Changes (4/1/2010–6/20/2010
- GAMES
- Added option to list additional teams (visitors) and additional levels with each game
- Added option to list an optional duty with each game for assigning evaluators/observers.
- This duty will never show up as "unassigned" but will be available to be filled as needed.
- Modified game import function to allow columns in any order and to not require any specific columns...although date/time/location would not be useful to omit.
- Improved Official Game-Request function (an alternate mode of the Self-Assign feature)
- The requesters are saved online
- The assignor is given an list of requesters when assigning the game
- The email notice to the assignors is now optional. (compared to an email-only function)
- Added option to specify a "Crew Chief" on the crew independent of position.
- Added options to not require officials to re-accept games on changes to the sport, league, level, and/or type.
- EMAIL
- Added option when sending email to selected individuals to either include the recipients names in the email or not.
- ACCOUNTS
- Added ability for administrators to "Act As" any official or school/team contact
- This can assist administrators in seeing what their officials see without requiring the officials username or password.
- To return to normal, the administrator simply logs out and logs back in with their own credentials
- AVAILABILITY
- Added option to export availability reports to Excel
- Added options to suppress availability emails in non-active months
- Added ability for an official to delete entered availability for a given date/date
- ROSTER PHOTOS
- Added ability to upload multiple files at a time and match several uploaded photos at a time to the appropriate names....much faster than uploading one at a time.
- FINANCES
- Added ability to specify different mileage distances for different officials from multiple base locations.
- Administrators can create multiple bases and designate which officials will travel from each base location
- Added ability to override school/team fees with the game rather than needing to modify the invoice after invoice creation.
- Using the same method used to apply overrides to officials fees, similar overrides can be applied to the school/team fees
- Added ability to display game fees on schedule in a few forms...based fee & mileage or total only.
- Allow administrators to unpublish their own invoices and, if the advanced game/invoice functions are enabled, to delete published invoiced
- Added ability to cost-share game fees and/or mileage between participating schools
- Added export option for selected batches in a form ready for importing to 1099 software....more to come in this area
- Redesigned invoice layout to be much more logical and readable
- Simplified invoice creation steps
- FORMS
- Added option to make interactive forms available to the public (protected from spam by a Captcha)
- Added option to export submitted forms that were archived to Excel
- MISCELLANEOUS
- Added option for users to specify their preferred email client
- Allow a user to click an email address and have it open major web-based email providers such as hotmail, gmail, yahoo, or aol in addition to Outlook, Outlook Express and other installed email applications.
- Can add other major web-based email providers on request
- Updated home page to show the public easy-access links to organization contact info (if enabled) and registration forms (if enabled).
- New season setup modified to allow the specification of a date to be used for game deletion...deleting all games before the specified date and keeping any game after the specified date.
- New season setup modified to automatically delete invoices associated with deleted games....custom items may be left behind with this method but can be manually deleted.
- Added option to not display the organization name on the top of all pages if the organization has a graphic that is to be used instead.
- Added option to hide several default menu items from officials/school/teams for some functions that may not be used.
