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How to create a volunteer from the public side - Mon - Aug 4, 2025 - 6:34pm
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Volunteers are initially created in two different ways, as follows:
- By the volunteers themselves, on the public side.
- On the admin/box office side, by enabling the volunteer option for an existing user.
Public sideA volunteer can sign up on your public page, if that setting is enabled (Volunteer manager >> Volunteers >> Public volunteer signup >> switch Display a link on your public events page to recruit new volunteers to be "On"). Once enabled, on your public page, they will see the following option to sign up:
Screenshot of "become a volunteer" link on public page.
To learn more about how to create a volunteer from the admin side, please see this discussion: How do I create a volunteer from the admin side?
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