> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.time2.bike/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Applications

> Build an application form and review who wants to join.

Applications are for teams that want to read something about a person before
they're on the roster. Turn them on by setting **Join policy** to **Application
required** under [Settings](/teams/settings).

The **Applications** tab has two halves: the review queue, and the builder for
the form that fills it.

> !!-IMAGE-NEEDED-!! — The **Applications** tab showing pending applications above the Application form card.

## Reviewing applications

Pending applications are listed with the applicant's name, email, and their
answers inline — you don't have to click into each one.

Each row has **Approve** and **Reject**. Approving puts them on the roster.

<Warning>
  If someone applied as a **coach** or **manager**, the row is badged
  *applying as coach* right next to the Approve button. Approving that puts an
  adult on a youth roster as staff — the badge is there so it can't happen by
  accident.
</Warning>

Applicants see their own status as **Pending**, **Approved**, or **Rejected**.

## Building the form

Click into the **Application form** card to edit it.

### The basics

| Setting                       | What it does                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| ----------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Intro text**                | Shown at the top of the form. Say who you're looking for.                                                                                                                                      |
| **Require a participant**     | Makes applicants link the application to a rider profile. On by default.                                                                                                                       |
| **Accept staff applications** | Lets people apply as coach or manager, not just athlete. **Off by default** — opening applications to fill a roster should never silently start inviting strangers to apply as coaching staff. |

### Questions

Add as many as you need. Each question has a label, optional help text, a
required flag, and a type:

| Type            | Use for                                          |
| --------------- | ------------------------------------------------ |
| **Short text**  | Name of last team, category                      |
| **Long text**   | "Tell us about your racing background"           |
| **Select**      | One choice from a list                           |
| **Multiselect** | Several choices from a list                      |
| **Number**      | Years racing, age                                |
| **File**        | A photo, a signed form, a coaching certification |

File questions let you restrict accepted file types and set a maximum number of
files.

> !!-IMAGE-NEEDED-!! — The question editor with a select question expanded, showing its options list.

### Pages and content blocks

A form can be a single list of questions, or it can be split into **pages** —
useful when you want to explain something before asking about it.

Each page holds blocks, in any order:

* **Heading** — a section title.
* **Paragraph** — instructions, expectations, what the season looks like.
* **Image** — a photo of the team, a course map.
* **Embed** — an embedded video or external page.
* **Divider** — a visual break.
* **Question** — one of the questions from your question bank.

Questions live in a bank; you place each one on a page. A question can only sit
on one page, and the builder shows you which questions aren't placed anywhere
yet so nothing goes missing.

> !!-IMAGE-NEEDED-!! — The page builder with two pages, one holding a paragraph block, an image block, and two questions.

<Tip>
  Save the form, then open your public apply page at
  `time2.bike/team/[slug]/apply` and walk it yourself. It's the fastest way to
  catch a question that reads badly out of context.
</Tip>

## What applicants see

The public application lives at `time2.bike/team/[slug]/apply`, reached from the
**Apply to join** button on your team page.

They pick a rider profile, choose what they're applying as (if you accept
staff), work through your pages with a `Step 2 of 3` indicator, and review
everything before submitting.

Answers are snapshotted when they submit — editing a question later doesn't
rewrite what someone already answered.

## Next

<Card title="Roster & roles" icon="users" href="/teams/roster">
  What happens to someone once you approve them.
</Card>