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Your event website is often the first impression you make on potential participants—so let’s make it a great one.

In this RunSignup 101 session, our onboarding team will guide you through building and customizing your race website using Website V2, our flexible and easy-to-use website builder. You’ll learn how to create a professional, mobile-friendly site that helps you tell your story, highlight key info, and drive registrations.

Key topics include:

• Adding and organizing content with Website Builder V2
• Customizing your event page with your branding
• Best practices for navigation and mobile optimization
• And more!

Bring your questions! We’ll answer written questions throughout the webinar and highlight key ones at the end of the session.

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Summary of Webinar 

Overview

RunSignup’s Website V2 is a powerful, free, and fully integrated website builder designed to help race directors create modern, professional websites directly within the RunSignup platform. In this introductory session, Whitney Taylor from the Onboarding Team walks through the essentials of Website V2—how to enable it, set up and customize your pages, manage branding, and build a cohesive, on-brand site that connects seamlessly with your registration, donations, results, and more.

Website V2 offers the flexibility and polish of third-party platforms like Squarespace or Wix, but with the advantage of full RunSignup integration and zero additional cost. Whether you’re setting up your first event or transitioning from the legacy website builder, this session covers everything you need to confidently launch and manage your event site.

Key Topics

Getting Started on the Dashboard

The webinar begins with a refresher on navigating the RunSignup dashboard—how to access your race, find features using the Menu Search Tool, and use the “Show More” dropdown to reveal hidden options. Whitney highlights quick tricks for new users, like using the dashboard search bar to instantly locate tools such as discount codes, QR codes, or volunteer settings without manually browsing menus.

What is Website V2?

Website V2 is the next generation of RunSignup’s built-in website system. Compared to the legacy website builder, V2 provides a modern, drag-and-drop design experience with more flexibility for layouts, themes, and custom pages—all while automatically pulling data from your RunSignup event.

• Free to Use: There are no added fees for hosting or maintenance.

• Future-Focused: Website V2 will continue to be developed and expanded, making it the long-term solution for all events.

• Recommended for Everyone: Whether you’re creating a new site or upgrading from the old version, Website V2 ensures your race website stays current and cohesive.

Enabling Website V2

Race directors can activate Website V2 from their Race Dashboard → Race Website → Website Settings. Once enabled, users can toggle between the legacy website and Website V2 during setup—but Whitney strongly recommends finalizing your design in V2 before going live.

When switching over, RunSignup automatically transfers key details such as:

• Event name and description

• Donation pages

• Info and signup pages

• Color scheme and logo from your race wizard setup

Custom content (like custom pages or banners) will need to be rebuilt manually.

Branding and Customization

Website V2’s Theme Editor makes it easy to create a polished, branded experience:

• Upload a logo and favicon

• Choose or define a custom color palette using the color picker

• Add homepage and page banners with flexible text overlay and layout options

• Edit your footer to include links, custom text, and social media icons for brand credibility and connection

Pages and Navigation

The right-hand panel in the Website Builder displays all your pages and menu items. Users can:

• Create new pages, system pages, dropdowns, or external links

• Choose between System Pages (which pull existing RunSignup data like results, team info, or donations) and New Pages (custom content you create from scratch)

• Control SEO settings for each page to maximize visibility in Google searches (RunSignup’s built-in SEO ranks event pages very highly)

Content and Layout Tools

Within each page, organizers can add customizable sections to organize text, images, and data components.

• Components include images, videos, playlists, buttons, and formatted text.

• Use content cards for a clean visual layout that links to other pages or external URLs.

• Embed multimedia like YouTube videos or Spotify playlists.

• Integrate data widgets to display teams, top donors, or upcoming events directly from your race data.

Whitney also demonstrates adding custom sections (like a course map image and countdown clock) and emphasizes saving progress frequently to ensure updates are published.

Integration and Performance

Website V2 supports:

• Embedded Strava routes for endurance events

• Displaying multiple races or tickets using event IDs

• Responsive design for mobile and desktop visitors

• Fast page loading speeds even with embedded media

Key Takeaways

• Free and Integrated: Build a professional-quality race website at no extra cost—all connected to your RunSignup dashboard and registration data.

• Modern, Customizable Design: Full creative control with themes, banners, and layouts that rival third-party website builders.

• Easy Navigation and Setup: The dashboard search tool and drag-and-drop builder simplify setup for both beginners and experienced directors.

• Powerful SEO: RunSignup websites consistently rank at the top of search results for local events, boosting organic discovery.

• Future-Proof Platform: Website V2 is actively developed with new features, ensuring your site stays modern and competitive.