LeagueApps allows you to customize your program's details as well as various preferences.
Program Details
First, select a type of program to create in the Manage tab in your admin console. (Click here for more on Creating and Copying Programs). When you first create the program, you are entering the details. You can also edit the details afterwards. These details comprise the key information for the program, and are displayed on the program's homepage and registration pages.
Here is an overview of the various details you can edit, based on program type (the details in red are required):
Leagues
- Select Sport, Season, Skill Level, Gender, Visibility (Select private/public to determine if the league will be visible on your site. You can switch this setting at anytime so you may want to set it as private until you are ready to publish on your site. OR you can keep it private if your program is invite-only and should be hidden from the public.)
- Enter an original League Name, or click Suggest Name to create a generic name based on the fields you have already entered.
- Enter a Sponsor. Use this field if your league has a sponsor.
- Select Season Start Date. Check the box to Show Start Date or leave start date hidden. Check the box Start date is tentative if you have not decided on a definite start date.
- Select End Date. Check the box to Show End Date or leave end date hidden.
- Select Registration Start and End Dates. Leave dates blank if you are unsure of your registration dates.
- Select a Registration Status to notify your players about important registration information (i.e. Opens Soon, Open, Sold Out etc.).
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Set your Program State:
- Unpublished- if you do not want your league to be visible to the public. (This serves the same function as the private Visibility setting.)
- Upcoming- if your league has not yet started. (Set to default when you create your league.)
- Live- if your league is currently taking place.
- Completed- if your program has finished. (Program state will not switch to completed state if (a) there is no end date, and (b) if there are still games in the schedule that are upcoming or recent.)
- Select which day(s) This League Plays On. (This will not affect your schedule, it is simply used for the league details section.)
- Select a time slot.
- Enter a location.
- Enter League Format (ex. 7 on 7 flag football)
- Enter description in the page editor
- Use the WYSIWYG editor to create the new page. (Click here to learn more about a WYSIWYG editor)
- Click the HTML button in the navigation bar and enter the HTML code in the HTML source editor. Some basic HTML development skill is necessary to use the HTML source editor.
- Create League or Save And Edit Options
Events
- Select Sport, Skill Level, Gender, Visibility
- Enter an original Event Name.
- Enter a Host for your event.
- Enter a Sponsor.
- Select Start Date and time.
- Enter End Date and time.
- Enter Registration Start and End Dates.
- Select a Registration Status and Program State
- Enter description in the page editor
- Create Event or Save And Edit Options
Tournaments
- Enter Sport, Skill Level, Gender, Visibility
- Enter an original Tournament Name.
- Enter a Sponsor for your tournament.
- Enter Start Date.
- Enter End Date
- Enter Registration Start and End Dates.
- Select a Registration Status
- Program State
- Enter description in the page editor
- Create Tournament or Save And Edit Options
NOTICE: Registration opens at 3:15am EST on the registration start date. In order for registration to start, the program state must be "Upcoming"- any "Completed" or "Unpublished" programs will not have their registrations go live. Additionally, registration closes at 12:01am EST the day AFTER the registration end date.
Preferences
You can control various preferences for each specific program. These preferences allow you to tailor which features are used/displayed and a few label settings. Find this section for each program in the program's context menu under: "Settings > Preferences". They are explained below:- Use Schedule: You can choose whether or not your program will have a schedule.
- Use Standings: Similarly, you can choose if your program should have standings.
- Show Attendee List: Decide whether or not to publically display a listing of your program participants (and teams) to future registrants.
- Include Facebook Like Button: Check box to include Facebook like button on your program page.
- Customize the label used for these terms: Free Agent, Team, and Processing Fee. These labels are shown on the registration page.