Certificate Type Setup

A Certificate Type is a reusable template — it defines what a certificate looks like: background image, text content, logo placement, and signatures. Once created, you can issue that certificate to any number of members.

Examples: “Founding Member Certificate,” “Level 1 Trainer Completion,” “2024 Conference Attendance.”

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Create a Certificate Type

Go to Admin → Printing → Certificate Templates → Add Certificate Type.

Required fields

Field	Description
Organization	Your organization
Name	Internal label (e.g., “Founding Member 2026”)
Title	Large headline printed on the certificate
Body Line	Short line of text (e.g., “This certifies that”)
Signer 1 Name	Name printed below the first signature line
Signer 1 Title	Title printed below the first signer name
Background	Upload the certificate background image

Optional fields

Field	Description
Subtitle	Printed below the title in italic — good for program name or year
Org Line	Custom org name for the certificate (e.g., “Red Discovery Life Ministries”). If blank, uses your organization’s name. Useful for sub-ministries or branches.
Body Continuation	Multi-line text printed after the recipient’s name. Supports dynamic tokens (see below).
Award Line	Short recognition line (e.g., “in recognition of founding membership”)
Logo	Upload your org logo
Logo Position	Where to place the logo: Bottom Left, Bottom Right, Top Left, Top Right, or Hidden
Signer 2	Second signature block (name, title, and optional signature image)

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Dynamic Tokens (Body Continuation)

The Body Continuation field supports placeholders that are automatically replaced when the certificate is generated:

Token	What prints
{{contact_name}}	Recipient’s full name
{{org_name}}	Your organization’s name
{{issue_date}}	Formatted date (e.g., “2nd day of February in the year of our Lord, 2026.”)
{{membership_tier}}	Membership tier name (e.g., “Founding Member”)

Example body continuation:

is hereby recognized as a member of the {{membership_tier}} class
of {{org_name}}, issued on the {{issue_date}}

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Image Upload Guidelines

All images are uploaded directly in the Certificate Type admin form.

Image	Recommended Format	Recommended Size
Background	JPG or PNG	3301 × 2550 px at 300 dpi
Logo	PNG with transparent background	400 × 400 px max
Signature 1 / 2	PNG with transparent background	600 × 300 px max

Upload images after saving the Certificate Type — the upload fields appear once the record exists.

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Designing Your Background

The certificate prints on letter size landscape (11 × 8.5 inches) at 300 dpi.

Recommended background dimensions: 3301 × 2550 px at 300 dpi.

When designing your background in Photoshop or Illustrator, leave clear space where the system will print text. The table below shows where each text element is placed, measured in points from the bottom of the page (1 inch = 72 points).

Tip: In Photoshop, change your ruler units to Points and add guide lines at these Y values to see exactly where each element will land.

Text element positions

Element	Y Position	Font	Size	Color
Title	470 pt	EB Garamond SemiBold	43 pt	Near black
Subtitle	430 pt	Source Sans 3 SemiBold Italic	16 pt	Orange
Recipient Name	355 pt	Alex Brush (script)	up to 70 pt	Dark gray
Body Line	313 pt	Source Sans 3 SemiBold	14 pt	Gray
Org Line	287 pt	Source Sans 3 SemiBold	18 pt	Orange
Body Continuation	267 pt (first line)	Source Sans 3 SemiBold	14 pt	Gray
Award Line	215 pt (max)	Source Sans 3 SemiBold	14 pt	Dark gray
Signature Rule Line	144 pt	—	110 pt wide	Light gray
Signer Name	125 pt	Source Sans 3 SemiBold	11 pt	Dark gray
Signer Title	110 pt	Source Sans 3 SemiBold	10 pt	Gray

The orange accent color used by the system is #d4793a. Match this in your background design for visual consistency.

The recipient’s name is truncated to first word of given name + first word of family name (e.g., “Wilfredo Alexander Nuñez Mejia” → “Wilfredo Nuñez”). The font auto-sizes down from 70 pt if the name is long.

With two signers, blocks are centered at x=260 pt (left) and x=530 pt (right). With one signer, it centers on the page.

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Logo Placement

Position	Coordinates (bottom-left corner of logo)
Bottom Left	x=55, y=25
Bottom Right	x=642, y=25
Top Left	x=55, y=492
Top Right	x=642, y=492

Logo prints at 80 × 80 points, preserving aspect ratio.

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Notes

• You can have multiple Certificate Types per organization — one per program, year, or tier.
• Updating a Certificate Type does not regenerate already-issued certificates. Re-issue from the Membership Certificates printing page if needed.
• The Org Line field is useful when your certificate represents a sub-ministry or branch that has a different display name than your main organization record.
• Background images are stored securely in Cloudflare R2. Large files may take a moment to upload.
• Accented characters (í, ñ, é, etc.) are fully supported in all text fields.