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Event Website Builder

Give your research conference a clear online home.

Bring the call for abstracts, scientific program, speaker profiles and registration onto your event website. Keep important dates and practical information easy to find as the conference takes shape.

The Website Designer with homepage widgets and the live event layout.
The Website Designer with homepage widgets and the live event layout.

Show the route through the conference

Keep submission information, the program, speakers and registration easy to find.

Use a familiar conference identity

Add your logo, colors, content and website address.

Prepare the next edition

Copy an earlier website and choose which information to carry forward.

Teams who have used Dryfta

University of Berkeley
University of Amsterdam
Universitat Jena
Montreat College
East Carolina University
UNT Health Center
UPenn
University of Calgary

How it works

Three steps to get started.

  1. 1

    Set up the conference website

    Choose your branding, website address and page navigation.

  2. 2

    Publish the information people need

    Add the call for abstracts, program, speaker profiles, registration and practical details.

  3. 3

    Keep the website current

    Update pages as plans change and reuse the setup for a future event.

All features

Explore the features.

Find the tools your team needs and see how they fit your event.

Publish the information your attendees need.

Publish submission instructions, important dates and useful conference pages with a visual editor.

An event homepage, with navigation, an event banner and countdown.
An event homepage, with navigation, an event banner and countdown.
  • Add your own content with the visual editor.
  • Create speaker profiles.
  • Publish the event program.
  • Add galleries for photos, documents and videos.
  • Include sponsor lounges and exhibitor listings.
  • Publish event news and blog posts.

Put the program on your event website.

Help participants explore scientific sessions, speakers and practical program information.

Attendees browse session cards and the event calendar on the event website.
Attendees browse session cards and the event calendar on the event website.
  • Add accepted proposals to sessions.
  • Publish an interactive event program.
  • Let attendees check in to sessions and save a personal schedule.
  • Choose speakers and moderators for each session.
  • Add videos and venue maps to session information.

Start your next event from an existing setup.

Reuse the relevant parts of a previous conference website for the next edition.

Navigation settings in the event website builder.
Navigation settings in the event website builder.
  • Copy the whole event website or selected settings.
  • Reuse registration and submission forms.
  • Import contacts from a past event so participants can use the same login.

Create pages with your own content.

Publish conference text, photos and videos, and choose who can access premium content.

Create and manage event website pages.
Create and manage event website pages.

    Use your own website address.

    Use a conference website address participants recognize, with an SSL certificate for protected connections.

    White Label Settings with the field for an event's custom domain name.
    Enter the custom domain that visitors will use for the event website.

      Match your organization’s design.

      Use CSS snippets, sliders, videos and HTML content when your conference needs more detailed styling.

      Choose the event website’s branding and appearance.
      Choose the event website’s branding and appearance.

        Keep people connected around the event.

        Give the research community discussion spaces before, during and after the conference.

        Attendees find public topic rooms on the event website.
        Attendees find public topic rooms on the event website.
        • Create rooms for different topics.
        • Encourage useful conversations about your event.
        • Let attendees connect, arrange one-to-one meetings and send private messages.
        • Notify people when new comments and replies are posted.

        Organize and share event photos.

        Organize conference photos into categories with useful titles and descriptions.

        Manage photo collections, publication and access.
        Manage photo collections, publication and access.
        • Choose whether photos are available only to signed-in users.
        • Create separate photo categories.
        • Upload several photos together.

        Add useful elements to the homepage.

        Choose the conference information visitors see when they first arrive.

        The Website Designer with homepage widgets and the live event layout.
        The Website Designer with homepage widgets and the live event layout.
        • Add your own homepage text.
        • Embed a newsletter sign-up form.
        • Show a countdown timer or other supported embedded content.

        Take registrations and payments.

        Sell conference tickets, workshop places and memberships from your event website.

        Attendees choose tickets and follow the registration steps on the event website.
        Attendees choose tickets and follow the registration steps on the event website.
        • Create as many ticket types as you need.
        • Offer membership plans with renewals.
        • Take secure online payments and offer supported offline payment methods.
        • See ticket sales as they happen.

        Help people find and share your event.

        Promote the conference with email, banners, social sharing, discount codes and Dryfta’s event listing website.

        Publisher coverage and event clicks in the EventBoost dashboard.
        Publisher coverage and event clicks in the EventBoost dashboard.

          More useful tools

          More ways to manage the details.

          Website setup and content

          Attendees browse public speaker profiles, with search and filters.
          Attendees browse public speaker profiles, with search and filters.
          • Customize the event website with HTML and CSS.
          • Copy a past event into a new event.
          • Use a custom domain instead of a Dryfta.com address.
          • Organize page navigation with configurable tabs and menus.
          • Choose and update your own website content.
          • Set speaker task deadlines, let speakers complete tasks from their dashboard and receive task or update notifications.
          • Create pages with text, images and videos.
          • Generate a PDF program for each event day.
          • Display sessions in parallel tracks.
          • Let visitors share the website on social media.

          Files, languages and connections

          Choose a website language and edit its translated labels.
          Choose a website language and edit its translated labels.
          • Upload documents with the document manager.
          • Protect documents with passwords and access rules based on roles.
          • Upload several photos together and choose public or private access.
          • Display photos in an interactive slider.
          • Use a responsive event website on mobile devices.
          • Add YouTube videos and choose public or private access.
          • Keep the website connected with event contact records.
          • Offer the platform in supported languages.
          • Translate content and forms for each available language with the language manager.
          • Connect Google Analytics.
          • Display supported live social feeds for your event hashtag.
          • Use Chinese, Spanish and other supported characters.
          • Set the event platform and website time zone.

          A customer example

          AILA 2021: bringing a global conference online.

          The World Congress of Applied Linguistics brought more than 2,400 participants together with Dryfta. Its team managed more than 1,700 submissions, 1,400 recorded videos and 270 virtual sessions.

          International Association of Applied Linguistics

          See how the event came together.

          The conference used embedded Zoom meetings, live streaming and personal agendas. Attendees sent more than 25,000 private messages and session chats.

          Read the case study

          See Dryfta for yourself

          See event website builder in action.

          Tell us about your event and the tasks you want help with. We’ll show you how to do them in Dryfta.

          Request a demo