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Landing pages

Give a grant round a landing page that tells applicants about it, choose who can see it and set its link.

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A landing page tells applicants about a grant round before they apply. You add it on the Landing Page step of the round's set-up.

Create a landing page

  1. Open the round's set-up and go to the Landing Page step.
  2. Select Create Landing Page, or Skip Landing Page to publish without one.
  3. Choose a template from Landing page templates and select Use …, or select Start blank. Landing page templates are kept under Plan > Form templates > Landing Pages.
  4. Select Edit content to write the page in the Form Builder. Select Back to return to the set-up.

Choose who can see it

Under Who can view the landing page:

  • Private access: only people signed in to your portal can view it.
  • Public access: anyone with the link can view it.
  • URL slug sets the end of the page's address. Use lowercase letters, numbers and hyphens, or leave it blank to make one from the grant title. Each slug must be unique.
  • Shareable link shows the full address to copy.
  • View button text changes the button's wording, up to 50 characters. Leave it blank for the default.

Changing the link of a published round asks you to confirm, because the old link will stop working.

Let applicants preview the form

Show form preview on the Landing Page is on for every new round. While it is on, the landing page shows Preview the form and Download blank form (PDF) beside Apply, so people can read every question, condition and limit before they start. Nothing is created when someone previews the form. Untick it to remove both links; you can change it while the round is a draft.

What applicants see when applicant help is on

When applicant help is on for the round, and Applicant help is switched on under AI assistance, the landing page shows Ask about this round under its content while the round is open. A visitor who isn't signed in sees only Sign in to ask. A signed-in applicant can ask a question and gets an answer drawn only from the published landing page and the round's guideline files, citing the section each answer came from, or a note that the documents don't cover it with your organisation's support email. The same panel sits beside the application form. Each applicant can ask 30 questions a round a day. Questions the documents could not answer are listed for you on the round's page, without who asked them.

Export the landing page

Select Export Landing Page PDF to save the page as a PDF.

An archived round's landing page cannot be changed.

See also

This page uses Backed's default terms, such as Funding Round and Application Template. An organisation may rename them, so read each as your organisation's own term if you've renamed it.