Archive for the ‘Tips’ category

Scheduling Notification Emails

April 27th, 2010

A common request from our users was a way of changing the schedule of the email notifications. Previously, the automated emails were hard-coded to send out at 7am GMT the day before your game. For a lot of users, 24 hours before the game wasn’t enough notice so we’ve now added a little option into the Dashboard which lets you specify your own timeframe. You can now choose between 1 and 5 days before the day of your game. Enjoy!

Quickly adding new players to a game

March 10th, 2010

We’ve just added a convenient little form on the Game URL pages to enable you to quickly add a new player to your game. You’ll need to be logged in as the game organiser to use it.

Once logged in, click the ‘Add a new player to this game’ link and you’ll see a little quick entry form to add your player’s name and email address.

Once added, the new player will stay associated to this game (to remove the player, untick his name from the Edit Game screen in the Dashboard).

Setting a maximum number of players

March 5th, 2010

We’ve just started rolling out one of the most requested features – the ability to set a maximum number of players in your game. Once this limit is reached the Game URL will not accept any more confirmed responses (unless someone drops out). This means you can setup your Game URL to accept, for example, the first 10 players, putting everyone else on ‘reserve’.

To enable this feature, simply log in to the Dashboard, navigate to the Edit screen for your game and enter a value in the ‘Player Limit’ field. That’s all there is to it!

Setting up a repeating game

February 23rd, 2010

One of the most useful features on teamfinder.org is the ability to set up a repeating game. This is a pretty common occurrence – often games happen at the same time and place each week. To enable this on teamfinder.org, login then navigate to the Edit screen for your game. Scroll down to the Game Details section of the form until you see these options :

Check the Repeating option and you’ll see further options to specify which day of the week the game happens on and the time. You can also tick the Clear messages after each game option – this deletes all messages from the Game URL, leaving you with a clean page for the next game.

That’s it! The day after the game teamfinder.org will automatically reset all responses, messages and change the date.