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the last of the list
Small things, round two: reminder timing, a full-sheet email, meeting links, open spots first, and find my sign-ups
The last of the SignUp.com review: the small things their FAQ answered that ours didn't. None of them is a feature you'd switch tools for. All of them are the kind of thing you notice when they're missing.
Reminder timing
Reminder emails went out two days before, always. A meal train wants a week so people can shop; a Saturday workday called on Thursday wants the day before. The Reminder timing card on a sheet's Settings tab now offers the day before, two days, or a week. Basic & Pro send the email; the setting is there on every plan.
Your sheet is full
The moment a volunteer takes the last spot on a sheet where every spot has a limit, the admins get one email saying so — the cue to stop sharing the link. It follows the same sign-up email setting as everything else on the sheet, and never repeats.
Meeting links are links
A location that's a Zoom or Meet URL used to be sent to Google Maps, which is an insult to both. It now shows as Join link on the page and opens itself, in the confirmation and reminder emails too.
Open spots first
On a long sheet that's mostly full, the open spots are what matter. Under Form fields, set Full spots to After the open ones and each section leads with what still needs people. The default stays schedule order, because for most sheets the order is the point.
Find my sign-ups
The most common support question from volunteers: “I lost the email.” signupchurch.com/find-my-signups takes the address and emails every upcoming sign-up for it, each with its own change-or-cancel link. The invalid-link page points there too.
Add to home screen
Every public sheet now installs from the browser's Add to Home Screen under the church's name, opening straight to the sheet. The greeter who checks the rota every Sunday gets an icon, not a text-thread archaeology project. Help: Add a sign-up sheet to your home screen.
Your account
Changing your login email, resetting a password, finding invoices in the Stripe portal, what deleting the account removes (and what it never touches in your ChMS), and what to try when a page won't load — in one help article instead of a support ticket.
Common questions
- Does changing the reminder timing affect text reminders?
- No. Text reminders stay the day before. The setting moves the email reminder: the day before, two days (the default), or a week.
- Will the full-sheet email fire again if someone cancels and the spot refills?
- No, once per sheet. Your normal cancellation notice tells you a spot reopened; the sign-up notice tells you it filled again.
- Can anyone use find-my-sign-ups to see who signed up?
- No. The page says the same thing whatever address is entered, the email goes only to that address, and it's the email that says whether anything was found. It's also behind the bot check and rate limits.
- Is the home-screen icon an app?
- It's the live page with an icon, installed from the browser's own Add to Home Screen. Nothing from an app store, nothing to update.