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Make Your Registration Site Move: Motion, Animation, and a Glow Up for Site Designer

By Brittany Fisher posted 8 hours ago

  

Your registration site shouldn’t look like it’s stuck in 2010. 

If it’s doing all the work of convincing people to attend, it deserves a little star treatment too—and that’s exactly what these two updates are about: 

  • New Motion & Animation controls to bring key content to life
  • A refreshed Site Designer canvas that makes building pages feel smoother, faster, and way more visual 

Both updates will start rolling out later this month across your event website and registration form designers.
 



1. Motion & Animation: Let Your Content Steal the Spotlight
 

Imagine your hero image gently rising into view, your headline fading in just as someone scrolls, or your “Register Now” button giving a subtle pulse on hover. 

That’s what the new Motion & Animation panel is built for: eye-catching, on-brand movement that feels modern—not cheesy or over the top. 

You’ll see a new “Animate” option when you select supported widgets: 

  • Image widgets – hero shots, sponsor logos, speaker photos
  • Text widgets – headlines, section intros, key stats
  • Custom link buttons – your primary CTAs 

For each widget, you can mix and match triggers like:

  • On Page Load – make a bold first impression
  • On Hover – give buttons and images a satisfying “I’m interactive” response
  • On View – animate as elements scroll into view
  • On Click – add a little delight when people take action 

    Then pick from curated animation styles—Scale, Rise, Fade, Expand, Bounce, Slide, Wipe, and more—and either:

    • Use the preset (great if you just want “make this look nice”), or
    • Fine-tune the feel with friendly controls for speed, direction, distance, and intensity 

    You can preview animations: 

    • Right inside the Motion & Animation panel
    • In Device Preview in Site Designer
    • In Guest Preview / Test Mode
    • On the live site, once you’re ready to show it off 

    Good to know: 

    • Animations are off by default—your existing events won’t suddenly start bouncing.
    • You opt in widget by widget, so you stay fully in control.
    • Effects are designed with accessibility in mind—content still works even if motion is reduced or disabled on the attendee’s device. 

    When to use motion (and when not to): 

    Great for: 

    • Drawing eyes to dates, location, and key CTAs
    • Highlighting new sessions, speakers, or promotions
    • Adding subtle polish to hero areas and section intros 

    Skip it for: 

    • Dense paragraphs of text
    • Anything attendees must read to register or comply with policies 

    Think of motion as your site’s stage lighting: it should spotlight what matters, not distract from the show. 



    2. A Smoother, More Visual Site Designer Canvas
     

    Alongside Motion & Animation, we’re giving the Site Designer canvas a quality-of-life upgrade so it feels more like building in a modern web tool and less like wrestling with side panels. 

    You’ll notice: 

    On canvas section controls 

    • Clearer section boundaries and labels
    • On canvas controls to add, move, duplicate, and delete sections
    • Smarter empty states that say “Add widgets” instead of leaving you guessing what to do next 

    Cleaner header & footer editing 

    • Locked header and footer areas are visually distinct
    • It’s much clearer what’s “global” vs. what’s page specific
    • You can confidently tweak navigation and branding without worrying you’ve broken the rest of the site 

    Friendlier widget interactions 

    • When you hover or select a widget, you’ll see obvious borders and a small toolbar
    • Common actions like move, duplicate, or delete are right where you expect them—on the canvas 

    The end result: fewer clicks, less hunting around in menus, and a building experience that feels closer to what you’d expect from a modern design tool.



    3. Where to Go If You Want to Play and Learn More
     

    Ready to start experimenting—or want to get your team up to speed? 

    Check out these Community Learning Centers: 

    You can also subscribe to Registration product updates from the Learning Center, so you’ll get notified as Motion & Animation and canvas enhancements evolve. 


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