diff --git a/CRM/Event/Form/Participant.php b/CRM/Event/Form/Participant.php
index cfd7a5b2c227..df92a1104571 100644
--- a/CRM/Event/Form/Participant.php
+++ b/CRM/Event/Form/Participant.php
@@ -1740,7 +1740,7 @@ public function buildEventFeeForm($form) {
     }
     $form->assign('onlinePendingContributionId', $form->get('onlinePendingContributionId'));
 
-    $form->assign('paid', $form->_isPaidEvent);
+    $form->assign('paid', $form->_isPaidEvent ?? NULL);
 
     $form->addElement('checkbox',
       'send_receipt',
@@ -2266,6 +2266,7 @@ public function getFeeDetails($participantIds, $hasLineItems = FALSE) {
    */
   protected function assignUrlPath() {
     $this->assign('urlPath', 'civicrm/contact/view/participant');
+    $this->assign('urlPathVar', NULL);
     if (!$this->_id && !$this->_contactId) {
       $breadCrumbs = [
         [
diff --git a/templates/CRM/Event/Form/Participant.tpl b/templates/CRM/Event/Form/Participant.tpl
index 19c9d2849f23..318c6ab59e8b 100644
--- a/templates/CRM/Event/Form/Participant.tpl
+++ b/templates/CRM/Event/Form/Participant.tpl
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 {* Main event form template *}
 {else}
   <div class="crm-block crm-form-block crm-participant-form-block">
-    {if $newCredit AND $action EQ 1 AND $participantMode EQ null}
+    {if $action EQ 1 AND ($context EQ 'participant' OR $context EQ 'standalone') AND $newCredit AND $participantMode EQ null}
       <div class="action-link css_right crm-link-credit-card-mode">
         {if $contactId}
           {capture assign=ccModeLink}{crmURL p='civicrm/contact/view/participant' q="reset=1&action=add&cid=`$contactId`&context=`$context`&mode=live"}{/capture}
@@ -33,13 +33,6 @@
       {/if}
       <div id="eventFullMsg" class="messages status no-popup" style="display:none;"></div>
 
-
-      {if $action eq 1 AND $paid}
-        <div class="help">
-          {ts}If you are accepting offline payment from this participant, check <strong>Record Payment</strong>. You will be able to fill in the payment information, and optionally send a receipt.{/ts}
-        </div>
-      {/if}
-
       {if $action eq 8} {* If action is Delete *}
         <div class="crm-participant-form-block-delete messages status no-popup">
           <div class="crm-content">
@@ -58,10 +51,12 @@
         {else} {* If action is other than Delete *}
         <div class="crm-submit-buttons">{include file="CRM/common/formButtons.tpl" location="top"}</div>
         <table class="form-layout-compressed">
-          <tr class="crm-participant-form-contact-id">
-            <td class="label">{$form.contact_id.label}</td>
-            <td>{$form.contact_id.html}</td>
-          </tr>
+          {if $context EQ 'standalone' OR $context EQ 'participant' OR $action EQ 2}
+            <tr class="crm-participant-form-contact-id">
+              <td class="label">{$form.contact_id.label}</td>
+              <td>{$form.contact_id.html}</td>
+            </tr>
+          {/if}
           {if $action EQ 2}
             {if $additionalParticipants} {* Display others registered by this participant *}
               <tr class="crm-participant-form-block-additionalParticipants">
@@ -85,12 +80,7 @@
           {/if}
           <tr class="crm-participant-form-block-event_id">
             <td class="label">{$form.event_id.label}</td>
-            <td class="view-value">
-              {$form.event_id.html}
-              {if $is_test}
-                {ts}(test){/ts}
-              {/if}
-            </td>
+            <td class="view-value">{$form.event_id.html}</td>
           </tr>
 
         {* CRM-7362 --add campaign *}
@@ -148,7 +138,7 @@
         </div>
       {/if}
 
-      {if $accessContribution and $action eq 2 and $rows.0.contribution_id}
+      {if $action eq 2 and $accessContribution and $rows.0.contribution_id}
       {include file="CRM/Contribute/Form/Selector.tpl" context="Search"}
       {/if}
 
@@ -274,25 +264,25 @@
 
   {/if}
 
-
-<script type="text/javascript">
-  {literal}
-
-  sendNotification();
-  function sendNotification() {
-    var notificationStatusIds = {/literal}"{$notificationStatusIds}"{literal};
-    notificationStatusIds = notificationStatusIds.split(',');
-    if (cj.inArray(cj('.crm-participant-form-block-status_id select#status_id option:selected').val(), notificationStatusIds) > -1) {
-      cj("#notify").show();
-      cj("#is_notify").prop('checked', false);
+  {if $action NEQ 8}
+  <script type="text/javascript">
+    {literal}
+
+    sendNotification();
+    function sendNotification() {
+      var notificationStatusIds = {/literal}"{$notificationStatusIds}"{literal};
+      notificationStatusIds = notificationStatusIds.split(',');
+      if (cj.inArray(cj('.crm-participant-form-block-status_id select#status_id option:selected').val(), notificationStatusIds) > -1) {
+        cj("#notify").show();
+      }
+      else {
+        cj("#notify").hide();
+        cj("#is_notify").prop('checked', false);
+      }
     }
-    else {
-      cj("#notify").hide();
-      cj("#is_notify").prop('checked', false);
-    }
-  }
 
-  {/literal}
-</script>
+    {/literal}
+  </script>
+  {/if}
 
 {/if} {* end of main event block*}
diff --git a/templates/CRM/Event/Page/Tab.tpl b/templates/CRM/Event/Page/Tab.tpl
index 2f059efdaaa1..5d511a57bb52 100644
--- a/templates/CRM/Event/Page/Tab.tpl
+++ b/templates/CRM/Event/Page/Tab.tpl
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  | and copyright information, see https://civicrm.org/licensing       |
  +--------------------------------------------------------------------+
 *}
-{if $action eq 1 or $action eq 2 or $action eq 8} {* add, update or view *}
+{if $action eq 1 or $action eq 2 or $action eq 8} {* add, update or delete *}
     {include file="CRM/Event/Form/Participant.tpl"}
 {elseif $action eq 4}
     {include file="CRM/Event/Form/ParticipantView.tpl"}