One Link Sign-up web app set up procedures

For the first time to set up a web app on a sign-up Google sheet, Google has quite a number of steps to protect and to secure the sheet. Once complete, you can use the sheet for future sign-up without all the steps.

Please be patient to follow the steps below. If you have any queries, please email spcsoft.galaxy@gmail.com for support. 

1. If One Link Sign-up is not yet installed, go to Google Workspace Marketplace to install it.

2. On Google drive, click + New.

3. Click Google Sheets to open an Untitled spreadsheet.

 

4.Click Extensions, move cursor to One Link Sign-up and click Set up web app.

5. Select a template.

6. Sample data will be populated. Wait for the sidebar to display.

7. Follow the steps in sidebar to input the spreadsheet name which will become the web app sign-up page title. Press the Enter key.

8. If Step 2 is displayed, do the following:

    (a) click Enable.

    (b) Click Google Apps Script API.

    (c) Review the Google message. Click the right-hand side of the white dot to swith on.

    (d) Click Create which will create native scripts in the sign-up sheet for web sign up.

9. The web app is almost ready. For the native scripts that have just been created in the sign-up sheet, Google requires another authorization. You can submit your native scripts to Google for verification, which will take some time, or you can proceed with the advanced path below. 

    (a) Click Authorize which will open up a new window.

    (b) On the new window, wait for the 1L Sign-up custom menu to display. If browser disabled the pop-up of new window, re-open the sign-up sheet and wait for the custom menu.

    (c) Click the 1L Sign-up and then click Authorize.

    

    (d) Web app runs on native scripts. The previous authorization allows this add-on to insert the native web app scripts into your sheet. 

Review the Google message and click OK.

    

    (e) Choose your account

        

    

    (f) If you want to share the native scripts which have been created in your sign-up sheet, you can submit to Google for verification. If not, you can proceed with the Advanced option which will show the scope of authorization in later steps. To understand more, please refer to Google App Verification. 

    

    (g) Click Go to xxx (unsafe) where xxx is your sheet. 

        

    (h)  Click Continue.

    (i) The native scripts in user's sheet need authorization to update the sign-up sheet and external service for invited people to sign-up online. Click Allow.

10.  Click link or alt link to open the host's sign-up web page. Bookmark this host's link for re-entry. 

Congratulations! You have finished all the setup steps to create a web app on your sign-up sheet. 

The steps below are for testing the web app online sign-up.

1. On the host's sign-up web page, sign in from Google One Tap.

2. From the host view, click Open one link sign-up for all posts. To select posts, click Tips and enter data to the Select field for setting one link to invitees.

3. The sign-up page from one link is displayed. Bookmark this link for testing sign-up. 

4. After testing, replace the demo sign-up sheet data with real data, use the share icon  to share out the link for sign-ups. 

Enjoy getting your sign-up on Google sheet.