Share a class and add a Reserve on Famlo button

Once a class is published, you can send families its link or share it from the class page. If your organization has a website somewhere else, such as Wix, Squarespace or WordPress, you can add a Reserve on Famlo button that takes parents straight to checkout. You can't share a draft, so publish the class first.

Share the class or copy its link

The class page has two quick ways to pass a class along. Both use the class's page on famlo.co, where families can read about it and book.

1. Open Classes, then open the class.
2. Select Share at the top of the page. On a computer this opens Share this class. On a phone it opens your phone's own share options.
3. Pick where to send it: Copy Link, Email, Messages, WhatsApp, Facebook or X. Embed gives you a card for a website (see Put a class card on your website).

You'll also find Copy link on the meeting card, next to Message families. It copies the same famlo.co class page link.

tip

The class page link lets parents read everything before they book. If your own page already explains the class and you want parents to go straight to paying, use the checkout link from Button for your website instead.

Add a Reserve on Famlo button to your website

The button sits on your own web page and opens Famlo checkout for this class. Each class has its own button.

1. Open Classes, then open the class.
2. Select ••• (1), then Button for your website (2).

3. In Put it on your website, keep Button selected (1).
4. Under Says (2), choose the words: Reserve, Check out or Register. The button reads "Reserve on Famlo", "Check out on Famlo" or "Register on Famlo".
5. Under Color (3), choose Famlo red, White or Black. White suits a busy or colorful page. The preview shows the button as it will look.
6. Select Copy code.
7. In your website builder, add an HTML or code block where you want the button, and paste the code. Then publish that page in your builder.

The panel says where to paste it: "Code · paste as an HTML block in Wix, Squarespace or WordPress". Each builder names that block a little differently.

The button keeps itself up to date

You don't need to change the code when the class fills up or closes. The button updates on your site on its own.

The class is	The button says	A tap takes parents to
Open	Your chosen words, such as Reserve on Famlo	Checkout for this class, in a new tab
Full	Join the waitlist	The class page on Famlo, where they can join the waitlist
Started, canceled, or not taking bookings on Famlo	Registration closed	Nowhere. The button can't be clicked.

The builder explains the waitlist like this: "A full class switches to “Join the waitlist”: everyone waiting is alerted at once, and the first to book gets the spot."

If your website builder removes scripts from pasted code, the button still works. It shows as a plain colored link with your chosen words, without the Famlo mark or the live wording.

Use the checkout link on its own

Link in the same panel gives you the address the button uses. It looks like famlo.co/r/ followed by a short code. Use it in a newsletter, a text message or a menu item on your website.

1. Open the class, then select ••• › Button for your website.
2. Select Link.
3. Select Copy link.

The link opens checkout for the class, or the class page when the class is full or closed. You'll also find Copy link under the button code on the Button view.

What families see when they tap

• The class is open: checkout opens in a new tab, with the dates, price and Pay. The panel puts it this way: "Opens Famlo checkout in a new tab. Parents sign in with an email code, then pay."
• The class is full, has started or is closed: the class page on Famlo opens instead, and it explains why. When the class is full, parents can join the waitlist there.
• The class is a draft: your organization's page on Famlo opens with the note "That class isn’t open for registration yet."

Prices at checkout are the same as on famlo.co, including the booking fee if families pay it. See The booking fee.

Put a class card on your website

A card shows the class's photo, name, your organization's name, the date and time, and the price (or "Free"), with View on Famlo at the bottom. Tapping it opens the class page on Famlo, where parents read everything and then book. Use a card when you want the class to stand out on a page that doesn't already describe it.

There are two places to get the code:

• ••• › Button for your website › Card, then Copy code.
• Share › Embed, which opens Embed this activity. Here you can also tick Hide the price or Create “no follow” links, check the preview, then select Copy HTML.

Paste the code into an HTML or code block, the same way as the button. The code sets the card to 450 by 300 pixels. You can change those numbers, and the card fills whatever space you give it.

If your organization has a Famlo website

If you have a Famlo website, families can already book every class there, so you don't need a button for it. The panel says so at the top: "Your Famlo site already has booking built in. This is for another website Famlo doesn't host."

The button is still useful for other places, such as a partner's site or a church page. When your own domain is connected, the button and the checkout link open checkout on your Famlo website rather than on famlo.co. To see how classes appear on your Famlo website, read How classes show on your site.

Which classes can have a button

• Published classes only. Button for your website doesn't appear in the ••• menu on a draft.
• Not members-only classes. If Who can see it is set to members only, the panel warns: "This class is for members only, so a button on a public website can’t take bookings for it." Choose a different Who can see it setting in Edit details first.
• Classes hidden from Famlo search work. A class set to link only, or shown only on your website, can still have a button. This suits an organization whose families book from its own Wix or Squarespace page.

Troubleshooting

I can't find Share or Button for your website. The class is still a draft. Publish it first; see Create and publish a class. On a phone, ••• and Share are in the bar at the bottom of the class page.

The button on my site says "Registration closed". The class has started, was canceled, or can't take bookings on Famlo, for example because it registers on another website. Check the class's status and dates on its class page.

The button on my site looks like a plain link. Your website builder removed the script part of the code. The link still opens checkout. Try pasting it into a block meant for custom HTML or embed code.

I shared the class link, but parents land on the class page, not checkout. Copy link and Share use the class page. For a link that goes straight to checkout, use Link in Button for your website.

What's next

• Prices, spots and ways to join
• Running a class: the class page
• How Do I Handle Waitlists for Popular Events?
• Your Famlo website: what you get