How do I add / edit players?

Adding or editing plays is best done from the front end.

• Go to Editor login page, and login using the Front End login box
• Go to the roster page you want to add or edit players
• To Add click "Add new Athlete" at bottom of the athlete list.
• To Edit click the "edit" button next to the athlete
• Fill in some or all the fields.
• Press "save" to save this athlete and stay on this page.
• Press "save new" to save this athlete and go to a page to add a new athlete.
• Press "go back" to exit page without saving any changes.

What are default roster settings?

The default field settings for the Roster settings:

XML Field Definitions : This field effectively adds relevant fields to an athlete record. These relevant fields vary from sport to sport (for instance, position is relevant in soccer, but not in golf), and from team to team (as different teams may want to display different data), so the processing of these fields is considered a display issue, and thus configured in the plugin and not in the team record.

If you want custom columns, please contact us.

Roster Field List : The roster field list is the list of fields from the roster record that the plug-in will display when listing many players and the order to display them.

Default setting:
“mugshot,number,fullname,preferredname,classof,weight,height,dateofbirth”

Roster Custom XML Field List : This lists the XML fields from the definition above that will be displayed when listing many players. 

Single Athlete Field List : This is the list of fields to display when a public user is viewing a single athlete’s information.
Default setting: “firstname,lastname,preferredname,classof,weight,height,dateofbirth”

Single Athlete Custom XML Field List
This is the list of custom XML fields to display when a public user is viewing a single athlete’s information. Note: this field is case sensitive.
Default setting: blank

Editable Single Athlete Field List : This is the list of fields that a frontend roster editor can modify.
Default setting: “firstname,lastname,preferredname,classof,weight,height,dateofbirth”

Roster Field List All and Show All Athletes in Sport : These fields work in conjunction. If the “Show All Athletes in Sport” checkbox is checked, the plug-in will display all athletes in the sport, and the “Roster Field List All” field is the list of fields to display in that case.
Default settings for Roster Field List All:
“mugshot,team,number,fullname,preferredname,classof,weight,height,dateofbirth”

Default setting for Show All Athletes in Sport: off

Primary field to sort roster by : This sets the field to use when sorting and displaying the roster list. Default is none.

Direction to sort Primary field : The specifies the direction to sort the primary field. This can be Ascending or Descending. Default is Ascending.

Secondary field to sort roster by : This sets the secondary field to use when sorting and displaying the roster list. Default is none.

Direction to sort Secondary field : The specifies the direction to sort the secondary field. This can be Ascending or Descending. Default is Ascending.

What do the roster fields mean?

The items are the list of fields from the roster record that the plug-in will display when listing many players and the order to display them. Additionally there is a special value for a field that don’t exist but which the plug-in creates. It is “fullname.”

“Fullname” and “mugshot” are special because the plug-in endows them with links to the editing screen if an editor is logged in, or to a single athelete’s information if the user is not logged in (public user). It is highly recommended to include both, but at the very least one or the other.

The full list of fields are:

• firstname - players's first name
• lastname - players's last name
• preferredname - a perferred or nickname for a player
• classof - class or year of player (senior or 2009)
• weight 
• height
• dateofbirth
• mugshot - a small mugshot of player for roster list view
• fullshot - a larger photo used in individual page
• team - team in plugin player is linked to
• number - player's uniform number
• fullname - combines preferredname and lastname, if preferredname is blank it will use firstname and lastname.