A well-structured event front page helps participants quickly find the information they need – and can enhance their experience even before registration. Conference Manager makes it easy to create a website with a wide range of functional options, and you can also make use of the built-in design features – if you want even more visual freedom, tools like Canva can be a great help.
Conference Manager – the foundation of your website
With Conference Manager, you can easily set up a professional website with:
- Registration flow with direct link
Create a clear and structured process for participant registration. - Program and speaker presentations
Display your agenda and introduce your speakers in an accessible format. - Custom confirmation emails and tickets
Design personalised messages and tickets that match your event’s identity.
Canva – create a customised visual expression
With Canva, you can design attractive graphic elements that make your website more appealing:
- Header images and banners
Create a unique header with your visual identity, custom images, and colours. - SoMe graphics
Design images for LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram that match your event’s style. - Branding elements
Use consistent colours and fonts across your visuals to ensure brand recognition.
When working with Website Designer in Conference Manager, you can combine function and aesthetics in your website. Tools like Canva can help strengthen the visual expression and make the site more inviting to participants.
If you are new to Canva, they offer a wide range of free tutorials and introduction videos on their YouTube channel. These videos cover everything from basic design principles to advanced tips, making it easy to get started quickly — even if you have no prior design experience.
Here are some ways you can use graphic tools to create a professional and visually consistent website:
Use templates in Canva
Canva offers a wide range of templates that can be customised to create a website that is both visually appealing and functional. You can choose from different layouts and adjust them with colours, fonts, and images that match the event’s theme and brand. Canva’s drag-and-drop function makes it easy to add graphic elements without having advanced design skills.
Tip: Download your Canva designs as PNG or JPG. Use PNG for logos and graphics with sharp lines – and JPG for photos and banners. Both formats can be uploaded directly into Conference Manager.
Visual elements for branding
To create a consistent brand for your event, you can use Canva to develop graphic elements such as banners, logos, and backgrounds that reflect the theme of the event. Canva allows you to choose colours and fonts that fit your event’s visual identity, making it easy to create a professional look.
You can create a logo in Canva if you don’t already have one. You can upload your logo as PNG or JPG in Website Designer – or as a GIF if it is animated. If you have a logo in PNG or JPG format and want to convert it to a GIF, for example by adding animation, you can also do this in Canva.
Create attention with images and icons
Adding relevant images and icons can help communicate the focus of your event and create visual appeal. Canva has a large library of free and premium images, and you can use these to add context to your website. Find or create images that relate to the event’s theme, and icons that make the information easier to understand.
Read more about Canva’s content licensing rules here.
You can also use sites like Freepik.com to find relevant visual elements for your website. Freepik offers a large selection of free and premium images, icons, illustrations, and vector graphics that can help enhance your event visually. Like Canva, Freepik allows you to find images and graphics that fit the theme of your event and make your page even more appealing and professional.
When using images from Freepik, be sure to comply with their licensing terms. Learn more about Freepik’s terms of use here.
Interactive elements
Although Canva is primarily a static design tool, it can also be used to create interactive elements for the registration page. For example, you can create graphics for buttons and menus if you don’t want to use the built-in buttons in Conference Manager’s Website Designer.
Responsive design
It’s important that your website looks good on desktop, tablet, and mobile. In Website Designer in Conference Manager, you can adapt the layout to different devices – and what you create in the desktop view is automatically inherited by tablet and mobile. Changes are passed on from right to left, so it’s a good idea to start designing in desktop view and then adjust for smaller screens. Canva also offers design options that can be adapted to different screen sizes. Make sure to adjust your images and graphic elements so they work across devices – making it easy for participants to register, no matter how they access the site.
Other useful design tools
Canva is not the only tool you can use in combination with Conference Manager. Other design tools like Adobe Express (formerly Spark) and Figma can also be useful. Adobe Express offers templates and design features ideal for quickly producing graphic content, while Figma allows you to collaborate in real time with others – which can be helpful when multiple people are working on the same graphics.
No matter which tool you choose, your visual expression is only limited by your imagination.
