{"id":104,"date":"2020-05-07T14:42:55","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T14:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sweepwidget.com\/docs\/?p=104"},"modified":"2024-02-11T13:18:58","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T13:18:58","slug":"add-locked-entry-methods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sweepwidget.com\/docs\/add-locked-entry-methods","title":{"rendered":"Make an entry method required \/ mandatory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You can make it so users must complete certain entry methods before they are allowed to complete others. To do this, select which entry methods you want to make mandatory. Whichever entry methods aren&#8217;t set to mandatory will be locked until the mandatory entries are completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s say for example, you choose to only make the newsletter entry method mandatory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sweepwidget.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/mandatory1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-105\" width=\"600\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sweepwidget.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/mandatory1.png 800w, https:\/\/sweepwidget.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/mandatory1-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/sweepwidget.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/mandatory1-768x319.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now when the user enters the giveaway, they must complete the newsletter entry method before they are allowed to do anything else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sweepwidget.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/mandatory2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-106\" width=\"600\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sweepwidget.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/mandatory2.png 800w, https:\/\/sweepwidget.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/mandatory2-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/sweepwidget.com\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/mandatory2-768x450.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A reason to do this would be if you have a certain entry method that is more important to you than others. 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