after DATE

Flow options:
-remove lead from list
-send autoresponder (telling lead that the webinar is over)
-change data value
-remove from flow
-etc.

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Anonymous

Hi,

It doesn't seem like you can turn off the form but you can create an alternative campaign.

Smartlist:
Batch filter 1:
Fill out Form after DATE

Flow options:
-remove lead from list
-send autoresponder (telling lead that the webinar is over)
-change data value
-remove from flow
-etc.

Translate

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