RSVP confirmation page doesn't confirm the option you selected

[williln]

From attendee:

Can someone confirm which answer I selected? I was distracted, and the thank you page didn't let me know whether I selected accept or decline. I wanted to select accept.

Might be nice to have that confirmation page let them know which they selected!

[olasitarska]

👍

[helenst]

👍 Especially with declining - we've had a few people accidentally reject their invitation, we always double check that they meant to do this as most people do want to come! In these cases they either clicked the wrong link on their phone, or misunderstood the email. Perhaps when they decline it'd be nice to have an optional text box on the confirmation page so they can say why or add a short message if they want.

[shante665]

I don't know if this is an issue or an enhancement, but the RSVP links for DjangoGirls Lagos provided only links without the RSVP: YES information. SO most of the attendees were confused about which link was for yes and which was for no
This was what I thought I sent, but this was what they saw in their emails

Majority of the attendees ended up clicking the wrong link, some got worried while some asked which of the link was a yes or No.

Maybe it was a fault of mine? something I didn't quite do right??

[helenst]

I think it's a different issue but it is probably best not to automatically include any text with the link - that way organisers can use their own choice of text to describe the link.

However, it might be worth clarifying that it is only the URL that is included - perhaps the preview could show an example of the link rather than the placeholder so that it is clearer what the final content will be.

The examples in https://github.com/DjangoGirls/resources/tree/master/text_templates could also be updated - I think quite a few people use these templates, but they don't currently include the RSVP codes at all so people are figuring it out for themselves.