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Currently you can create a custom group for a particular Event type, and not Event Name.

Should I simply create a new "Event Type" like "Conference 123"
and then add the custom data fields?

seems like a good solution for now.

Things were going well.  But I have a problem now that I can't solve.

I've created custom fields and they appear on the Event setup page.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2436157/civievent_custom_data.jpg

I've also set up a fee table.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2436157/civievent_fee_setup.jpg

But when I go to the Live Page or Test Drive, all the form choices,
radio buttons, text fields are all missing!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2436157/civicrm_missing_data_fields.jpg

I'm running Drupal 6.1.5 and CiviCRM 2.2.7 and losing hair.

It looks like the information that you are collecting here
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2436157/civievent_custom_data.jpg
is about Participant that are going to register for your event and NOT the event itself.

That is correct. But why are the form fields missing?

You might want to create the custom group with Used For = Participants (Event Name) and then collect the information in a profile with all these custom fields, by configuring here :
http://sandbox.civicrm.org/civicrm/event/manage?reset=1&action=update&id=1&subPage=Registration

I'm not sure what your are suggesting with that link.  We have a development and production
environment already. Is your suggestion that I use that for testing?

In any case  I did do exactly that on both our production and development servers before writing here today.  I created a new custom group Used For > Participants (name of the event from the dropdown)
and then one custom field.  But this new field does not show up on the Test Drive or Live View.  Where is the custom field?

Also, does anyone know why the Fee selection would not have radio buttons as shown in my screen captures?

You should check our online Book and specifically this chapter about Configuring and Planning  :
http://en.flossmanuals.net/CiviCRM/EventPlanning

Yes.  I carefully read through that last week.  I think I need to read it again and again because
I am not getting this.  The pressure is on, registration was supposed to start today.  That's not going to happen. 

Thanks again for your reply, Yashodha!

Last Friday I finally got my head around some core concepts. 

A second closer review of the Floss Manual site was very helpful.

What I've done so far, which seems to be working well, is first
create the event, then create a custom group -> User For (Participants - Event Name),
then add custom fields to this new custom group. And then create a Custom Profile and
and the fields of the custom group.  The custom profile was the key
for me to getting this working.

-r